PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 09-1962 August 28, 2009 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES 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 (RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Thursday, September 10, 2009. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the Hamilton County Office Building, 102 County View Drive, Lake Pleasant, New York. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approval of the September 10, 2009 meeting agenda § Review and approval of the February 10, 2009, March 26, 2009, and July 9, 2009 Meeting Reports § Old Business o SIEC and Statewide Planning § New York State (NYS) (Vinnie Stiles) § Region 30 Representative (Robert Schlieman) o 700 MHz Plan (Maribel Martinez-Bradwell) o APCO/NRPC Activities for 700 MHz (David Cook) § Technical Subcommittee (Robert Isby) § New business and opportunity for comments § Schedule next meeting Immediately following the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting, the 800 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the same location. The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approval of the September 10, 2009 meeting agenda § Review and approval of the February 10, 2009, March 26, 2009, and July 9, 2009 Meeting Reports § Old business o Status update o RPC Region 30 Window #3 Amendment (Maribel Martinez-Bradwell) o Region 55/800 MHz Wave 4 Rebanding (Lynn Ness) 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 o APCO/NRPC Activities for 800 MHz o NYS Support Request (Larissa Guedko) § Technical subcommittee update (Robert Isby) o Region 28 concurrence request § New business and opportunity for comments o Schedule next meeting Both Region 30 Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public. All eligible public safety providers in Region 30 may utilize these frequencies. It is essential that eligible public safety agencies in all areas of government, including state, municipality, county, and Native American Tribal 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 RPC Chief, East Greenbush Fire Company 2813 Phillips Road Castleton, New York 12033 (518) 956-2812 dcook@fedeng.com -FCC -