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## Hamilton From,: 

### S.ent: Brand Hirsch <mcairport@midrivers.com>

. Monday, April 15, 2013 7:58 AM To: Vicki Hamilton 

### Subject: FW: Comment Letter Regarding Miles City and Lewistown EAS

--·---Original Message----- Fror:n: Brand Hirsch [mailto:mcairport@midrivers.com] Sent; Monday, April15, 2013 7:48AM To: 'Vicki Hamilton.' Subject: FW: Comment Letter Regarding Miles City and Lewistown EAS

-·---Original Message----- From: Brand Hirsch [mailto:mcairport@midrivers.com]**Sen~:** Monday, April15, 2013 7:15AM To: ''Vicki Hamilton' Subject: RE: Comment Letter Regarding Miles City and Lewistown EAS

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### volulifeer~d for. Ifwe lose our eas they wi,ll not be able to starttheir

research. They are scheduled to arrive in Miles City on May l.DOT mightwant

.·to.check with the centerline di.visit;>n beforethey shut down OlJr service as

they already have time and money intothe project at KMLS.This PROJECT IS BEIMG DONE TO POSSIBLEY SAVE THE GOVERNMENT MONEY IN'THE FUTURE. Along with



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# . . - the great economic impact losing ourservice will inflict upon us, it also affects the Faa.We need our service to provide transportation foroursick, .elderly and militarywho live in ourvast rural area
..Remember, we serve six smaller towns and approximately 360 sq. miles ofrural population that do

· not have any otheroptionsfortravel. I believe this was the rea·son eas was

created in the first place. Our hospital relies heavily on larger hubs to recr'uit·doctors. Withoutflights, it is almost impossible to recruit due to our rural setting. To see specialists forthe very sick and elderly is a gre.at burden, or in some cases impossible. Holy Rosary Hospitals Corporate Head Quarters is in Denver arid They Will Rely Heavily on proper airservice. With:the oil field approaching and OtterCreek coalmine moving forward this

· arE!a will be producing a large shar'e ofour countries energy needs. Due to

our centralized location it is intonceivable notto have air service. The

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### economic impactto local business nqt having airservice will hit us hard. I cannot putenough emphasis on howcritical this is for ourdevelopment. The question we should be answering is what can we do to improve our ridership. That is the question a responsible businessperson would ask. The numbersfrom previous years gives everyone a clear answer. Two ofour largest employers recently moved their head quartersto Denver. I am sorry, but notto bring the reason we are in this situation is not an intelligent argument. I am quite sure before the dot makes a· ruling that adversely effectsthe economic development ofcommunities and or businesses, it is supposed to review there (policy- ruling) afterone year. Myquestion is has this been done? Brand Hirsch

.Manager KMLS E-MAIL mcairport@midrivers.com cell 406-951-0955 -----Original Message----- From: Vicki Hamilton [mailto:v.hamilton@co.custer.mt.us] Sent: Friday, April12, 2013 9:58 AM To:mcairport@midrivers.com Subject: FW: Comment Letter Regarding Miles City and Lewistown EAS

From: Craig Canfield [mailto:Craig.Canfield@kljeng.com] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 6:01 PM To: Vicki Hamilton Cc: Lee Richardson ; Brand Hirsch; Jerry Moline; Chris Grenz (rnayor@milescity-mt.org); Carl Jackson; commissioners@co.fergus.mt.us Subject: Comment Letter Regarding Miles City and Lewistown EAS

Vicki -Attached is a comment·letterfr9m KU Engineering regarding the termination of EAS at Miles City and Lewistown. As I understood from the meetingon Tuesday, you

### ~ill**~e** forwarding these to the Departmentof Transportation.

Feel free to call if I can do anything else.

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