PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
DA 11-1556
September 15, 2011
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES
REGION 53 (TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO) 700 MHZ PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING 
COMMITTEE TO HOLD MEETING
The Region 53 (Texas-San Antonio)1 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee 
(RPC) will hold their next meeting on Thursday, September 29, 2011, beginning at 1:30 p.m., at the 
Middle Rio Grande Eagle Pass Workforce Center, 1200 Ferry Street, Eagle Pass, Texas 78852. 
The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes:
1. Call to order and welcome to Eagle Pass and conference bridge attendees
2. County and teleconference roll-call
3. Review and approve agenda
4. Review and approve August 11, 2011 Meeting Minutes
5. Bylaws Subcommittee Report, Chair Carol Edgett (Comal County)
6. Review and discussion of the proposed Bylaws as the permanent Region 53 Bylaws.
7. Discussion of Region 53 Plan (appendices, plan review, and adjacent region coordination 
process), Carol Sutherland, RPC Secretary.
a. Subcommittee review and recommendations
b. Full committee review and recommendations
8. Demonstration of the NIXX database and Region 53 site capabilities, Don McFarland.
9. Old business
10. New business
11. Next meetings scheduled:
a. Thursday, November 3, 2011 – Corpus Christi
b. Thursday, December 8, 2011 – San Antonio
12. Meeting adjourned.
The Region 53 700 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting is open to the public.  All eligible public 
safety providers in Region 53 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, 
and non-governmental organizations eligible under Section 90.523 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. 
§ 90.523, 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. 
 
1 The Region 53 (Texas-San Antonio) 700 MHz regional planning area consists of the counties of Aransas, 
Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, Comal, Dewitt, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, Frio, 
Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Jackson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kerr, Kendall, 
Kinney, Kleberg, LaSalle, Lavaca, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Real, Refugio, San Patricio, 
Starr, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Webb, Willacy, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala.
News media information  202 / 418-0500
TTY  202 / 418-2555
Internet:  http://www.fcc.gov
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All interested parties wishing to participate in planning for the use of public safety spectrum in 
the 700 MHz band within Region 53 should plan to attend.  For further information, and to obtain the 
conference bridge number please contact:
Richard Morales, Jr., Chairman, Region 53 700 MHz RPC
Information Technology Manager, Radio Services 
Communications Division (ITSD)
City of San Antonio, Texas, 
(210) 207-7022
Richard.morales@sanantonio.gov
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