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Office qf AmDon Antl^ais 

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Anandoo: Ms. Alohi Ley, AMIXUM Dircctoi 

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To Whom It May Concern; 

I UB plotted to wncc to you about ihe gao l ptopoitJ tha City of Diomcdc ii cubnuniag » che 

Office of AviAOOQ Aatlyeie uod u th£ SauU Community Air Scmce Denlopitieac Prognffi 

(SCASDP). 

The chiilecgc Diomedc hii heed it that thcf lurrc been vidiout uk . leliible, coosijtent tir 

aanspOR nnce Jiily 2009 Evtsffeea Hehcopreti, Inc. (Eveiptess) pjovidti coiincDed U.S. DU3 aii 

ictviee for 'Diomede oac« p«c VMII; waih a pennimog. In die pu t Eveigtees £lev mail oa a cwoeogine Bokow-lOS ^0-105 ) bclieoptex &om Nome to Dicntedc ixrlth scat adte a miltbl e foi 

puicha»e BI moil vagh t ftUovcd; typual)^ ooe iCAt to Diomcdc and foiu aeui ttwmmg to Nome 

E-rtigireeii haa proTlded cjpcniive ckut u fligha 0& demand la June 2009 the BO>lOS had 

niechtnical problcmi and Evague o bcgiA flying maxl only on fl tin^-cngia e A-St&t heljcoptet. 

\l7hilc PAA KgiUiaoni KUOV paaicnger aerTicc on a •ing^-aiginc helicoptoi ov a opea-oceftti, u • 

policy Eveigieai vill not fly patioagm ov a open ocean, etpedally in the Amie, on a tiogle^engine 

helicopTei. No v Diomcdc hia no puieager helicoptac iBCricc Then onl7 mcani foi community 

Bcceii ii by inuU boUThe ocod to ic-ciubluhing u Mcvice wjH HCTC to MCUte oafe, tdiible, year-ioand aiz tniuponadoo 

foi Oiotnede. This will pcovide base community tcccii to health leivicea and foi ceaaomic accniiy 

due moat ochet Amencana oake fot gttmcd. SCASDP £nnt fiioding viU accomplish TVO major 

goiJi: 1) MtabHah icfacdulcd a-cekly tit icrrice to DiomMt« to donoutnt c deoAnd level, and 2) 

pcovide jatetua tit lervice that will provide the occcsttfy tirae for vtnous rcgiooMl ponncn ui 

oegooatB finandol participation in tb« Ewcatial Air Service SO'/i match proftajn, vhich vill 

connauc tif sccricc aftei the SCA50P gtsni funding expires. 

Oioracdc ii seeking fiomdtl (upporc to re-eatablith air service to tjaeir com^nuility, one of the moit 

remote communitica in the United Scam of Amebca Diomcdc meet* the Office of Aviadoa 

.^nilyfia'i pooniy Ee<]uiicinca(a to be cooaidcccd u eligibk foE g»nt funduig Mider *Jie SASDP. 

Due to Diomcdc'a KVS C lack of tii lunc e ot otter fbsni of eotsmuniry acceit, the pant 

appliocioa 1* re^enin g • gnm in tba amount of SI ^0,000 , or $417,000 p«r yiw for ihiMi yicvt to 

Ci'iiimuniiy fi|' Diomede Patie 2^ 
Appliciilion under Ihe 201(1 Sni:)ll Cominunitv Air Service Development Cir:int Pro^riim 

caublish air acrnee from Notne co Diomede- Grant ^din g bated upon a piopoasl canraiTe Ecom 

Evergreen to Eiiendil Air Scmccs, induding ptiienger ticket levniue Thu will provide only one 

lound-txip Qighi per week with only four leau available on ±e helicoptet, which u the moic baiic tie 

service. 

Thaalt you for your auppoir and aitiatance to the Ciiy of Diomede and the community xeaident>. 

Wc look forvatd (o your conaidetadoa of the funding icqueiL Plciae doootbcfitiitc to coucacime 

•t907.6M2l7S 

Sincerely, 

Cominuiiily ol DitniiL'tic P;igc 30