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### Mr. PatrickD. Eikenberry CEO/President Missma:n. 

## Inc. lOU 27th 

### Avenue P.O. Box 6040 Rock Island, IL 61204 

### Dear Mr.**Eikenberry~** Assistant Secretory 

### ·.**N~** Jersey**Av~;~nua,** SE Wtxshing!on, OC 2(;}590 

## AUG 21ZOta

Thank you for your letter ofJuly 22. addressed to Secretary Foxx.. suppo.rting the proposal submitted by the Quad City International Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department of Transportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. The Secretary has asked me to respond on his behalf. The Small Community Air Service DevelopmentProgram was established to help smaller communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues**n~lated** 

### to high airfares or insufficient service. Underthe statute, the Department may make amaximum of40 grant awards eaeh year, although no more than four awards may be to communities in the same State. ln orderto provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to theirair service deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types ofprojects that can be funded. On June**24~** 

### the Department issued an orderrequesting that communities interested in receiving a grantthis year file theirapplications by July As these grant requests are pending before the Department, I cannot comment 011 

### the merits ofany particular proposal. 1assure you that the Department will give fllll and fair consideration to all proposals that have been properly filed. As is our standard practice, I am placing acopy ofyour letter and this response in Docket DOT-OST-2013-0120 as a contact outside the record ofthis matter. I appreciate your interest in this program. Sincerely yours,

Susan L. 

### Kurland Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International AffairsJuly 22. 20 I3 The llonorable Anthony Foxx US Department nfTransportation 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 

### Re: Small 

### Community Air 

### Service Development Program DOCKET NUMBER: DOT-OST-2013-0120

Dear Secretary Foxx: On behal 

## rofMissman. Jm:

.. I am writing you in support ol'the Small Community Air Service Development Gran( being submmecl by the \)uacl Ciry International Airport. ·rhe Quad City International Airport. located in Moline. IL serves passengers fl·orn throughout the regions ofEastern Iowa and Western Illinois. The funds being sought will support the marketing efforts promoting existing. and possibly future. air service providers and their routes. Retaining. quality and reliable air service in the Quad Cities is critical to the region's gh1bally connected businesses and residents. The Quad Cities region is a bi-state community with a p(1pulation over 400.000. A diverse mix ofFortune 500 companies. including the vvorld hcadquar1ers of' Deere & Company. The lion Company. Mndern \V<1odmen ofAmerica. KONE E!evat<,w/Escalator. and Akoa at! call the greater Quad Cities region home. ln addition. the**Dcp~trtment** uf Delcnse·s Rock Island Arsenal is located in**th~** region. providing critical gl{1bal logisti<.:s. trili ning nnd manuliH:turing equipment and services to thejoint forces. Missman. Inc

.. supports the Qund City International Airp011's primary goals to solidify existing. air scn·icc. moderate ruture 

### 11m: increases 

### and makL' 

### current air service more sustainable. setting the course for future air service 

### growth. Your full**..:on:-;iderati~.Hl** ofthb grant**rcque~t** b appreciated !U continu..: liw economic growth potenrial fbr the Quad Cities region.
Sincerel),

# ~ 

# ..**?e.:,,~** CEO/ President Missman. Inc.

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