PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 10-2292 December 6, 2010 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 30 (NEW YORK – ALBANY) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ AND 800 MHZ 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 16, 2010. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the Essex County Public Safety Building, 702 Stowersville Road, Lewis, New York. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approval of the December 16, 2010 Meeting Agenda § Review and approval of the October 14, 2010 Meeting Report § Old Business o State Interoperability Executive Committee and Statewide Planning (Vinnie Stiles) § Technical Subcommittee (Robert Isby) o 4.9 GHz activities o 700 MHz applications o Region 30 700 MHz o Region 8 700 MHz Windows 1 and 2 concurrence request § 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 16, 2010 Meeting Agenda § Review and approval of the October 14, 2010 Meeting Report § Technical Subcommittee update (Robert Isby) o Region 19 800 MHz Regional Plan concurrence request § Old business o NYS OFT waiver request status (Larissa Guedko) o RPUC (David Cook) o Joint RPC letter to State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services regarding 800 MHz spectrum 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 § New business and opportunity for comments § Schedule next meeting Both 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 Region 30 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety RPCs 2813 Phillips Road Castleton, New York 12033 (518) 956-2812 dcook@fedeng.com -FCC -