PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
DA 08-1061
May 2, 2008
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ACTION
REGION 8 (NEW YORK – METROPOLITAN AREA) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL 
PLANNING COMMITTEE TO HOLD 700 MHz REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING 
MEETING
The Region 8 (New York – Metropolitan area)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will 
hold its next meeting at 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, June 12, 2008, at the Main Conference Room, Nassau 
County Police Department, 1490 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, New York.
The agenda for this meeting includes:  
§ Review and approval of the June 12, 2008 meeting agenda
§ Review and approval of the March 18, 2008 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 on the 700 MHz plan status report  
o Update on adjacent regional concurrence
o Update on the 700 MHz band consolidated narrowband restructuring (Mr. Sean O’Hara)
§ New business and opportunity for comments.
o Update from the Technical Subcommittee’s on its findings for the proposed Region 28 
700 MHz plan
o Demonstration of the 700 MHz application evaluation tool for pool allotments (Mr. Sean 
O’Hara)
§ Schedule next meeting
The Region 8 Public Safety Regional Planning Committee meeting is 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, 47 C.F.R. § 90.523, be 
represented in order to ensure that each agency’s future spectrum needs are considered in the allocation 
 
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.
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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 public safety spectrum 
in the 700 MHz band within Region 8 should plan to attend.  For further information, please contact:
William Gardner, Chairman
Region 8 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee
Director, Police Communications Systems 
Suffolk County Police Department
30 Yaphank Avenue
Yaphank, New York 11980
(631) 852-6431
bgct4@aol.com
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