PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 09-2283 October 22, 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, November 19, 2009. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the Warren County Sheriff’s Training Center, 1400 State Route 9, Lake George, New York. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approval of the November 19, 2009 meeting agenda § Review and approval of the October 16, 2009 meeting reports § Old Business o State Interoperability Executive Committee and Statewide Planning o New York State (Vinnie Stile) o COML train-the-trainer o Resolution regarding agency/entity requirements associated with NYS SCIP initiatives o Region 30 Representative (Robert Schlieman) o APCO/NRPC activities for 700 MHz (David Cook) § Technical Subcommittee (Robert Isby) o 4.9 GHz activities o Regional usage o FCC regulatory activities o 700 MHz o Development of 700 MHz application guidelines § 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 November 19, 2009 meeting agenda § Review and approval of the October 16, 2009 meeting reports 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 TTY 202 / 418-2555 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov 2 § Old Business o RPC Region 30 Window #3 Amendment (Maribel Martinez-Bradwell) o Mutual aid monitoring requirement (Robert Schlieman) o FCC clarification/opinion update regarding the following: § implementation of national mutual aid § augmentation of facilities supporting national mutual aid channels § conformance to Regional plans o APCO/NRPC activities for 800 MHz (David Cook) o Status of Region 55 petition regarding the use of the pre-rebanding mutual aid channels in the US/Canada border o Status of the NRPC’s petition regarding the use of pre-banding mutual aid channels in all regions and their support to Region 55 petition o Status of Region 30 FCC petition to allow use of the pre-rebanding mutual aid channels in the border regions and support to Region 55 and the BRPC’s petitions o Protection criteria clarification (Robert Isby) o Region 19 concurrence (Robert Isby/Maribel Martinez-Bradwell) o NYSOFT waiver request status (Larissa Guedko) o RPUC status (Robert Schlieman) FT Waiver Request Status (Larissa Guedko) o RPUC Status (Robert Schieman) § Technical Subcommittee Update (Robert Isby) o Region 19 806 rebanded regional plan concurrence o Region 55 and 30 800 MHz Wave 4 FRA Rebanding update (Chris Johnson) o New business and opportunity for comments § Schedule next meeting The 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 -