PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 07-4477 October 31, 2007 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ACTION REGION 30 (NEW YORK – ALBANY) 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. 90-394 The Region 30 (New York-Albany)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Thursday, December 6, 2007. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will convene at the Oswego County Legislative Building, 46 East Bridge Street, Oswego, New York. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approve December 6, 2007 meeting agenda § Review and approve September 27, 2007 meeting report § Old business o Update – 700 MHz working group (Mr. Travis LePage) o Update – 700 MHz status report o Update – Guidelines to administer the 700 MHz general use low-power interoperability channels in the plan o Update – 700 MHz band restructuring (Mr. Robert Schlieman/Mr. Sean O’Hara) o Update – 4.9 Microwave (Mr. Sean O’Hara) § New business/comments § Schedule next meeting § Adjourn 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. 1 The Region 30 regional planning area includes thirty-one counties in upstate New York: Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Green, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, and Washington. 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 The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approve December 6, 2007 meeting agenda § Review and approve September 27, 2007 meeting report § Old business o Update – Window #3 amendment (Ms. Maribel Martinez-Bradwell) o Update – 800 MHz Wave #4 Rebanding (Mr. Sean O’Hara) § New business/comments o 800 MHz Regional Planning Committee plan amendment to include bylaws (Ms. Maribel Martinez-Bradwell) § Schedule next meeting § Adjourn Both of the Region 30 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 30 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 and 800 MHz bands within Region 30 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: David A. Cook, Chairman 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committees Chief, East Greenbush Fire Company 2813 Phillips Road Castleton, New York 12033 (518) 956-2812 dcook@fedeng.com -FCC -