PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 12-1102 July 10, 2012 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 35 (OREGON) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC MEETINGS PR Docket No. 92-269 The Region 35 (Oregon)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two planning meetings on Friday, August 3, 2012, from 10 a.m. until 12 noon at the Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency, Lower Training Room, 17911 N.W. Evergreen Parkway, Beaverton, Oregon. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: § Opening introductions and facility logistics § Approval of meeting minutes § Application Review for Tri-Met regarding adding two new sites § Adjourn Immediately following the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting, the 800 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting will convene at the same location. The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes: § Opening introductions § Approve meeting minutes § Accessing frequency allocations through CAPRAD2 § Adjourn Both Region 35 700 and 800 MHz Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public. All eligible public safety providers in Region 35 may utilize these frequencies. To ensure that RPC meetings consider each agency’s future spectrum need in the allocation process, it is essential that eligible public safety agencies in all areas of government, including state, municipality, county, and Native American Tribal be represented. 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 35 (Oregon) 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC regional planning area consists of the entire state of Oregon. 2 The Computer Assisted Pre-coordination Resource and Database (CAPRAD) system is a spectrum management tool created and supported by the National Institute of Justice CommTech Program (Interoperability Strategies for Law Enforcement) available online at http://caprad.org/cp/. News media information 202 / 418-0500 TTY 202 / 418-2555 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov 2All interested parties wishing to participate in the planning for the use of public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz and 800 MHz bands within Region 35 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: Joe Kuran, Chairman Region 35 700 MHz Public Safety RPC Technical Systems Manager Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency P.O. Box 6375 Beaverton, OR 97007 (503) 466-3782 jkuran@wccca.com www.Region-35.org Wayne Siver, Chairman Region 35 800 MHz Public Safety RPC Wireless Communications Unit Manager Oregon Department of Corrections 3601 State Street N.E. Salem, OR 97301 (503) 378-8104 Wayne.A.Siver@doc.state.or.us -FCC-