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


 DA  03-  1869  May  30,  2003 


 WIRELESS  TELECOMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  ACTION 
 REGION  52  (TEXAS  –  PANHANDLE,  HIGH  PLAINS  AND  NORTHWEST)  700  MHz  REGIONAL  PLANNING  COMMITTEE 


 ANNOUNCES  FIRST  MEETING 


 The  Region  52  (Texas  –  Panhandle,  High  Plains  and  Northwest)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Regional  Planning  Committee  Convener  announces  that  the  initial  meeting  of  Region  52  700 
 MHz  Public  Safety  Regional  Planning  Committee  will  be  held  on  Wednesday,  July  30,  2003,  in  the  Hospitality  Suite  of  the  City  of  Amarillo  Civic  Center,  400  S.  Buchanan  St.,  Amarillo,  Texas. 


 The  meeting  of  the  Region  52  700  MHz  National  Public  Safety  Planning  Advisory  Committee  will  convene  at  10:  00  a.  m.  The  agenda  for  this  meeting  includes: 
 1.  Review  the  status  of  the  FCC  Rules  for  the  700  MHz  Band,  2.  Review  the  work  to  date  of  the  Public  Safety  National  Coordination  Committee, 
 3.  Establish  a  Regional  Planning  Committee  and  procedural  rules,  4.  Elect  a  Chairperson, 
 5.  Review  plan  elements,  and  6.  Form  workgroups  to  develop  the  Regional  Plan. 


 The  Region  52  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  Region  52  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 


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 this  knowledge  to  attend,  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  band  are  encouraged  to  attend.  For  further  information  about  the 


 meeting,  please  contact: 
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 Bob  Sanders,  Convener  Region  52,  700  MHz  Regional  Planning  Committee 
 City  of  Amarillo  Department  of  Communications 
 P.  O.  Box  1971  Amarillo,  Texas  79105 
 PH:  806-  378-  6851  FX:  806-  378-  6895 
 Email:  bob.  sanders@  ci.  amarillo.  tx.  us 
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