Office of the Secretary of Transportation

The Honorable Mark Wyland California Senator Sacramento, CA 95814

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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 ofTransportation'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 ofprojects 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.

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### am plaCing a copy of your letter and this response in Docket DOT-OST-2012-0069 as a contact' outside the record ofthis matter. I appreciate your interest in this program·. An identicafletter has been sent to Mr. Garrick.

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### 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 ofthis matter. I appreciate your interest in this program. An identical letter has been sent to Mr. Garrick.
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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 

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