PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 10-438 March 15, 2010 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 49 (CENTRAL TEXAS) PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING AND 800 MHZ (NPSPAC) REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETINGS (PR Docket 92-190) The Region 49 (Texas-Austin)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive meetings on Friday, April 9, 2010. Beginning at 9:30 a.m., the 700 MHz RPC meeting will convene at the City of Austin Learning and Research Center Auditorium, located at 2800 Spirit of Texas Drive, Austin, Texas 78719. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approve April 9, 2010 Agenda § Review and approve January 18, 2007 Meeting Minutes, and January 24, 2009 Conference Call Report § Treasurer’s Report § Update and from the March 25-26, 2010 National Regional Planning Council training meeting held in Tampa, Florida § Review, discuss, and vote to approve the final draft Region 49 700 MHz Plan2 § Old Business § New Business § Opportunity for public comment § Adjourn Following the 700 MHz RPC meeting, the 800 MHz NPSPAC RPC meeting will convene at the same location beginning at 1:00 p.m. 1 The Region 49 (Texas-Austin) regional planning area encompasses the following counties: Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Coryell, Falls, Fayette, Freestone, Grimes, Hamilton, Hays, Hill, Lampasas, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Llano, Madison, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Robertson, San Saba, Travis, Washington, and Williamson. 2 A copy of the final draft of the Region 49 700 MHz plan is available through the Region 49 web site at http://www.Region49.org and on the Computer Assisted Pre-coordination Resource and Database (CAPRAD) system site at http://www.caprad.org (CAPRAD is a tool available to regional planning committees to pre-designate initial 700 MHz channel allotments in county-like area frequency pools). News media information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 2 The agenda for the 800 MHz NPSPAC meeting includes: § Review and approve April 9, 2010 Agenda § Review and approve the June 28, 2006 Meeting Minutes § Review of the streamlined 800 MHz Plan Amendment filed on April 12, 2009 in FCC PR Docket No. 92-190 § Update from the March 25-26, 2010 National Regional Planning Council training meeting held in Tampa, Florida § Status update on the 800 MHz rebanding progress in Region 49 § Consideration, and possible action regarding any NPSPAC applications received by the RPC Secretary more than 30 days prior to the April 9, 2010 meeting § Old business § New business § Opportunity for public comments § Adjourn Both Region 49 Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public. All eligible public safety providers in Region 49 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 49 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: Ron Mayworm, Chairman Region 49 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety RPCs 3708 E. 29th Street, #128 Bryan, TX 77802 (979) 595-2801, ext. 2045 ron@ktsignals.com - FCC -