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### Rny Lallood

Secretary of lransportBt10n

FS. Department of T'mnspomnion



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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 

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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 

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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 

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



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!'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.



# s 10-120626-026 Sincerely,

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### ted States S enatorCAPITOL 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:

1130 1 /, 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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