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### ' U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary otTransportation

Ms. Tara Barney ChiefExecutive Officer Quad Cities Chamber ofCommerce 

### 130 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA 52801 Dear Ms. Barney: Assistant Secretary 

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## !8 2013 -120Q-New Jersey Avenue. SE**W~st\inglon.** DC 20590

Thank you for your letter 

### ofJuly 

### 22, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the proposal submitted by the Quad City International Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department of Transportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. Secretary Foxx has asked that I respond to you on his behalf. 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 four 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 June 24, the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in receiving a grant 

### this year file their applications by July 

### 26. As these grant requests are pending before the Department, 

### I cannot comment on the merits ofany 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 standard practice, 

### I am placing a copy ofyour letter and this response in Docket DOT-OST-2013-0120 as a contact outside the record ofthis matter. I appreciate your interest in 

### this progrnm.
Sincerely yours,

Susan L. Kurland Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs,-r·· I

July 22, 2013 The Ilonorable Anthony Fox.x US Department ofTransportation 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE WashingtonDC 2059Q · 

### ·Re: Small Collli)lunity

### Air Service Development 

### Program**DOCKETNU!VIBER:DOT-OST~2013-0120**
Dear Secretary Foxx: On behalfofthe Quad Cities Chamber ofCommerce, I am writing you

## m support ofthe Small Community AirService Development Grant being sul:>mitted l:>y the Quad City Internatioxial Airport The Quad City hlternational Airport, located in Moline, 1L, serves passengers from throughout the regions ofEastern Iowa and Western ffiinois. The funds being sought will support. the marketfug efforts promoting existing, and possibly fuj:ure,**~.service** providers and their routes. Retahung. quality 

## and reliable air service inthe.Quad CitieS is critical to the

### r~on's.globally connected businesses and

## ;eSi~etlts;**Th~** Quad Cities

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### .**·~.** We suwort the quad

### Cify·International.Aitpo~~s primary goals to solidify existing air service, moderate future.fare increases and

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### m~~e**s~stitinable,** setting the c:Ourse for future air service growth. Your full consideration ofthis grant request is**app~ec~ated** to continue the·economic growth.potential for the Quad Cities region. Sincerely,

# ;jv4~----· Tara Batn<?Y

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. ChiefExecutive Officer Quad Cities Chamber ofCommerce fA Office: 130W. 2nd St., Davenport, IA52801 • 563.322.1706 

### I lL Office: 62219th Street, Moline, IL61265 • 309.757.5416 www.QuadCitiesChamber.com