PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 10-1710 September 9, 2010 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 42 (VIRGINIA) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETINGS PR Docket No. 91-300 The Region 42 (Virginia)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Beginning at 1:00 p.m., the Region 42 700 MHz RPC will convene at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, 110 Shenandoah Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and review any items pertaining to the 700 MHz RPC. Immediately following the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting, the 800 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the same location beginning at 2:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to review and discuss items of interest to the 800 MHz Region 42 RPC. Both Region 42 Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public. All eligible public safety providers in Region 42 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 42 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: Robert A. DeLauney, Chairperson Region 42 700 MHz Public Safety RPC City of Virginia Beach-ComIT 2508 Princess Anne Road, Building 30 Virginia Beach, VA 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 Linda Boring, Vice Chairperson Region 42 700 MHz Public Safety RPC Wireless Communications Specialist City of Newport News 513 Oyster Point Road Newport News, VA 23602 (757) 269-2430 lboring@nngov.com David R. Warner, Chairperson 800 MHz Public Safety RPC Telecommunications Engineer, Radio Engineering Division Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) Meadowville Technology Park 11751 Meadowville Lane, Chester, VA 23836 (804) 416-6199 david.warner@vita.virginia.gov - FCC -