Harris Air has increasingly become an integra) part of our business model. For instance, their

scheduled direct flights to Klawock have enabled us to service Craig and the other small

communities on Prince of Wales Island in a very efficient and cost effective manner. Their

increase of flights to and from Juneau has made work in Juneau much more practical. Increased

Inyears past we have had better access to these communities through the Alaska Marine

Highway Ferry Service. This service is so infrequent and the schedule so awkward- routing

everything through Juneau that we have not been able to use it for many years. Alaska Airlines

has provided access to the larger communities, but that too has become increasingly unworkable

due to its routings through Juneau. For instance, we used to regularly do work in Petersburg and

Wrangell, but it requires an overnight stay and/or 8 to 12 hour airport layovers in Juneau. This

makes it uneconomical for us to reach these communities.

J have operated a regional real estate appraisal firm in Sitka for more than 30 years. With eight

employees we're the largest commercial appraisal firm between Seattle and Anchorage. There

are no firms doing commercial appraisal work with resident offices in Ketchikan or Juneau. We

have continual work and annual contracts with the municipalities of Skagway, Juneau, and Craig.

We often do commercial work in Ketchikan, Wrangell, and Petersburg as well as smaller

communities such as Kake, Angoon, Gustavus, Hoonah and Haines.

I am writing this letter in support of your application for an Air Carrier Certificate that will allow

you to expand your schedule and include the hauling of mail for the USPS.

Two whom it may concern:

Harris Aircraft Service, Inc sent via e-mail info@harrisair.com

400 Airport Road

Sitka Alaska 99835

September 11, 2014

403 LINCOLN STREET, SUITE 210, SITKA, ALASKA 99835

PHONE NUMBER: (907) 747-6666 FAX NUMBER (907) 747-7417

commercial@horanappraisals.com

REAL ESTATE ApPRA(SERS;CO~SUL TANTS

CHARLES E. HORAN, MAl/WILLIAM G. FERGUSON, JOSHUA C. HORAN,

JAMES A. CORAK, SHEILA KRAMER, HENRY ROBINSON AND SLATER M. FERGUSON

HORAN & COMPANY
See Attached Brochure

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Charles Horan, MAl

Horan and Company LLC

Sole member-Owner

We appreciate all you can do to process Harris Airs request. Ifyou have any questions or need

more information or clarification please don't hesitate to contact me directly.

Hams Airs willingness to expand its schedule combined with the economic opportunity to carry

mail will enable us to better serve those communities. Perhaps more important is the benefit that

those communities will receive from being able to have services from us and other providers

from Sitka. Sitka has a long cultural history of being a hub for the smaller native communities in

central Southeast Alaska. As the ferry service and Alaska Airlines has become more centralized

out of Juneau as a hub, access to these communities has suffered.

scheduling to Petersburg and Wrangell would open up new opportunities for us and provide

people in those communities a more economical access to real estate appraisal services. The

same is true for many of the smaller communities mentioned above.
CharlesHoran,MAl Bill Ferguson Josh Horan Jim Corak Sheila Kramer

Charles is a Senior Bill is a General Josh joined the Jim is a General Sheila is the most recent

Appraiser, Mentor, and Appraiser, educated at company in 2004 and is Appraiser with 34 addition to the firm. She

the CEO of Horan & Penn Slate in our Senior Residential years of experience has over 30 years of Company. With 35 ~rs Landscape Appraiser, He ill an appraising throughout residential appraisal of experience appraising Architecture. He has accomplished State- Southeast Alaska.

in Southeast, Central, been appraising with us Certified Residential Educated at Central experience tbat spans

Coastal. and Northern since 1986. In addition Appraiser. He bas Wasbin~on both the private and

Interior Alaskan to his a~praisal work, tremendous vision for University, he started public sectors and is a

communities. he has Bill is e company's the future technological his appraisal career in well-respected Certified

specialized in unique and Chief Operating advancement of the the Ketchikan Gateway Residential Real Estate

complex commen:ial and Officer. overseeing the appraisal art. In Borough Assessing Appraiser. Educated at industrial properties. daily operation of the addition to hundreds of Office. In 1981. he

Charles is sought out to company. His residential properties, moved to Sitka to Northwest University in

do complex, remote, appraisal aetivity he has experience in become the City Kirkland, Washington

unique lands throughout includes commercial complex land Assessor. Since 1983, with a degree in

the state. He has given real estate in urban and valuations. has assisted he has worked as a Business Management.

numerous lectures rural areas of coastal in commercial land Residential Appraiser, sbe began her career in

presentations on various Alaska. Bill has been appraisals and and then became a appraising in 1982.

subjects ranging from involved in complex participated in the partner in Horan,

"What is an Appraisal?" land analysis, including development of 12 Coralc & Co. in 1987. Over the years

to housing markets, and subdivisions, wetlands, municipal assessment He began :roraising Sheila's appraisal

created tbe Easement tidelands and industrial roll preparations. He is commercia property in work has included

Valuation Seminar. He is waterfront properties. now progressing with the late 1980s until many various complex a mentor to his staff and He has experience his career and training 2004, when he returned

provides resources and managing our contract for his Certified to the City of Sitka as appraisal valuations,

guidance that will ensure assessing team in General Appraiser assessor. He returned on both urban and

continuous improvement. various communities in License. to Horan & Company remote properties.

Southeast Aluka. in 2010.

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Horan & Company appraises all type! of general

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including business valuationa associated with real

eatato and residential property in Sitka, Alaska.

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