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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  01-  1896 
 August  14,  2001 


 WIRELESS  TELECOM  ACTION 
 REGION  42  (VIRGINIA)  PUBLIC  SAFETY  PLANNING  COMMITTEES  ANNOUNCES 
 FIRST  REGION  42  700  MHz  REGIONAL  PLANNING  MEETING 
 AND 
 REGION  42  800  MHz  REGIONAL  PLANNING  MEETING  (PR  DOCKET  NO.  91-  300) 


 The  Region  42  (Virginia)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  and  the  Region  42 
 (Virginia)  800  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  announce  that  consecutive  meetings  will 
 be  held  on  Tuesday,  October  2,  2001  at  the  Holiday  Inn  Hotel,  Tanglewood,  located  at  4468 
 Starkey  Road,  Roanoke,  Virginia. 


 The  first  meeting  of  the  Region  42  (Virginia)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee 
 meeting  will  convene  at  2:  00  p.  m.  The  purposes  of  the  meeting  are  to: 


 1.  Establish  a  Region  42  700  MHz  Regional  Planning  Committee, 
 2.  Elect  initial  officers, 
 3.  Discuss  Virginia’s  “opt  out”  options,  see  Public  Safety  700  MHz  Band  General 
 Use  Spectrum  Deadline  for  Changing  Regional  Boundaries  is  July  2,  2001, 
 Public  Notice,  16  FCC  Rcd  726  (WTB  PSPWD  2001),  1  available  on  line  at:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  Bureaus/  Wireless/  Public_  Notices/  2001/  da010058.txt, 


 4.  Review  Regional  Planning  Committee  800  MHz  plan  and  discuss  700  MHz 
 planning  options,  and 
 5.  Outline/  review  essential  duties. 


 The  Region  42  (Virginia)  800  Mhz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  meeting  will  convene 
 immediately  following  the  adjournment  of  the  Region  42  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning 
 Committee  meeting.  The  purpose  of  the  meeting  is  to  review  the  800  MHz  spectrum  use  requests 
 currently  before  the  committee. 


 Both  of  the  Region  42  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  meetings  are  open  to  the  public.  All 
 eligible  public  safety  providers  in  Virginia  may  utilize  these  frequencies.  It  is  essential  that 
 participants  be  representatives  of  all  eligible  public  safety  providers  in  order  to  ensure  that  your 
 agencies’  future  spectrum  needs  are  considered  in  the  allocation  process.  Administrators  who  are 
 not  oriented  in  the  communications  field  should  delegate  someone  with  this  knowledge  to  attend, 


 1  The  deadline  for  Virginia’s  “opt  out”  decision  was  extended  to  November  2,  2001  (see  letter  dated  June  29, 
 2001,  attached). 


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 Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830 
 TTY  202  /  418-  2555 
 Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov 
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 participate  and  represent  your  agency’s  needs. 
 All  interested  parties  wishing  to  participate  in  the  planning  for  the  use  of  new  public  safety 
 spectrum  in  the  700  MHz  and  800  MHz  band  within  Region  42  should  plan  to  attend.  Virginia 
 welcomes  all  interested  parties  to  attend,  participate  and  volunteer  for  committee  assignments. 


 For  further  information,  please  contact: 
 David  R.  Warner,  Convener 
 Region  42,  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee 
 110  South  7  th  Street  –  3  rd  Floor 
 Richmond,  Virginia  23219 
 (804)  371-  5212  (voice) 
 (804)  786-  4177  (fax) 
 email:  dwarner@  dit.  state.  va.  us 


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