PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 09-826 April 14, 2009 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 42 (VIRGINIA) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETINGS PR Docket No. 91-199 The Region 42 (Virginia)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committee (RPC) will hold its next meetings on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Beginning at 1:00 p.m., the 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will convene at the Sheraton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel, 3501 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Beginning at 2:00 p.m., the 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will convene at the same location. The purpose of the meetings is to discuss 800 MHz Region 42 planning, and to approve the 700 MHz Region 42 plan for submission to adjacent regions and the FCC. Both of the Region 42 Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public. It is essential that public safety agencies in all areas of government, including state, municipality, county, and Native American Tribal, and non-governmental organizations eligible under Section 90.20 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 90.20, 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 42 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: Robert A. DeLauney, Chairman Region 42 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee City of Virginia Beach-ComIT 2508 Princess Anne Road, Building 30 Virginia Beach, Virginia 23456 (757) 383-4066 rdelaune@vbgov.com 1 The Region 42 (Virginia) regional planning area includes the State of Virginia, excluding Northern Virginia (Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford Counties, and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park), which is represented by Region 20 (Northern Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia). 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 David R. Warner, Chairman Region 42 800 MHz Public Safety Planning Committee Telecommunications Engineer, Radio Engineering Division Virginia Information Technologies Agency Meadowville Technology Park 11751 Meadowville Lane Chester, Virginia 23826 (804) 416-6199 david.warner@vita.virginia.gov - FCC -