PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 09-2577 December 9, 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, December 17, 2009. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the Jamesville Fire Department, 6661 East Seneca Turnpike, Jamesville, New York. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approval of the December 17, 2009 meeting agenda § Review and approval of the November 16, 2009 meeting reports § Old Business: o State Interoperability Executive Committee and Statewide Planning § New York State (Vinnie Stile) § Update on COMT Course Resolution regarding agency/entity requirements associated with NYS SCIP initiatives § Region 30 Representative (Robert Schlieman) o APCO/NRPC activities for 700 MHz (David Cook/Robert Schlieman) § Technical Subcommittee (Robert Isby) o 4.9 GHz activities § Regional usage § FCC regulatory activities o 700 MHz § Announcement of Region 8 700 MHz Window 1 Application Filing Window, January 1-31, 2010 § Development of 700 MHz application guidelines § New business and opportunity for comments § Schedule next meeting § Adjournment Immediately following the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting, the 800 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the same location. 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 The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approval of the December 17, 2009 meeting agenda § Review and approval of the November 16, 2009 meeting reports § NYS OFT waiver request status (Larissa Guedko) § Mutual aid/interoperability plan development (Larissa Guedko) § APCO/NRPC activities for 800 MHz (David Cook/Robert Isby) o Status of Region 55 petition regarding use of the pre-rebanding mutual aid channels in the US/Canadian border area 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 NRPC petitions § Protection criteria clarification § 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 Region 55 - Window 3, 4 and 5 concurrence o Region 55 - Orleans County § Old business o RPC Region 30 Window #3 amendment update (Maribel Martinez-Bradwell) § New business and opportunity for comments § Schedule next meeting § Adjournment 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 http://nys-rpc.org/region_30/about_30.html -FCC -