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### cary LaHood : 

### CITY OF MEDFORD**~I:** Wi' S T arH**~Tflt!F.f** tl.ft}l'(JRIJ
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Thank you fur 

### yllur consitlaalion cf Rogue Val!ey lntcrnatioual-1\l t dfo:'ll**Airp<m"~Small** 

### COtru uunity Air 

### Sen ·i { ' e Oevelopmt:nt 

### Progtam App!icatiort. The $1.50.000 Gr.ffit wtll help increw.c 

### Medford's air :>e rvicC'
. helping 

### tfw. 

### Airport 

### enhan c-e ex ising**rourc~** 

### and J 'PJhue 

### additional op portunitir s. 

### The Rogne Valky tms bee n hard hi t by airliM cut-" 

### in the last 

### four year- s-losi ng**afmo~ t**  

### a quaner of its airline seals in !hal time
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### i\ difficult to fin,J last-thinute availa hilit yon ne!wnrk**c<1rri er~**  in nnd 

### out of MedJord



### - etpecially to 

### sorne destinations
. 

### The Rogue Valley lnrcmat iona l·Mcdford Airport hns rccmllcd seve n new mut es in**tl~** lhs.t 

### 16**yea.~~** 

### without 

### the assistance of a DOT**S~m~H** 

### Community Air Service Dcvclopmcnl GranL A!. 

### you will 

### sec in 

### th!& app lica tion, 

### the en virc mnent 

### has 

### t:hanged
. nnu 

### the community 

### musl now h:tvc support to make itdditional 

### sen ·i ee a**~ality .**  

### In order for the ruea to grow, local air serv ice is essential. 

### The Grant**i~** _ just a small 

### p.:;.rl ot 

### the effort
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# 6JI&~j Rob Strmscr 

### Couni.:il Pre siden t



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# 510-120622-005 I 

# jACKSON COUNTY Oregon
June 

### 5. 2012

The Honorable Ray LaHcxxl 

### Secretary of TransportatiOn U S Depattrnent of TransportatiGn 

### 400 

# i' Street. S'N. WASt1ing\on, 

### DC :?0590 Daar Secretary LaHooo: hi<Wl: I_**Jur-•!~h fd'>'tf•~'Tit,.~,,:t**  'H**~~-<1J~\** 0"-J

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### Oo behalf of Jack!iOtl County, thank you for your consideration of Rogue Valley 

### lntamationa!-Medford Airport's Small Community Air Service Development Program Application 

### The $150 000 Grant 

### w11! help increase Medford·s 

### aic service

. helping the Airport enhance existing route& and puruuc 

### additional opporlunllies. The Rogue Valley has been hard hit 

### by airliM cuts if1 lh€ last lrM 

### years - losing a!mo::.t a quarter of 

### its airline**~ais** in that lime. 

### It ls difficult 

### to find last minuto availability on network carriers In and out of Medford
- especially to soma dastinatlons. The Rogue Valley lnterna!Jonai·Medford Airp01t lias 

### rGcruitod seven new routes ;n the last 16 years without lhv assistance of a Department of Transportation (DOT) Small Community Air Service Developmunt Grant. As you will see In lhm appllcallon. the environment has changed and 

### !he communrty must now 

### have support to make additional 

### service a reality. In order for the area 

### to grow. local air servfCe is essential. 

### fhe Grant is just a small part of the 

### effort**Sinc...E;~refy,** 

### ·'· j -.,, '

## Jtl~W.:r**·}'-'~1Jttt** Danny L i.lbrdan 

### County A(,ltninlstrator OLJis



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