DA 20-113
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January 30, 2020

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES
REGION 20 (DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA) REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ AND 800 MHZ MEETINGS

General Docket No. 93-82 and WT Docket 02-378

	The Region 20 (District of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia) The Region 20 regional planning area includes the District of Columbia, the entire state of Maryland, and the following jurisdictions in Northern Virginia: Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford Counties; and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park Cities. 
 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Wednesday, March 25, 2020.  Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 700 MHz RPC meeting will convene at the Prince George’s County Public Safety Communications Center located at 17321 Melford Boulevard, Bowie, Maryland.  The 800 MHz RPC meeting will convene immediately following the 700 MHz meeting at the same location.

The agenda for both meetings include:
· Call to order and welcome
· Review and approval of September 25, 2019 meeting minutes
· Chairman’s remarks on issues of importance in Region 20
o Shared use of 6 GHz
o Interference resolution
o Importance of filing FCC construction reports in ULS
· Old Business
· Speaker Presentations – Cellular programs of support for public safety and response/resolution to the potential of interference at shared tower sites
o Verizon Wireless
o Sprint Wireless
o T-Mobile
· BREAK
· Discussion Topics
o 700 MHz Deployable Trunking Update – Mike Baltrotsky
o Communications infrastructure – G7 Conference of World Leaders 
o SWIC Issues – Bud Frank, Charlie Guddemi, and Tom Crabbs 
· Other Business
· Adjourn – Next Meeting:  September 23, 2020

Both Region 20 700 MHz and 800 MHz RPC meetings are open to the public. All eligible public safety providers in Region 20 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 the planning for the use of public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz and 800 MHz bands within Region 20 should plan to attend.  For further information, please contact:

Charles V. Bryson, Chair
Region 20 700 & 800 MHz Regional Planning Committee
5740 Executive Drive 
Catonsville, MD 21228
PH: 410-807-8102
charles.bryson@maryland.gov


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