Application under the 2010 Small Community ^\^ ^^^fif ^ P^velopment Grant Program 

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WiMI- ALASKA Sl1/(.;' 

HEALT H CORPORATIO N oip.ce o/ the r.cs de.i 

Au^ n 5, 2010 

OfQce of Aviaaon Ajuijni! 

Sm»ll Cummuniry Air Service DcvclopmcDi Program 

AOfnuon' Ms Aloha Ley, Associtie Dtrecior 

To Whom It M«y Concern: 

1 irn plciied ro wnie [o you about the pin t propoial the City of Diometie is ^ubmi'mng to the Office of Avunon Antlyia 

under ihe Small Commuciry Ate Service Devebipmcnt Progrim (SCASDP) 

•|"hc: thiUengc Diomede h a f«ced is that they liave been without safe, reliable, cnnsuleni air [ruispon since July 2000 

Gvergrecn Heicoptcn, lac. (EvCTgicctit provides contracted U.S mad u t lervKc for Uiomede once per week, weather 

pcnnitung ]n the past hvergfecn ffcwmai] on a two-enjfine Bokow-105 (BO-105) helicopter fiom Nome to Diomede with 

»«ai tickel* available for putcbu c at m«J wejj^t allowed; typically one scat to Diomede and foui scats tctutmng to Nonoc 

E'trgieen has prtmded expemive charter Gigbla on deniand In June ZOOT the BO 105 had mcchinical problems and 

Kvtrgieen began (lying mail iinly on a single-engine A-Stai helicopter. While TAA reguJiOon* aJJow ptsscn^ s service on a 

single-engine helicopter over open ocean, a» a policy Evergreen will not fly paisengers over open-ocean, especially in the 

Arcuc, on a singlc~engine hcbcrtptcr Now Diomede has no passenger helicopter service. 'ITieu only means for comfnumly 

acc«si IS by snail boat 

The need to re-establiahing air service will serve to secure safe, rehable, year-round air mnspnnation for Diomede. This 

will provide basic community access to health Bcjvjces and foi economic activity that most other Americans lake for 

granted. SCASDP grant funding will accomplish two tmjor goals: 1) establish scheduled weekly air service to Diomede lo 

detiionstiatc demand level, and 2) provide interim air service that will priivide the necessary time for vanout regional 

pirlfiers to negotiaie hruncial participation in the Kssennal Air Service SOVo match program, which wiU continue air service 

after the SCASDP grant funding expues 

Diomede is seeking financial support to re-establish air service to iheir community, one of the most remote communiUM tn 

the United States of America. Dbmed c meet* the Office of Aviation Aoalysis's pnotity requirements to be considered as 

eligible for grant funding under the SASDP Due lo Diomede's sevete lack of air service ur other fotiru of community 

acc«s, the grant apphcabon is requesting (375,000 per year for a pcnod of duee years Gram funding based upon t 

pTOpoMl csomaic (iom Eve^ee n to EssenmJ Air Services, inchidmg passenger tickrt revenue Thii will provide only one 

round-tnp thght pet week with only four seats available on the helicopter, which is die most batic ait service 

Thank you for your support and assistance to the City of Diomede and the community residents. \Ji'e look forward to your 

consideraitun of the funding request. Please do not hesitate to contact me at f9070 4^3-1206. 

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