U.S. Department of 

Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

Of Transportation 

The Honorable Fiona Ma 

Assembly California Legislature 

Sacramento, CA 94249-0012 · 

Dear Ms. Ma: 

JUL 5 2012 

1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. 

washington, DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter supporting the proposal submitted bythe Venture County/Oxnard 

Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department of Transportation's Small Community Air Service 

Development Program. 

The Small Community Program was established to help smaller communities address air servke 

deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares or insufficient service. Under the statute, 

the Department may make a maximum of 40 grant uw:lJ'C!s 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. 

Qn M~y ,15, the Department issued an ordci·:rcquesting that communities interested in receiving a 

grant this year file their applications by June 11. As tl1c~c grant requests are pending before the 

Department, I cannot comment on the merits of any p~:l'licular 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 ktter and this response in Docket ···· ·-

DOT -OST -2012-0069 as a contact outside the record -J( this m~1ttcr. I appreciate your interest in 

this program_ 

Sinccrl'ly yours, 

Aloha l_c\ 

Associate Dirccto:. :·.i:lall Community 

Air Service Development Program 
STATE CAPITOL 

P.O. BOX 942849 

SACRAMENTO, CA 94?49-001? 

(916) 319-2012 

FAX (916) 319-2112 

DISTRICT OFFICE 

455 GOLDEN GATE AVENUE, #14600 

SAN FRANCI~QO, CA 94102 

(415) 557-2312 

FAX (415) 557-1178 

WEBSITE 

http://www.assembly.ca.gov/ma 

Ms. Aloha Ley 

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ASSEMBLYWOMAN, TWELFTH DISTRICT 

June 8, 2012 

Associate Director, Small Community Program 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

1200 l'lew Jersey Avenue, SE VV86-310 

Washington, DC 20590 

Dear Ms. Ley; 

COMMITTEES 

AGRICULTURE 

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS 

GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION 

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, RETIREMENT 

AND SOCIAL SECURITY 

UTILITIES AND COMMERCE 

CHAIR, SELECT COMMITTEE ON 

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

I am writing to support Ventura County/Oxnard Airport's grant in the 2012 Small Community Air 

Service Development Program. The grant requested is $500,000 with a local contribution and 

revenue guarantee program of $493,000 as an incentive for new air service at Oxnard Airport. 

United Express terminated its scheduled air service in 2010 leaving Oxnard Airport with no air 

service. The Oxnard Airport has a true market estimate of over one million O&D passengers 

based on recent analysis. All of these travelers are forced to use outlying airports such as LAX 

and Burbank-'s Bob Hope Airport, increasing their travel costs and time, and adding congestion 

to our already crowded freeways. 

Ventura County has formed a robust public/private partnership to support start up service . . - including airport fee waivers, advertising, and a revenue guarantee program by local Ventura 

County business~s. The initial service Vl(quld include round trip flights to the San Francisco Bay 

Area with 76 seat Q-400 aircraft, which is a major upgrade from previous air service. 

Tl1is route will be well received by our business and military community. The high tech and biotech industries in Ventura County will greatly benefit with nonstop service to the Bay Area. The 

Navy operations at Pt. Mugu and Port Hueneme need a link to the Bay Area N&vy bases and to 

Monterey. 

Thank you for your attention to this important request. I sincerely endorse the application and 

hope that you will give full consideration to the Ventura County/Oxnard Airport application 

consist t with all relevant rules and regulations. 

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