*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 38223* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 DA 04- 1311 May 11, 2004 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATONS BUREAU NEW ENGLAND (REGION 19) 700 MHz PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES PLANNING MEETING The Region 19 (New England) 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee announces that the 15 th meeting of the Region 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee and 4.9GHz will be held Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at 10: 00 a. m.- 12: 00p. m., at the Brattleboro, Vermont Municipal Center, Grove St., Brattleboro, Vermont 05301 The meeting of the Region 700 MHz National Public Safety Regional Planning committee will convene at 10: 00 a. m. The purpose of this meeting is to continue developing a Region plan to meet the needs of the 700 MHz spectrum users including Public Safety, Public Health, Emergency Management and Utility services. The Region 19 700 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 States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Connecticut would utilize these frequencies. It is essential that participants be representatives of all eligible public safety providers 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 represent their 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 and/ or the newly allocated 4.9 GHz band within Region 19 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: George Pohorilak, Chairman Jerry Zarwanski, Vice- Chairman Department of Public Safety Department of Public Safety 1111 Country Club Road 1111 Country Club Road P. O. Box 2794 P. O. Box 2794 Middletown, CT 06457- 9294 Middletown, CT 06457- 9294 News media information 202 / 418- 0500 Fax- On- Demand 202 / 418- 2830 TTY 202 / 418- 2555 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov 1 Phone: 860- 685- 8108 Phone: 860- 685- 8157 Fax: 860- 685- 8363 Fax: 860- 685- 8363 Email: george. pohorilak@ po. state. ct. us Email: jerry. zarwanski@ po. state. ct. us -- FCC-- 2