U.S. Departmentof Transportation Office ofthe Secretary ofTransportation

Mr. Glen G. Guttry Chair Elko County Board ofCommissioners 

### 540 Court Street Suite 101 Elko, NV 89801

Dear Mr. Guttry: Assistant Secretory 

### AUG 2S2013 •, ;**i~J)O:!New** Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC ?.0590

Thank you for your letter ofJuly 24, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the proposal submitted by the City ofWest Wendover for a grant under the U.S. Department of Transportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. Secretary Foxx asked that 1respond to you on his behalf.

The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller communities address air service deficiencies, pmticulady issues related to high airfares or insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of

### 40 grant awards each year, although no more than four awards may be to communities in the same State. In order to provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types ofprojects that can be funded.

On June 24, the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in receiving a grant this year 

### file their applications by July 26. 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 standard practice, I am placing a copy 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 Affairs":j • • "' 

# Elko County Board of Commission.ers 54.0 Court Stryet, Suite 

### .101 • Elkor Nevada 89801 775-738-5398 Phone • 775-753-8535 Fax**BrQ.9~Q Ch~pm~n**  

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Dear Secretary Foxx:**'m!f.Q.~ty.Air** service Development 

### ·s-r;:.2b1a-o12o ';t " EX¥CUAAA&YSTANT MteheleA.·Petty

Elkq.County suf!Jports the City ofWestWendover application 

### with the**DepartmentofTransp~l'it~tJ~n.~to** P?n!,Qi):>ate in the Small Community Air Service Development Grant Program for air ····· · · Werttlover Airport, Utah to Elko and Reno, Nevada. The proposal has support from local 

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## ant and business interests in our County. · We!)tWendover has completed an Air ServicE) Study, which shows excellent**potet~ti.al** 

### tot**.tti~ ~~est**  Wel;iqover market. Separately, the state of**Nev~da·has** studJed the northern Nevada'm**tu~ing** 

## isltco. ·.l3Joth stgdies show tne potenti$J 

### f.or serving**tf,j~** Xlammercial and**go~mm.** , ,. , .. ·. · · · communities have with Reno and Carson City by air.**~hmm~tcial** air service from WetJ.dt;>vera,. to Reno; includin@ passenger and cargo op!9rati:bhs, 

### Y'l!ll sigrfificantly improve 

## the**et)VJp:;pm~nt** for loGal**b!JSin~sses** in 

### the hationaf 

## and glogal marketp[ace. 

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## i!11Q'ro\i**s~Mee.s** along 

### this route, local travelers· will be better able to access an important bu !JOVeroment destination. Elkp. CountyJs very supportive ofthe initiatiVe.**~o** 

### bring scn.e!:1uled airseivice frorn the Wendover Airport to 

## ·the ·Elko and

. Reno airports, and would ·appreciate your consideration of West Wertdover's appljcation for assistance through the Small Community Air Service Development Grant**Prog~m.** Thank you for your time reviewing this application Sincerely,

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### G.uttry, Chair Elko Gouhty Board of Commissioners

cc: Pam Borda, NNRDA