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AIRPORT COMMISSION
ACTION SUMMARY MINUTES OF REGULAR ADJOURNED MEETING
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 – 5:30 P.M.
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1. CALL TO ORDER:
Vice Chairman Corcoran called the Airport Commission Meeting to order at 5:30 P.M.
and invited Commissioner Hedrick to lead the Pledge of Allegiance. The meeting was
held via videoconference.
2. POSTING OF THE AGENDA: Posted on January 13, 2022.
3. ROLL CALL:
Commissioners Present:
Gerald Adams (Palm Springs) Kathleen Hughes (La Quinta)
Patricia Breslin (Palm Springs) Gabriel Martin (Coachella)
Paul Budilo (Indian Wells) Scott G. Miller (Palm Springs)
Todd Burke (Palm Springs) John Payne (Palm Springs)
Kevin Corcoran (Palm Springs) - Vice-Chair Jill Philbrook (Cathedral City)
David Feltman (Palm Springs), Jan Pye (Desert Hot Springs)
Peter Freymuth (Riverside County) Jhan Schmitz (Indio)
Ken Hedrick (Palm Springs) M. Guillermo Suero (Palm Springs)
Rolf Hoehn (Palm Desert)
Commissioners Absent: Aftab Dada (Palm Springs) and Thomas Weil (Rancho
Mirage)
Staff Present:
Harry Barrett, Interim Airport Executive Director
Daniel Meier, Deputy Director of Aviation Marketing and Air Service
Victoria Carpenter, Airport Administration Manager
Christina Brown, Executive Administrative Assistant
Others Present: Oliver Lamb – Ailevon Pacific Aviation Consulting
4. ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA:
ACTION: Accept the Agenda as presented. Moved by Commissioner Burke,
seconded by Commissioner Hughes, and unanimously approved noting the
absence of Chairman Dada and Commissioner Weil.
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5. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None
6. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:
ACTION: Approve the minutes of the Airport Commission Meeting of December 15,
2021. Moved by Commissioner Freymuth, seconded by Commissioner Miller
and unanimously noting that Commissioners Breslin, Freymuth, Hoehn, Martin
and Schmitz abstained and the absence of Chairman Dada and Commissioner
Weil.
7. INTRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
None
8. CITY MANAGER REPORT:
Vice Chairman Corcoran confirmed that the Commissioners had read the report that
the City Manager had sent to the Commission. Vice Chairman Corcoran asked if there
were any questions. Commissioner Hedrick asked for clarification on the airport
strategic planning, and he asked if there was a general review of all the Committees
and Commissions in the City. Interim Airport Executive Director Barrett said that as a
part of the City’s strategic plan, the City Manager and the City Council review each of
the Commission’s work, and he explained that the City Manager was responding to a
discussion that he and Vice Chairman Corcoran had had with the City Manager on if
it would be prudent to move forward with the strategic planning for the airport. Vice
Chairman Corcoran said that he believed that it was the City’s preference for the
Commission to wait until the new Executive Director is announced, and he said that
whatever the Commission does will be in the context of what the City is doing and the
Commission will look at the overall process and how Commissions will be engaged
with that planning process.
9. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS:
Item 9.A was heard after Item 9.B.
9.A Air Service Incentive Program
Airport Deputy Director of Marketing & Air Service Development Meier noted that he
had worked with Oliver Lamb of Ailevon Pacific Aviation Consulting to prepare the Air
Service Incentive Program and that Mr. Lamb would be available to answer any
questions. Mr. Meier’s reviewed the 2022 Air Service Incentive Program goals and
the timeline, and he also reviewed a comparison of the 2019 Air Service Incentive
Program versus the 2022 Air Service Incentive Program. He said that the 2022
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program would reduce the waiver amounts on existing routes to encourage new
service and to also encourage current airlines to add new routes and additional routes.
Mr. Meier pointed out that the 2019 program had a limited target city list and that the
2022 program would have a target city list that includes PSP’s highest demand routes
and the best incentives, and there would also be lower levels available for other
opportunities to keep PSP from limiting its growth potential. The 2022 program would
have the addition of a clawback provision that would allow the City to request that the
airline repay the incentives or marketing funds if they do not meet the terms of the
agreement. Mr. Meier said that unlike the 2019 program, the 2022 program offers
both marketing funds and fee waivers which will create a robust and very competitive
incentive package that will meet the industry standards and it will also exceed the
industry standards in some ways. He said that the new program also offers additional
marketing funds and rent waivers for entrant airlines which will encourage more
airlines to come to PSP.
Mr. Meier said that the waivers were scheduled to be available as of March 1, 2022
and the marketing funds would be available as of July 1, 2022 to coincide with the
start of the new fiscal year. Mr. Meier noted that the 2019 program had a cap of
$500,000 for the program, and the 2022 program would be set up for an annual review
during the City’s budget season to determine the level of funds and waivers per fiscal
year to provide flexibility for each year. Mr. Meier said that he was recommending
$250,000 for marketing funds per airline and $1 million in waivers.
Mr. Meier reviewed the seven incentive options: Option 1 – Daily Year-Round Service;
Option 2 – Less-Than-Daily Year-Round Service; Option 3 – Seasonal to Year-Round;
Option 4 – Seasonal Service; Option 5 – International; Option 6 – Short-Haul
Commuter Service; and Option 7 – New Entrant Airlines Only.
Mr. Meier explained that the stipulations for the marketing funds were that the airlines
would have to spend the funds within the catchment area of the airport, the airlines
would have to mention PSP by name or the PSP logo would have to be used, and
airport staff has to review and approve the airlines media plan and ads. Mr. Meier
provided some examples of how the program would benefit PSP.
Commissioner Freymuth said that although he fully endorsed the 2022 program, he
was concerned about approving programs in a vacuum. He referred to the strategic
plan, and he said that the programs were all interconnected. Commissioner Freymuth
said that he believed that the 2022 program would be successful, and he asked if PSP
would be prepared to handle the new service comfortably with the existing
infrastructure and with also considering the current baggage delivery delays.
Commissioner Freymuth referred to incentive Option 1, and he suggested that Option
1 should include Baltimore. Commissioner Freymuth asked if Love Field Airport was
a target city. Mr. Meier said that Love Field Airport is currently a seasonal route for
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Southwest Airlines, and he said that if Southwest Airlines were to convert the route to
a year-round route, then Southwest would qualify for some of the seasonal to year-
round conversion incentives.
Commissioner Freymuth asked Mr. Meier if Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Montreal
had been considered for target cities. Mr. Oliver Lamb of Ailevon Pacific Aviation
Consulting explained that the 2022 program does encompass Baltimore with the
Washington D.C. metro target, and he said that the target cities were inclusive of
airports within same metro area. Mr. Lamb said that in terms of visitation to Palm
Springs, the three cities that Commissioner Freymuth had inquired about were cities
that fell in the next tier below the cities that Mr. Meier had listed as target cities. Mr.
Lamb said that Mr. Meier was targeting the cities that made the most sense for both
the residents and the visitors.
Commissioner Freymuth voiced his concern about the airlines having to get advanced
approval from airport staff for the marketing promotions, and he said that some airlines
may not apply for the 2022 program because it is too cumbersome. Mr. Meier said
that he would be working with the airlines and that he didn’t anticipate there being a
problem.
Commissioner Payne inquired about having more frequent short-haul flights available
to LAX. Mr. Meier said that he had spoken with some of the airlines that were
considering starting up that type of model. Mr. Lamb noted the 2022 program was
targeting the two types of short-haul markets, the commuter market, and the
connecting market.
Commissioner Miller said that he agreed with Commissioner Freymuth’s concern
about being able to keep up with the demand. He said that he was concerned that
PSP was moving fast forward with marketing and getting airlines to PSP when PSP’s
facilities are moving at a snail’s pace. Commissioner Miller asked if there was an
industry standard or a matrix from a national or international firm that could determine
if an airport is successful in terms of the financial gain that the airport is receiving from
the incentive program. Mr. Meier said that he was not aware of an industry standard,
he said that PSP’s incentive program was working. and PSP was definitely getting its
money’s worth out of the program. He said that the 2022 program was the standard
incentive program for the industry. Commissioner Freymuth agreed with Mr. Meier.
Mr. Lamb said that the Commission shouldn’t be looking at the airport’s incentive
program in a vacuum because it will also be done in conjunction with Visit Greater
Palm Springs. He said that there are certain things that the airport can and cannot do
because of FAA regulations that Visit Greater Palm Springs is liberated from, and the
quantum of funding that Visit Greater Palm Springs can dedicate to any of the routes
is significantly more. Mr. Lamb said that what the airport and the visitor organization
do and the economic benefit to the community would need to be considered to
measure the program on a national basis. Mr. Lamb said that he was not aware of a
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way to measure only the airport investment, and he said that he was aware of the
economic impact assessments of what bringing a new air service does for a
community.
Commissioner Miller asked if the taxpayers and residents were getting a benefit from
the incentive program and would the incentive program be worth the money that would
be spent as opposed to using the money for other things. Commissioner Miller asked
if the metrics had been validated. Mr. Meier said that the passenger numbers came
from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), and the revenue was
calculated by Ms. Carpenter. Commissioner Miller asked if there was a plan to get
actual metrics from the rental cars and parking sales, and other benefits. Mr. Meier
said that the metrics for the sales that Commissioner Miller was referring would not
be available. Commissioner Miller voiced his concern about not being able to know
which sales are coming from the new passengers that are being generated by the
advertising. Mr. Meier explained that airport staff is able to determine if there are new
passengers, and he said that there were .8 passengers flying between Palm Springs
and Las Vegas and now there are almost 40 passengers a day that are flying between
Palm Springs and Las Vegas.
Commissioner Hedrick voiced his support for the 2022 program, and he shared his
concern in regard to the airport’s infrastructure. He noted that the Commissioners
could request a copy of the 2015 Airport Master Plan and the feasibility study that is
provided in the 2019 official statement for the bond issue, and he recommended that
the Commissioners read these documents to learn about what has been approved
and the opinions of the outside consultants.
Commissioner Hedrick referred to the Las Vegas example that Mr. Meier had
provided, he said that he had seen that Southwest was now running two flights a day,
and he asked if passengers were transferring to Las Vegas and if Las Vegas was a
hub for Southwest. Mr. Meier said that there were passengers that are flying and
connecting on Southwest, and he said that the passengers could have been
connecting from a different hub. He explained that the metrics that airport staff was
utilizing were from the passenger numbers that were for each individual city and the
increase of those passenger numbers. He said that the origin and destination data
could be used to justify if the program is doing well or not.
Vice Chairman Corcoran requested that Ms. Brown provide the 2015 Airport Master
Plan and the feasibility study that is provided in the 2019 official statement for the
bond issue to the Commissioners.
Mr. Meier noted that there was incorrect information in the presentation that had been
provided to the Commissioners. He said that the marketing amount for Option 1 –
Un-Served Airports should have been listed as $30,000, and the marketing amount
for Option 2 – Un-Served Airports should have been listed as $20,000.
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Mr. Barrett said that airport staff was intending for the 2022 Air Service Incentive
Program to go to the City Council on February 10th.
Item 9.B was heard before Item 9.A.
9.B Lamar Airport Advertising Concession Agreement Extension
Airport Administration Manager Carpenter advised the Commission that the airport
advertising concession agreement with Lamar was under negotiation for a one-year
extension. She said that the expiration date of the agreement would be March 31,
2023, the extension would reinstate the Minimum Annual Guarantee (MAG) that was
waived because of Covid, and the agreement was scheduled to go to the City Council
in February.
Commissioner Miller asked for additional detail on the extension and the cost of the
agreement. Ms. Carpenter explained that staff wanted to ensure that the airport has
a good plan in place for the upcoming year, and she said that the one-year extension
would give staff some time to determine if an RFP should be issued to solicit a new
advertising agreement for the following year.
Commissioner Payne asked if the Lamar agreement would cover both static
advertising and all advertising displays throughout the airport. Ms. Carpenter
confirmed that the Lamar agreement would cover both static advertising and all
advertising displays throughout the airport. Commissioner Payne inquired about the
percentage of advertising capacity at the airport. Airport Deputy Director of Marketing
& Air Service Development Meier said that all digital space is currently at 100%
capacity, and he said that there was no additional cost to extend agreement.
Commissioner Miller asked if the extension was part of the original contract that
needed City Council’s approval or were there other options that had been considered
by staff. Mr. Meier said that the one-year extension would give staff some time to
determine if an RFP should be issued to solicit a new advertising agreement for the
following year.
10. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT:
10.A. Projects Update and Airport Capital Improvement Program Update
Interim Airport Executive Director Barrett referred to Commissioner Feltman’s inquiry
at the previous Commission meeting that was in regard to the noise from the take-offs
that he had experienced on two different mornings between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.
when he was at Demuth Park, and he said that airport staff did not find any unusual
take-offs in the mornings of the two weeks that Commissioner Feltman noted and that
it was possible that it was the weather conditions that may have contributed to the
increase in noise.
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Mr. Barrett reported that Bridge 7 had been completed, and it was turned over to the
airport today. He said that the bridge was in operation and that AERObridge, the
company that had installed the bridge, would be on-site for another couple of weeks
to provide training for maintaining the bridge and preventative maintenance.
Mr. Barrett also reported that the Customer Facility Charge (CFC) increase that had
been scheduled to go to the January 13th City Council meeting had been postponed
to the January 27th City Council meeting to allow for additional time to meet the public
hearing notice requirements. Mr. Barrett noted that a letter of protest had been
received from Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
Mr. Barrett reported that airport staff was moving forward with negotiating the airline
use agreement, and he said that airport staff would be meeting with the airlines to
discuss moving from a residual rate making methodology to a hybrid rate making
methodology.
Mr. Barrett noted that airport staff had been receiving numerous questions about the
Verizon and AT&T 5G rollouts, and he said that the FAA had approved modifications
to standards or alternative methods of compliance to meet the safety measures for
aircraft flying in and out of exclusion zones for 5G towers. Mr. Barrett said that the 5G
component was irrelevant for PSP because the aircraft do not fly instrumental
approaches, and PSP doesn’t have an Instrument Landing System (ILS). Mr. Barrett
said that staff would continue to monitor the situation.
10.B. Concession RFP Update
Airport Administration Manager Carpenter presented the Concession RFP Schedule,
and she noted that many of the items in the RFP had been prepared from the prior
RFP and that airport staff would be making updates to certain documents such as the
evaluation criteria, the actual RFP document, and the draft concession agreement.
Ms. Carpenter said that City staff would be reviewing the architectural approvals, City
legal counsel would be reviewing the concession agreement, and the FAA would have
to review and approve the agreement because the term of the agreement is for five
years.
Vice Chairman Corcoran asked if airport staff would be reviewing the criteria for
selection with the Commission at a future meeting, and he asked if the RFP
information could be distributed to the Commission. Ms. Carpenter said that she
would need to confirm the answers to Vice Chairman Corcoran questions. Vice
Chairman Corcoran said that he thought that the prior RFP information may have been
reviewed by the Marketing Committee.
Commissioner Miller inquired about forming a subcommittee that would work with staff
in evaluating the RFP. Mr. Barrett said that former Airport Executive Director Aguirre
was very much in the opinion that forming a subcommittee would not add value to the
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process in terms of the selection, and in terms of identifying what the criteria should
be for the selection, the Commissions input would be warranted in the procurement
process.
Commissioner Schmitz clarified that it was the Operations Committee that had
reviewed the prior RFP, and he said that if there is any substantial modification to the
RFP, it could be prudent for the RFP to be reviewed by the Operations Committee or
directly by the Commission. Mr. Barrett said that to date, there hadn’t been any
substantial modifications made to the RFP, and he said that if there were any
substantial modifications made to the RFP, airport staff would review the RFP
modifications with the Commission before moving forward with the RFP.
Vice Chairman Corcoran asked Mr. Barrett if airport staff would be making a
presentation to the Commission or would airport staff provide the RFP information to
the Operations Committee. Vice Chairman Corcoran noted that half of the
Commissioners are new to the Commission, and he said that he would like to find a
way to make sure that the Commissioners are all level set with the same information
as the airport staff moves through the RFP process. Mr. Barrett said that if there are
any substantive changes to the RFP, the airport staff will present the changes to the
Operations Committee. Vice Chairman Corcoran asked if the prior RFP could be sent
to the Commissioners.
Commissioner Breslin asked if the virtual pre-proposal meeting with the community
would include a presentation or was the meeting a part of the solicitation, and she also
asked if the solicitation would be going out to the local community. Ms. Carpenter
explained that the RFP would be posted on Planet Bids, and she said that airport staff
was considering posting the RFP on social media and possibly reaching out to social
media groups. Ms. Carpenter confirmed that the virtual pre-proposal meeting with the
community would be a part of the RFP solicitation process.
10.C. Financial Summary Update
Airport Administration Manager Carpenter noted that there had been a change made
in the expenditures, and she explained that the quarterly financials had not been
posted to the financials. She said that there was an added line item of the estimated
expenses totaling $1.3 million.
Ms. Carpenter reviewed the financial summary for the period ending December 31,
2021, she pointed out that the top three revenue generating accounts in Fund 415
were the On Airport Rental Car account, the Terminal Airline Space account and the
Leased Parking account, and she reminded the Commission that not all revenue was
received to date for December and that staff would continue to process revenue as it
is received.
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Commissioner Miller inquired about the CARES Act funds. Ms. Carpenter said that
airport staff had decided that PSP did not need to draw down on the CARES Act funds
at this moment. Commissioner Miller asked if the City holds the funds or if there was
a reimbursement of the funds. Ms. Carpenter said that there was a reimbursement of
the funds. Commissioner Miller asked if airport staff had allocated the funds to any
specific project or use. Ms. Carpenter said that the funds had not been allocated to
any use at this point. Commissioner Miller suggested that the Budget and Finance
Committee discuss how to utilize the Cares Act funds because the airport has needs.
Mr. Barrett explained that airport staff was having issues utilizing all grant funds
because the airport use agreement with the airlines was worded in such a way that
the airport may be restricted to how the funds can be used, and he said that airport
staff was working on getting an interpretation on the restrictions. Mr. Barrett said that
staff would provide more information at a future Commission meeting. Commissioner
Miller questioned how an agreement could override what Congress votes on.
Commissioner Feltman asked Ms. Carpenter to add the status of the CARES Act
funds as an appendix to the monthly financial summary. Ms. Carpenter noted that the
line item for the CARES Act revenue budget currently listed an amount of
approximately $5.9 million. Commissioner Feltman requested that an appendix be
added to the report that states the status of what activities have been taken in the prior
month with regard to the CARES Act funds. He said that there was an outside
deadline of when the funds could no longer be used, and the deadline should also be
stated on the appendix so that the Commission isn’t moving along each month without
recognition of the deadline. Commissioner Feltman inquired about the deadline for
the CARES Act funds. Mr. Barrett said that the deadline is four years from the date
that the grant was issued to the airport. Commissioner Feltman said that he believed
that the funds would have to be used for infrastructure projects, and he voiced is
concern about infrastructure projects taking more time to complete.
Ms. Carpenter reviewed the airport expenses, the Revenue vs. Expenditures report,
and the Airport Funds Cash Summary. Ms. Carpenter also reviewed the Passenger
Activity Report – Fiscal Year Comparison 2019 vs. 2022, and she said that overall the
2022 numbers averaged 29% higher than the 2019 numbers.
Commissioner Hedrick inquired about the news release that had reported that PSP
had received $7.5 million in infrastructure funding. Ms. Carpenter said that airport
staff had not received the grant agreement from the FAA for the funding.
Commissioner Hedrick inquired about fund restrictions. Ms. Carpenter said that there
were FAQ’s for the grant that detail the fund restrictions and that the FAQ’s could be
found online.
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11. COMMISSIONERS REQUESTS AND REPORTS:
Commissioner Miller inquired about the status of the Commissioners contact list. Mr.
Barrett said that the City Clerk and the City Attorney were working with the City Council
on clarifying the rules on communications and how that is supposed to work within the
Commission, and he said that the information from the City was forthcoming. Vice
Chairman Corcoran said that he believed that Commission communications would be
part of the overall presentation that City staff was working in regard to future
Commissions and how the Commissioners play into the Commission. Vice Chairman
Corcoran said that if there is a delay, the Commission could ask the City staff to clarify
what the rules are today. Commissioner Miller voiced his concern and frustration with
the ongoing request for the Commissioners contact information, and he asked if a rule
could be made to automatically list the Commissioner’s requests in the next agenda
to help the Commissioner’s keep track of their requests.
Commissioner Payne asked Mr. Barrett if he knew how long it would take the City
Clerk to get back to the Commission about the request for the Commissioner’s contact
list. Mr. Barrett clarified that it was the City Clerk, City Attorney, and the City Council
that was working together on this matter and that he did not have a timeline.
Commissioner Payne requested a list to identify the subcommittees, when the
subcommittees meet, and the subcommittee Chairs. Vice Chairman Corcoran said
that he believed that it was Chairman Dada that had made the appointments to the
Committees, he suggested that the information be circulated to the Commission, and
he inquired about how the scheduling of the meetings should be managed. Mr. Barrett
said that he believed that Ms. Brown was currently working on scheduling Committee
meetings. Ms. Brown said that Item 14.A of the agenda packet was a schedule of the
upcoming Committee meetings. She said that she had been in communication with
Commissioner Adams and that the Landscape Committee meeting was being
scheduled for February 9th, and she was also working on scheduling a Budget and
Finance Committee meeting for March. Commissioner Feltman said that he had not
been contacted about scheduling the Budget and Finance Committee meeting, and
he asked if he could discuss the meeting with Ms. Brown on the following day. Ms.
Brown said that she would contact Commissioner Feltman.
Commissioner Miller asked how the Commissioners were supposed to contact the
Committee Chairs if the Commissioners don’t have access to the Committee Chairs
email addresses or phone numbers. Vice Chairman Corcoran said that he didn’t see
any reason why the Commissioner’s contact information shouldn’t be distributed, and
unless Mr. Barrett disagrees, he thought that the Commissioner’s contact information
should be distributed to the Commissioners. Vice Chairman Corcoran said that in the
past, the Committee Chairs had reached out to their Committee Members to confirm
both meeting dates and agenda topics for the subcommittees. Vice Chairman
Corcoran asked Ms. Brown to make sure that the Committee Chairs fill in the dates
for their meetings and that the Committee meetings are communicated to the
Commission.
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Vice Chairman Corcoran said that in regard to the Commission’s past practices the
Commissioners have had informal conversations around different issues when
working on topics that are important, he said that he knows that the Committee Chairs
have reached out to Committee Members in terms of scheduling meetings and
creating agendas and that he is aware that Commissioners have communicated with
Committee Chairs of Committees that they are not appointed to discuss their interest
in that Committee’s topics. He said that he didn’t know if any of these past practices
were in violation of the Brown Act and that the Commission would receive further
clarification from the City.
Mr. Barrett explained to Vice Chairman Corcoran that airport staff would not be able
to distribute the Commissioner’s contact information until the City Clerk or City
Attorney weighs in on the matter. Vice Chairman Corcoran said that he would take
the responsibility to put the contact list together and to distribute it to the
Commissioners. Commissioner Miller suggested that the Commissioner’s email their
contact information to Vice Chairman Corcoran, and the Commissioner’s could also
have the option to choose to not send their contact information to Vice Chairman
Corcoran if they do not want their contact information to be distributed.
Commissioner Payne inquired about PSP’s current Covid requirements for airport
personnel, and if there were any change being contemplated. Mr. Barrett said that
there wasn’t a current City policy on mandatory vaccinations or boosting for personnel,
and he said that the Human Resources Director was working with the City’s labor
attorneys to determine if a policy would be necessary.
12. REPORT OF CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS:
12.A Past City Council Actions
12.B Future City Council Actions
13. RECEIVE AND FILE:
13.A Airlines Activity Report December 2021
13.B Airlines Schedules February 2022
14. COMMITTEES:
14.A Future Committee Meetings
15. ADJOURNMENT:
ACTION: Adjourn the meeting. Moved by Commissioner Feltman, seconded by
Commissioner Payne and unanimously approved noting the absence of
Chairman Dada and Commissioner Weil.
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The Airport Commission adjourned at 7:29 P.M. to a Regular Meeting on February 16,
2022, at 5:30 P.M. via videoconference.
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Christina Brown
Executive Administrative Assistant