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

Mr. John L. Martin 

### Airport Director San Francisco International Airport PO Box 8097 San Francisco, CA 94128 

### DearMr. Martin: Assistilnt Secretary July 3, 2012



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### Thank you for your letter addressed to Secretary LaHood supportingthe proposal submitted by the Ventura County/Oxnard Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department ofTransportation's Small CommunityAir Service Development Program. The Secretary has requested that I respond 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 insurticicnt service. Under the 

### statute, the Department may make a 

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### grant awards each year, although no**mo_r~** 

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### may be to communities in the, same State. 

### In order to provide communitieswith latitude in developing solutions to their 

### air service deticiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types ofprojects that can be funded. On ivlay 

### 15, the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in receiving a grant this year tile their applications by 

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### these grant requests arc 

### pending before the Department, I 

### cannot comment on the merits ofany pat1icular proposal. I 

### assure you that the Di.!partmcnt will give full and fair consideration to all proposals that have been properly tiled. As is our nonnal practice, lam 

### placing acopy of

### your letter and this response in Docket DOT-OST-2012-0069 as a contact outside the record of

### this matter. I 

### appreciate your interest in this program.**Sinc~:rdv** 

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### Susan L. 

### Kurland Assistant Sccrt.:tary for Aviation and International Affairsf-.

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### , The Honorable Ray La Hood Secretary United States Department ofTransportation 1200 NewJersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590 Dear Secretary LaHood: • ·SJ
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June 7, 2012

I am \vTiting to express my support for Ventura County/Oxnard Airport's application for a Small Community Air Service Development grant underthe Department of Transportation. This grant will greatly assist the airport in its effortto bring new commercial air service to their community and closea current gap in the California air transportation system. SfO is supportive ofefforts..that lead to additi@nal**~1ir** service for other**commtm~t_ies** within California. By allowing Oxnard Airport to restore air service that had, until recentlybeenprovided by them since 1946, it will enhance the economicdevelopment of all otherairports andthe entire State. Webelieve that a grantto the Ventura County/t)xnard Airport would be a boost for all of California commercial aviation at a time when it is.much needed and urgeyour full consideration oftheir application. 

# (r7ours,**--~** J John 'L.-Martin Airport Director

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