U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary of Transportation



### The Honorable Greg Walden U.S. House of**Representative~** 

### Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressman Walden: ., 

# JUL 5 2012 

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### Thank you for your letter supporting the proposal submitted by the Redmond Municipal Airport .for a grant under the U.S., Department ofTransportation's**~mal~** 

### Comm,u,nity 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 of40 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 f}mc;led. · 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 fult ahd fair consideration to all proposals that have been-properly,filed. As is our normal practice, I am placing a copy ofyour 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.

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### Sincerely yours,

# N~ Aloha Ley Associate Director Small Community Program

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### I am writing 

### in supportpfthe City ofR(!dmond's application fi>r a Small Community Air Service Development Program (SDASDP) grallt to support improved service at 

### the Redmond Municipal Airport, which serves all ofcentral Oregon, the fastest growing region in the state. As I understand, the city is requesting $500,000 to t1tilize in its efforts to reestablish air service to southern California, which was lost in 20 l 0. The proposed southern California service route 

### will benefit the remote, rmal communities scattered throughout central Oregon and have a positive 

### regional economic inipact. •

### A s.uceessfiiTgrant application will result 

### in significant improvements to access and reduced costs for the traveling public, including businesses, educational institutions, and other enterprises whose access to the national air transportation system is severely limited. Given 

### the City 

### .of Redmond's**outstanding'rec~;;>rd** of success with air service development, which 

### has strategically utilized previous federal grants 

### and incorporated solid private and public partnerships, 

### I strongly urge your**consi~cration** 

### and support fbr this 

### SD_ASDP b'Tant application. If I can p1'ovidc any other information tor your review, please do not hesitate to contact me at my Medford district office. Sincerely,

# ~~.&,~..... Greg Walden Member of Congress



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