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 PUBLIC  NOTICE 
 Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W. 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 DA  02-  651  March  20,  2002 
 WIRELESS  TELECOMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  ACTION 
 REGION  55  (NEW  YORK  -  BUFFALO)  700  MHz  REGIONAL  PLANNING  COMMITTEE 
 ANNOUNCES  FIRST  MEETING 


 The  Region  55  (New  York  -  Buffalo)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  announces  that  its  first  meeting  will  be  held  on  Monday,  May  20,  2002  at  9:  30  a.  m.  at  the  Erie  County  Fire 
 Training  Center,  3359  Broadway,  Cheektowaga,  New  York.  Region  55  includes  the  Counties  of  Allegany,  Cattaraugus,  Chautauqua,  Chemung,  Erie,  Genesee,  Livingston,  Monroe,  Niagara, 
 Ontario,  Orleans,  Schuyler,  Seneca,  Steuben,  Wayne,  Wyoming  and  Yates,  in  the  State  of  New  York.  The  purpose  of  the  meeting  is  to: 


 1.  Establish  a  700  MHz  Regional  Planning  Committee  (RPC),  2.  Elect  a  chairperson, 
 3.  Create  a  RPC  meeting  schedule,  4.  Review  the  RPC  Committee  Process, 
 5.  Review  700  MHz  band  development  to  date,  and  6.  Review  work  of  the  FCC  Public  Safety  National  Coordination  Committee  (NCC). 


 The  Region  55  (New  York  –  Buffalo)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  meeting  is  open  to  the  public.  All  eligible  public  safety  providers  whose  sole  purpose  or  principal  purpose 
 is  to  protect  the  safety  of  life,  health,  or  property  in  the  New  York  –  Buffalo  area  would  utilize  these  frequencies.  It  is  essential  that  not  only  public  safety,  but  all  government,  Native 
 American  Tribal,  and  non-  governmental  organizations  eligible  under  Section  90.523  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  be  represented  in  order  to  ensure  that  each  agency’s  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,  participate  and 


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 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  band  within  Region  55  should  plan  to  attend.  For  further  information  about  the  meeting,  please  contact: 
 Louis  J.  Oshier,  Convener  Region  55,  700  Regional  Planning  Committee 
 Erie  County  Central  Police  Services  95  Franklin  Street,  Room  230 
 Buffalo,  New  York  14202-  3904  PH:  716-  858-  8578 
 FX:  716-  858-  6039  Email:  OshierL@  bflo.  erie.  ny.  us 


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