PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 09-2102 September 24, 2009 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 54 (SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETINGS General Docket No. 89-363 The Region 54 (Southern Lake Michigan)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committee (RPC) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Thursday, October 29, 2009. Beginning at 1:00 p.m., the 800 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the Grundy County Emergency Management Agency, 1320 Union Street, Morris, Illinois. The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes: § Call to Order (Chairman Carl Guise) o Approval of the April 9, 2009 meeting minutes § New business o 800 MHz applications § Adjournment § Televate 700 MHz LTE presentation (Rick Burke) Immediately following the 800 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting, the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the same location. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: § Call to Order (Chairman William Carter) o Approval of the April 9, 2009 meeting minutes o 700 MHz plan status o DuPage County application 1 The Region 54 (Southern Lake Michigan) 700 MHz RPC encompasses counties in three states bordering Lake Michigan: Winnebago, McHenry, Cook, Kane, Kendall, Grundy, Boone, Lake, DuPage, DeKalb, Will, and Kankakee Counties, Illinois; Lake, LaPorte, Jasper, Starke, St. Joseph, Porter, Newton, Pulaski, Marshall, and Elkart Counties, Indiana; and Kenosha, Milwaukee, Washington, Dodge, Walworth, Jefferson, Racine, Rock, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha Counties, Wisconsin. The Region 54 (Southern Lake Michigan) 800 MHz NPSPAC RPC includes all of the above counties, and the following Michigan counties: Kent, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Barry, Muskegon, Allegan, Berrien, Cass, and St. Joseph. 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 Both Region 54 Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public. All eligible public safety providers in Region 54 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 54 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: Chris Kindelspire Region 54 700/800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committees 111 East Illinois Avenue Morris, Illinois 60450 (815) 405-0998 ckspire@grundy911.org - FCC -