PUBLIC 
NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
 DA 07-59
January 11, 2007
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ACTION
REGION 15 (IOWA) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE TO 
HOLD 700 MHz REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETING
The Region 15 (Iowa) 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will hold its 
next planning meeting on Wednesday, January 31, 2007, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Iowa 
Department of Transportation, Materials Conference Room, 800 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa.  
The agenda for this meeting includes:
§ Review and adopt Bylaws,1
§ Review tools available on the CAPRAD database, 2
§ Review the next steps to be taken to develop the Regional Plan, and 
§ Confirm meeting dates for the remainder of the year.  
The Region 15 700 MHz 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 15 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 
 
1 A copy of the proposed Bylaws is available in the “Iowa News” section at http://www.iowaapco.org.
2 The Computer Assisted Pre-coordination Resource and Database (CAPRAD) system is a tool available to regional 
planning committees to pre-designate initial 700 MHz channel allotments in county-like area frequency pools. 
CAPRAD is administered by the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center-Rocky Mountain 
Region (NLECTC-RM), a program of the National Institute of Justice hosted by the University of Denver through 
the Denver Research Institute, and is available at http://caprad.nlectc.du.edu.
News media information  202 / 418-0500
Fax-On-Demand  202 / 418-2830
TTY  202 / 418-2555
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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.
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All interested parties wishing to participate in planning for the use of public safety 
spectrum in the 700 MHz band within Region 15 should plan to attend.  For further information, 
please contact:
Richard Hester, Chair
Region 15, 700 MHz Regional Planning Committee
56911 Whitepole Road
Lewis, Iowa 51544
(712) 769-2395
hester@dps.state.ia.us
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