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Dear Mr. Adams, Olen Harris <olen@npfha.com> Thursday, Aprill8, 2013 12:52 PM Adams, Kevin (OST) David Totemoff DOT-OST-2013-0030**~.** r
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North Pacific Rim Housing Authority is the Regional .Indian Housing Authority forthe Chugach Region ofAlaska and provides affordable low income housing, community infrastructure, and related services to the community of Tatitlek. NPRHA currently manage 6 affordable rental housing units, approximately 20 homes under a homeownership program, and the two community docks in Tatitlek. O!!e ofthe docks is an Oil Spill Response Dock for a majorsection of Prince William Sound and also where the Alaska Marine Highway ferry berths when it serves Tatitlek. NPRHA is also planning on construction of.a singlefamily home and renovation ofa youth activity center in Tatitlekthis summer. Due to the remote nature ofTatitlek, being only accessible by air and boat, requires thatthe community has reliable,

. reasonably priced, and frequent enough air service that the essential functions ofthe community and organizations that serve the community can effectively be delivered.


### I would like to offer North Pacific Rim Housing Authorities full support forthe proposal submitted byJ&M Alaska Air · Tours, dba Alaska AirTransit, marked Proposal A. All three proposals from J&M Alaska AirTours provide the community with 

### 3 flights per week, this schedule is frequent enough that services can reliably and affordably be delivered to the community. Proposal A provides all three flights directlyto Tatitlek, proposal B routs one flight perweekthrough Chenega Bay which does add some time in transit forthis flight butthis would be an acceptable alternative is proposal A isnotselected. NPRHA many times has to send out staffto Tatitlek to perform tasks that require a higherskill level than our local staff possess as well as perform tasks to meet all ofourobligations under ourfederally funded programs and these trips usually are 2-3 days in length. Having service 3 times weekly would enable us to obtain seat fares for both legs ofthe trip, ifservice is only once perweek as the other proposers have submitted (Reeve does provide a proposal with 2 flights perweek but at a significantly higher cost thatJ&M Alaska AirTours 3 flights per week cost) it would require a costly charter for one leg ofthe trip.
NPRHA also has to ship all ofthe supplies, materials, and equipment necessary for maintaining.ourfacilities to the

. community and every, there is no local store located in Tatitlek and everything must be shipped to the community by airor boat. All ofthe residents in the community are in the same situation and ifthey need a.part, often for a critical system oftheir home such as the oil fired boilers in most ofthe homes in the community, they must order itfrom Anchorage and wait forthe next available flight to receive it. This creates avery dangerous situation ifthe home is without heat and in danger offreeze-up in the wintertime. The majority ofthe residents ofTatitlek are low income arid do not have the luxury of maintain an expensive stockpile of parts to accountfor anything thatmight go wrong with their heating systems. Having flight available 

### 3 times perweek would make the delivery ofthese parts much more timely and potentially save homeowners thousands ofdollars in repairs from having a home freeze up. Please let me know ifthere are any additional steps that 

### I need to take to have North Pacific Rim Housing Authorities ·comments on the proposals part ofthe record forthis solicitation and selection. Sincerely, Olen Harris Executive Director North Pacific Rim Housing Authority 8300 Kim?: Street

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