PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
DA 09-2505
November 25, 2009
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES
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. 91-43
The Region 8 (New York – Metropolitan area)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees 
(RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Tuesday, December 15, 2009.  Beginning at 
10:00 a.m., the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the Paramus Police Department Life Safety 
Complex, 1 Jockish Square, Paramus, New Jersey.
The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes:
§ Review and approval of the December 15, 2009 meeting agenda
§ Review and approval of the October 15, 2009 meeting report
§ Interoperability/SIEC Reports
o New York State (Vinnie Stiles)
o New Jersey (Jody Nestor)
§ Working Group Activities
o 4.9 GHz Working Group (Felix Melendez) - update on FCC WP Docket No. 07-100, 
Amendment of Part 90 of the Commission’s Rules
o 700 MHz Working Group
§ Update on Region 8 700 MHz Window #1 application announcement.   
Application filing window will be open from January 1-31, 2010
§ Update on RPC Region 8 700 MHz Bylaws, Regional Plan Update Committee 
§ 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 December 15, 2009 meeting agenda
§ Review and approval of the October 15, 2009 meeting report
 
1 The Region 8 (New York – Metropolitan area) planning area includes the New York counties of Bronx, Kings, 
Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, and Westchester; and 
the New Jersey counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union, Warren, Middlesex, Somerset, 
Hunterdon, Mercer, and Monmouth.
News media information  202 / 418-0500
Fax-On-Demand  202 / 418-2830
TTY  202 / 418-2555
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§ Old Business
o 800 MHz rebanding activities (Ray Simonetti)
o Update on RPC Region 8 concurrence letter to Region 19
o Update on approval letter to Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
o Update on Port Washington, New York (Drew Haagenson/Harold Carver)
§ New business and opportunity for comments
§ Schedule next meeting
The Region 8 Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public.  All eligible public safety 
providers in Region 8 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 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:
Lieutenant Anthony Melia, Chairman
Region 8 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee
NJ State Frequency Coordinator, APCO NJ Frequency Advisor
Essex County Sheriff’s Office
Field Operations Division
50 Nelson Place
Newark, NJ 107102
(973) 395-2567
meliaa@apco911.org
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