U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary Of Transportation

The Honorable Lee Beyer Oregon Senator Salem, OR 97301 Dear Mr. Beyer: · . .,-...



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Thank you for your letter supporting the proposal submitted by the Redmond Municipal Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department ofTransportation's Small Community Air_Service Development Program. The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares or insuftkient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of40 grant awards each year, although no more than 4 awards may be to communities in the same State. In order to provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service deficiep.c.ies, tl';te, statute provides flexibility in the types ofprojects that can be funded.**~** ' . . . " . ' . . . ' .**~** . ·-**~** . . . On May 15, the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in receiving a grant this year file their applications by June 11. As these grant requests are pending before the Department, I cannot comment on the merits ofany particular proposal. I assure you that the Department will give full and fair consideration to all proposals that have been properly filed. As is our normal practice, I am placing a copy ofy..our le-tter and this response in Docket DOT-OST-2012-0069 as a contact outside the record ofthis matter. I appreciate your interest in this program. Sincerely yours,

# 'f-~a-C~ Aloha Ley Associate Director Small Community Program

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### Aloha Ley OREGON STATE SENATE 900 COURT ST NE SALEM, OR 97301 

### Associate Director, Small·Community Program Office ofAviation Analysis US Department ofTransportation 1200 

### New Jersey Ave, SE W86-3 I

### 0 Washington, DC 20590 

### May 29,2012

Subject: Small Community Air Sentice DevelopmentProgram Grant

. .. Application Docket

### DOT-OST-2012-0069 City ofRedmond, OR- Redmond Municipal Airport 

### Dear Ms. Ley: As the Chairman ofOregon Senate Committee on Transportation, Business & 

### Economic Development, I would greatly appreciate your careful consideration ofthe·City ofRedmond's application for Small Community Air Service Development Program grant funds. The proposed plan provides financial ·assistance to support improved service to Central Oregon, the fastest growing region in Oregon. The proposed southern California service wilJ benefit multiple, remote Central Oregon communities and have far reaching benefits. A successful grant application 

### will result in,significant improvements for the traveling public, including businesses, educational institutions and other enterprises whose access to the national air transportation system is limited
. Given the City ofRedmond's outstanding record ofsuccess with air service development, which has strategically utilized previous federal grants and incorporated solid private and public partnerships, Iencourage the US Department ofTransportation's consideration and support for such a worthwhile project. TI1e SmaH Community Air Ser\Tice Development Program is greatly appreciated. Improving air service in Oregon is apriority ofmy office. Accordingly, the subject grant application has my full support. Please do not hesitate to contact my office ifwe can be ofassistance in this matter.

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