Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

The Honorable Mark Wyland 

California Senator 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Dear Mr. Wyland: 

JUL 5 Z01Z 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter, cosigned by Mr. Garrick, supporting the proposal submitted by the 

McClellan-Palomar Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department of Transportation'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 

insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of 40 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 

deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types of projects 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 of any particular proposal. I assure you that the 

Department will give· full and fair consideration to all proposals that have been properly tiled. 

As is our normal practiCe, I am plaCing a copy of your letter and this response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2012-0069 as a contact' outside the record of this matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this program·. An identicafletter has been sent to Mr. Garrick. 

Sincerely yours, 

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Aloha Ley· 

Associate Director 

Small Community Program 
Office of the Secretory 

of Transportation 

The Honorable Martin Garrick 

California Assembly 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Dear Mr. Garrick: 

Thank you for your letter, cosigned by Mr. Wyland, supporting the proposal submitted by the 

McClellan-Palomar Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department of Transportation'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 

insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of 40 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 

deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types of projects 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 II. As these grant requests are pending before the 

Department, I cannot comment on the merits of any 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 of your letter and this response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2012-0069 as a contact outside the record of this matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this program. An identical letter has been sent to Mr. Garrick. 

Sincerely yours, 

~~ Aloha Ley 

Associate Director 

Small Community Program 
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. RE~ Support or McCMian·l•alomar .<\hyurt Applicat.ion fur Fnndin~tllnder the llt()Mrtmcnt uf Tran!iportlltion 

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Dear \h. Ley: 

We, ar,~: \Hitiug hi 1;\fm.:~s our WPJX>il nf Sail J}i~g,; ('ountv oftidals ;uld ihcir uppli<;ati<m request inA 1\:ueral fui1din!,! to 

:".,~1pport ti1c luunch:(;r Calil'i.,·rnr. Pacific "Airline~ (CPA(~(McCkllan-PaloJrmr ..\ii·port ( Ai'll''rff·in·c·urhbad. C~h-fim.,n, 

thmugh the i'Y :!013 Small Community Air Scl'\dce De\dopment grant. 

We collectively represent o\'er OJIC million constituents who re~idc in communities adjacent to the :\.kCicllan-Palomar 

Airport. :\I this writing. the McCicllttn·Pulom:lr Airport is c.-.;pcricncin~t a lung tcnn tlliMHUm in the numhcr ut' a\·aihthle 

airline scats. lhe number of passengers using the tacility has also fallen dramatically, and tmvclcrs are ;:k-ciin!>\ to tkive 

gn:at Lli~tnnces to the downtown Snn Diego airpot1. 

l.\•cal an· ~crvice is app11~ciated b) the !':lllth c,mnty business community in the market tt1r coil\ cnicnt tm\'d options at 

.,:(lmpctiti\'C rates. l'hc c ... lifomia Pacilic t~irlim.~· "mccpt htiS hecn intrqduccd <IS an ;tirline puiscd 10 itwig(lrate the 

i-cgional ait sys.5t~m concept along the west coast and'fill this.\·oid. ' ' " 

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•·arrier. California l'acitic Airlines. to de\clop non·stop service on the busief>t local routes. Jhis Grant is l>cncticial to 

adding new ~er\·ice to uur rc!,\itlll for the henclil of I he husincs,; cummunity ami, with it, ccmwmic vitality. 

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Senator.: <X'h District 

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