*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 58557.doc* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 DA 06- 1496 July 21, 2006 WIRELESS TELECOMUNICATIONS BUREAU ACTION REGION 6 (NORTHERN CALIFORNIA) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE TO HOLD 700 MHz AND 4.9 GHz PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETING The Region 6 (Northern California) 1 700 MHz and 4.9 GHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, August 22, 2006, from 9: 30 a. m. to 2: 30 p. m. in the California Department of General Services Ziggurat Building, 707 Third Street, 1 st floor auditorium (Room 1- 301), West Sacramento, California. The agenda for this meeting includes: 1. Review the status of ongoing and culminating efforts concerning the 700 MHz public safety spectrum guidelines and/ or Commission Rules: a. The Development of Operational, Technical and Spectrum Requirements for Meeting Federal, State and Local Public Safety Agency Communication Requirements through the Year 2010, Eighth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, WT Docket No. 96- 86 (rel. Mar. 21, 2006). A copy is available at http:// hraunfoss. fcc. gov/ edocs_ public/ attachmatch/ FCC- 06- 34A1. pdf. In addition, general 700 MHz information is available at the Commission’s public safety web site http:// wireless. fcc. gov/ publicsafety/ 700MHz/ b. The Computer Assisted Pre- coordination Resource and Database (CAPRAD) spectrum management system. Related information is available at http:// caprad. nlectc. du. edu/ cp/ index. jsp. c. National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC). Related information is available at http:// www. npstc. org. d. Other entities, including ad hoc factions and other regional planning committees. 1 The Region 6 (Northern California) area is comprised of forty- eight (48) counties of California situated north of the northernmost borders of San Luis Obispo, Kern and San Bernardino counties. 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 2. Spectrum Plan - review, modify, and approve efforts to date of the workgroup. a. Review and approve the proposed Region 6 – 700 MHz frequency repacking plan incentives and criteria. b. Discuss how to fund the proposed repacking plan 3. Conduct officer elections. 4. Review the status of ongoing or culminating efforts concerning the utilization of the 4.9 GHz spectrum. a. See The 4.9 GHz Band Transferred from Federal Government Use, Memorandum Opinion and Order (MO& O), WT Docket No. 00- 32. A copy is available at http:// hraunfoss. fcc. gov/ edocs_ public/ attachmatch/ FCC- 04- 265A1. pdf. b. CAPRAD, NPSTC, and other entities. 5. Review the Region 6 – 4.9 GHz Plan, as submitted to the FCC in May 2005, its implications, and subsequent 4.9 GHz systems implementation in California. 6. Experience two 4.9 GHz- related presentations. a. PacketHop b. Riverside California Broadband Deployment All Region 6 Public Safety Regional Planning Committee meetings are open to the public. Any eligible public safety service providers whose sole purpose or principal purpose is to protect the safety of life, health, or property in Region 6 may utilize these frequencies. It is essential that not only public safety, but all government (including state and local officials responsible for National Security and Emergency Preparedness within the region), Native American Tribal, and non- governmental organizations eligible under Section 90.523 of the Federal Communications Commission’s Rules be represented in order to ensure that each agency’s future spectrum needs are considered in the allocation process. All interested parties wishing to participate in the planning for the use of new public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz and 4.9 GHz bands are encouraged to attend. For further information about the meeting, please contact: William De Camp, Chair Region 6 – 700 MHz and 4.9 GHz Regional Planning Committee Department of General Services, Telecommunications Division 601 Sequoia Pacific Boulevard, MS- WH7 Sacramento, CA 95814- 0282 PH: 916- 657- 9205 FX: 916- 657- 9231 william. decamp@ dgs. ca. gov – FCC – 2