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


 DA  03-  68  January  10,  2003 
 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  ACTION 
 REGION  13  (ILLINOIS)  PUBLIC  SAFETY  PLANNING  COMMITTEES  ANNOUNCE  REGION  13  800  MHz  REGIONAL  PUBLIC  SAFETY  PLANNING  MEETING 


 (GEN.  DOCKET  NO.  91-  228)  AND 
 REGION  13  700  MHz  REGIONAL  PUBLIC  SAFETY  PLANNING  MEETING 


 The  Region  13  (Illinois,  except  for  Southern  Lake  Michigan  1  )  800  MHz  NPSPAC  Planning  Committee  and  the  Region  13  (Illinois,  except  for  Southern  Lake  Michigan)  700  MHz  Planning 
 Committee  announce  that  consecutive  meetings  will  be  held  on  Tuesday,  February  25,  2003  at  Macoupin  County  Emergency  Services,  U.  S.  Post  Office  Building,  129  East  First  South, 
 Carlinville,  Illinois. 
 The  meeting  of  the  Region  13  800  MHz  NPSPAC  Planning  Committee  meeting  will  convene  at  10:  00  a.  m.  The  purposes  of  the  meeting  are  to  review  any  pending  800  MHz  applications  and  to 
 address  any  outstanding  issues. 
 The  Region  13  700  MHz  Planning  Committee  will  convene  its  meeting  immediately  following  the  adjournment  of  the  Region  13  800  MHz  NPSPAC  Planning  Committee  meeting.  The 
 purpose  of  the  meeting  is  to  develop  the  700  MHz  Plan. 
 Both  of  the  Region  13  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  meetings  are  open  to  the  public.  All  eligible  public  safety  providers  in  Region  13  whose  sole  or  principal  purpose  is  to  protect  the 


 safety  of  life,  health,  or  property  may  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, 
 1  For  the  state  of  Illinois,  the  “Southern  Lake  Michigan”  counties  are  Winnebago,  McHenry,  Cook,  Kane,  Kendall, 
 Grundy,  Boone,  Lake,  DuPage,  DeKalb,  Will  and  Kankakee. 


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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 


 (over)  spectrum  in  the  700  MHz  and  800  MHz  band  within  Region  13  should  plan  to  attend.  Region  13 
 welcomes  all  interested  parties  to  attend,  participate  and  volunteer  for  committee  assignments.  For  further  information,  please  contact: 


 Gary  J.  Cochran,  Chairman  Region  13,  800  MHz  NPSPAC  Planning  Committee 
 Illinois  State  Police  P.  O.  Box  19461,  Room  401 
 Springfield,  IL  62794-  9461  PH:  217-  558-  6363 
 FX:  217-  524-  5794  Email:  Gary.  cochran@  isp.  state.  il.  us 


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