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The Honorable Rny Lallood 

Secretary of lransportBt10n 

FS. Department of T'mnspomnion 

4UO 7'h Street. S. W 

Washington D.C. 20590 

Dear Sccrctmy LaHood: 

\1·.' t,'SHINCi I C~ J, UC 

Jwre 20, 2011 

I write to exprcsR my support for Rochester lntemational Airport's grant application hx a 

Smoll Community Air Se!>'ice Development grunt in the amount of$500,000 from the U.S 

Department of Transportation under Docket DOT -OST -2012-0069. The funds will he combined 

with $200,000 of local non-airport iilnding from the city of Rochester anrl used to recruit new air 

services that are critically needed in the area. 

In the last three years, one third of the airline service at the Rochester lntemational 

Airport in Rochester, !v1innes:ota has been lost, atfeGting a critical hub for cGmmerce and 

heallhcare services in the region. Both the headquarters for the Mayo Clinic and a major facility 

l(lf IBM are located in the Rochester area, along with other dynamic and growing businesses. 

Quality air service is needed by both these organizations as well as the r<-'St of Rochester's 

business community to $erve their customers and compete globaBy. 

This grant will help maintain a much needed reS<>urce in the Rochester area by attracting 

additional air services that will serve the needs of Minnesotans and support a gro\\ing regional 

economy. With the support of the Small Community Air Servkc Deve.loprnent gnmt the 

Rochester international Airport will continue to provide critical air services to Rochester and the 

sun-oundtng area 

!'or the re~asons above, l encourage your strongest considerntion of Rochester 

lntemutional Airport's grant proposaL lf you have any questions 1.1r need additional information. 

please contact Greg l30hrer in my Mitmesota office at (612)727-5220 or by email at 

Or elL_ Bohrcr~i]~klobuc bar~ senate. gov. 

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Sincerely, 

~:~\~ lllH ted States S enator 
CAPITOL OFF!Cf:: 

17?2 LONGWGflTH HOUSE OFFICE BUHDING 

WASHINGTON, DC 2051ti 

(202) 225-2472 

MANKATQ OFFICE: 

227 EAST MAIN STREET 

SUITE 220 

MANKATO, MN 56001 

(507) 388-2149 

ROCHESTER OFFICE: 

11301/, 7-r>< STREET NW, 

SUITE 208 

RoCHESTER, MN 55901 

( 507) 206-0643 

TOLL FREE#: 

(877)486-9259 

Ms. Aloha Ley 

TIMOTHY J. W ALZ 

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES 

FIRST DISTRICT, MINNESOTA 

wWw.'\VALZ.HOUSE.GOV 

June 19,2012 

Associate Director, Office of Aviation Analysis 

1200 New Jersey Ave SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Dear Ms. Ley, 

AGRICULTURE 

Conservation, Energy, and Forestry 

General Farm Commodities and 

Risk M<~nagemant 

TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUC1 URE' 

Rail, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials 

Highways and Transit 

V~TERANS' AFFAIRS 

Disability Assistance and 

Memorfal Affairs 

Economic Opportunity 

I am writing to express my support for the Rochester International Airport's application for the Small 

Community Air Service Development Grant (Docket DOT-OST-2012-0069; GRANT11156129). 

The Rochester International Airport intends to combine the $500,000 grant award with $200,000 in local 

non-airport funding from Rochester and $75,000 in marketing funding to recruit new critical air service 

to the region. Over the past three years, the airport has experienced service reductions of up to thirtythree percent due to the Delta-Northwest Airlines merger despite significant population and economic 

growth due in part to the Mayo Clinic. 

It is my hope that the Rochester International Airport's Small Community Air Service Development 

Grant application will receive proper consideration and approval, so that the airport can expand their 

service and meet the community's needs by further connecting a major inten1ational medical destination 

with the rest of the world. 

Thank you for your consideration and for your ongoing commitment to serving our country's small 

community airports. 

Sincerely, 

Tim Walz 

MEMBER OF CONGRESS 

TJW/ms 

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