PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 15-280 March 3, 2015 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 6 (NORTHERN CALIFORNIA) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ AND 800 MHZ NSPAC PLANNING MEETINGS Gen. Docket 90-287 and WT Docket 02-378 The Region 6 (Northern California) 1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Thursday, March 12, 2015. Beginning at 1:00 p.m., the 700 MHz RPC will convene at 2741 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Building #2 Napa, California, 94558. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: ? Opening introductions ? Review and discuss new application from Monterey County ? Election of Officers - Election of Vice Chair and Secretary ? Discuss 700 Plan amendment timeline - 24 reserve channels - Deployable Trunked System channels - Air to Ground channels ? Accept any new applications ? Adjourn 700 MHz RPC meeting 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: 1 The Region 6 (Northern California) 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC regional planning area consists of the 48 counties north of the northernmost borders of San Luis Obispo, Kern and San Bernardino counties. ? Opening Introductions ? Election of Officers - Election of Vice Chair and Secretary ? Accept any new applications ? Adjourn 800 MHz RPC meeting Both Region 6 Public Safety RPCs’ meetings are open to the public. All public safety providers in Region 6 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 NPSPAC bands within Region 6 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact John Lemmon: John Lemmon, Chair Region 6 700 and 800 MHz RPC State of California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services 601 Sequoia Pacific Blvd. Sacramento CA, 95811 (916) 657-6153 John.lemmon@caloes.ca.gov -FCC-