PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 07-3397 July 25, 2007 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ACTION REGION 8 (NEW YORK – METROPOLITAN AREA) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHz REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING AND 800 MHz NPSPAC REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETINGS Gen. Docket No. 88-476 The Region 8 (New York – Metropolitan area)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Tuesday, September 18, 2007. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will convene at the Life Safety Complex, 1 Jockish Square, Paramus, New Jersey. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approve September 18, 2007 meeting agenda § Review and approve July 10, 2007 meeting report § Interoperability (SIEC Reports): New York State and New Jersey § Working group activities o 4.9 GHz Working Group (Mr. Felix Melendez) o 700 MHz Working Group (Mr. Travis LePage) § Old business o Update – 700 MHz status report o Update – 700 MHz adjacent Regions concurrence o 700 MHz Broadband/Wideband Subcommittee Working Group (Mr. James Hassett) § New business/comments § Schedule next meeting and adjourn 1 Region 8 (New York – Metropolitan area) consists of Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, and Westchester Counties, New York; and Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union, Warren, Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon, Mercer, and Monmouth Counties, New Jersey. News media information 202 / 418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202 / 418-2830 TTY 202 / 418-2555 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov 2 Immediately following the 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee meeting, the 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will convene at the same location. The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approve September 18, 2007 meeting agenda § Review and approve July 10, 2007 meeting report § Old business o Update – Region 8 Window 8 applications actions o Update – Resolution of the modeling tool between Region 8 and Region 19 o Update – 800 MHz Nextel Rebanding Committee (Mr. Ray Simonetti) § New business/comments § Schedule next meeting and adjourn Both of the Region 8 Public Safety Regional Planning Committee meetings are open to the public. All eligible public safety providers whose sole or principal purpose is to protect the safety of life, health, or property in Region 8 may utilize these frequencies. It is essential that public safety agencies in all areas of government, including state, municipality, county, and 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 represent their agency’s needs. All interested parties wishing to participate in planning for the use of public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, and 4.9 GHz bands within Region 8 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: Peter W. Meade, Chairman Region 8 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committees Assistant Fire Marshal, Fire and Rescue Services Nassau County Fire Commission 140 15th Street Mineola, New York 11501 (516) 571-6400 pmeade@nassaucountyny.gov - FCC -