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### The Honorable Phillip B. Banaszek Chainnan, Rock Island County 1504 Third A venue Rock Island, IL 61201 Dear Mr. Banaszek: Assistant Secretary 

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### Thank you for your letterofJuly 23, 

### addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the proposal submitted by the Quad City International Airport for a grant underthe U.S. Department of Transportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. The Secretary has asked me to 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 insufficient service. Underthe statute, the Department may make a maximum of40 grant awards each year, although no more than four awards may be to communities in the same State. Inorderto 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 orderrequesting that communities interested in receiving a grantthis yearfile their applications by July 26. As these grant requests are pending before the Department, I 

### cannot comment on the merits ofany particularproposal. 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 acontactoutside the record ofthis matter. I 

### appreciate your interest in this program. Sincerely yours,

Susan L. 

### Kurland Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International AffairsCounty Board

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July 23, 2013 The Honorable Anthony Foxx US Department ofTransportation 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE Washington DC 20590 Re: Small CommunityAir Service Development Program DOCKET NUMBER: DOT-OST-2013-0120 Dear Secretary Foxx: On behalf ofthe Rock Island County Board, Iam writing you in support of the Small Community Air Service Development Grant being submitted by the Quad City International Airport. The Quad'City International Airport, located in Moline, IL,**serve~** passengers from throughout the regions of Eastern Iowa and Western Blinois. The funds being soughtwill.support the marketing efforts promoting existing, and possibly future, air service providers and their routes. · Retaining quality and reliable alr service in the Quad Cities is critical to the region's globally connected businesses and residents. The Quad Cities region is a bi-state communitywith a population over 400,000. A diverse mix of Fortune 500 companies, including the world headquarters of Deere & Company, The Hon Company, Modern Woodmen of America, KONE Elevator/Escalator, and Alcoa all call the greaterQuad Cities region home. In addition, the Department of Defense's Rock Island Arsenal is located in the region, providing qitical global logistics, training and manufacturing equipment and services to thejoint forces. Rock Island County supports the Quad City international Airport's primary goals to solidify existing air service, moderate future fare increases and make current air service more sustainable, setting the OJ<'FICEOFTHE COlllVIYBOARn llockIsland Couni;y, Illinois 1504ThmlAvenue. RockIsland.IL 81201 I 11ton.c: (30D) 55S.:-J80£S *Fax: (300)7864473course for future air service growth. Your full consideration of this grant request is qppreciated to continue the economic growth potential for the Quod Cities region.

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