### & ULS . Deportmen t o f Assistan t Secretar y 120 0 Ne w Jersey Avenue , SE Transportatio n Washington , D C 2059 0 Office of th e Secretar

y o f Transportatio n cr p Q g 201 1 

### Th e Honorable Larr

y Anderso n 3 Mayo r o f Brooking s > - Brookings , O

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### Dea r Mayo r Anderson : ., 9 Q§'T ^ Than k you fo r you r lette r t o Secretar

y LaHoo d supportin g th e proposa l submitte d b^^th

e De l Nort e Count y Regiona l Airpor t fo r agran t unde r th e Smal l Communit

y Ai r Servic e Developmen

t Progra m(Smal l Communit

y Program) . The Secretar

y ha s aske d tha

t I respond o n hi s behalf

. Th e Smal l Communit

y Progra mwa s establishe d to help smalle r communitie s addres s ai

r servic e deficiencies , particularly issue s relate d t o high airfare s an

d insufficien

t service . Unde r the statute , th e Departmen

t ma y us e th e fund s to mak

e amaximu

mo f 4 0 gran t award s eac h year , although n o mor

e tha n fou r ma y b e to communitie s i n th e sam e State . I n orde r to provide communitie s wit h latitude in developin g solution s to their ai r servic e deficiencies , th e statut

e provide s significan

t flexibility i n ho w th e financial assistanc e ma y b e used . O n Jul y 1 , th e Departmen

t issue d a n orde r requestin g tha

t communitie s intereste d i

n receiving agran

t thi s yea r file their application s b

y Augus t 2 . A s thes e gran

t request s ar

e pending befor

e th e Department , I a

msur e yo u understand tha

t I cannot commen t o n th e merit s o f an y particula r proposal . I assur

e you , however , tha

t th e Departmen

t will giv e fiill consideratio n t

o al l proposal s tha

t hav e bee n properly filed. A s i s ou r norma l practice , I a

mplacin g acopy o

f you r lette r an d thi s respons e in Docke

t DOT-OST-201 1 -011 9 a s acontac t outside th e recor

d of thi s matter . I appreciat

e you r interes t i n thi s program . If

I ca n provide furthe

r informatio n o

r assistance , pleas e fee

l fi-ee to call me . Sincerel y yours ,

Susa n L . Kurland Assistan t Secretar y fo r Aviatio n an

d Internationa

l Affair s

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t Orego n t o northen i California . Th e Cit y o f Brooking s i s pa

n o f thi s region . Afte r severa l toiigl i years , the De

l Nort e Count y Regiona l Airpor t i s again experiencin g passenge r growth . However , th e Airpor t i s .stil l bm«l y scratchin g th e .lurfac e o f

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