PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 10-649 April 16, 2010 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, April 22, 2010. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the Schoharie County Public Safety Emergency Management Office, Training Room, 2nd Floor, 157 Depot Lane, Schoharie, New York. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approval of the April 22, 2010 Meeting Agenda § Review and approval of the February 11, 2010 Meeting Report § Old Business o State Interoperability Executive Committee and Statewide Planning (Vinnie Stiles) o Update on agency/entity requirements associated with NYS SCIP initiatives o Update on March 15, 2010 meeting (Robert Schlieman) o 700 MHz Border Sharing Plan (Larissa Guedko) o APCO/NRPC activities for 700 MHz (Maribel Martinez-Bradwell) § Technical Subcommittee (Robert Isby) o 4.9 GHz activities o 700 MHz applications § 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. The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approval of the April 22, 2010 Meeting Agenda § Review and approval of the February 11, 2010 Meeting Report § APCO/NRPC activities for 800 MHz (Maribel Martinez-Bradwell) § Technical Subcommittee update (Robert Isby) o Region 19 800 MHz Plan Amendment concurrence request 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 o Clinton County 800 MHz modification o Regions 55 and 30 800 MHz Wave 4 FRA rebanding updates (Chris Johnson) o Region 55 - Window 4 § Old business o NYS OFT waiver request status (Larissa Guedko) o Mutual aid/interoperability plan development update (Larisa Guedko) § 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 Region 30 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committees 2813 Phillips Road Castleton, New York 12033 (518) 956-2812 dcook@fedeng.com -FCC -