PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
DA 08-329
February 11, 2008
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, March 18, 2008.  
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 March 18, 2008 meeting agenda
§ Review and approve January 15, 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 Discussion on 4.9 GHz theological analysis in the New York City Metropolitan 
area (MTA Bridges and Tunnels, New York City Transit and Port Authority of 
New York and New Jersey)
§ Old business
o 700 MHz working group (Mr. Travis LePage)
o Update – 700 MHz status report  
o Update – 700 MHz band restructuring (Mr. Sean O’Hara)
 
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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§ 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.  
The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes:
§ Review and approve March 18, 2008 meeting agenda
§ Review and approve January 15, 2008 meeting report
§ Old business  
o Update – Region 8 Window 8 application
o Update – 800 MHz mutual aid rebanding (Mr. Ray Simonetti)
o Update – 800 MHz rebanding (Mr. Narendra Mangra/Mr. Lance Johnson)
§ New business/comments  
§ Schedule next meeting
§ 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 the planning for the use of public safety 
spectrum in the 700 MHz and 800 MHz bands within Region 8 should plan to attend.  For 
further information, please contact:
William Gardner, Chairman
Region 8 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committees
Director of Police Communications
Suffolk County Police Department
30 Yaphank Avenue
Yaphank, New York 11980
(631) 852-6431
bgct4@aol.com
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