Acting Chairman Michael Copps
Federal Communications Commission
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Washington, D.C. 20554
ALBIO SIRES
13TH DISTRICT, NEW JERSEY
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SUBCOMMITTEES:
WESTERN HEMISPHERE
EUROPE
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
SUBCOMMITTEES:
HIGHWAYS AND TRANSIT
RAILROADS, PIPELINES, AND
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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June 18, 2009
1024 LONGWORTH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20515
(202) 225-7919
35 JOURNAL SQUARE, SUITE 906
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07306
(201) 222-2828
5500 PALISADE AVENUE, SUITE A
WEST NEW YORK, NJ 07093
(201) 558-0800
BAYONNE CITY HALL
630 AVENUE C, ROOM 9
BAYONNE, NJ 07002
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100 COOKE AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR
CARTERET, NJ 07008
(732) 969-9160
PERTH AMBOY CITY HALL
260 HIGH STREET, 1ST FLOOR
PERTH AMBOY, NJ 08861
(732) 442-0610
Dear Acting Chairman Copps:
I write requesting the status ofa pending license application submitted in 2008 by the City of
Bayonne, New Jersey located in my district. Although the application was submitted last
year, the City has yet to receive the status oftheir application.
In 2007, the Bayonne Police Department applied for and received a temporary radio license
for a 4 watt low power radio channel in order to allow the Police and Fire Departments to
communicate outside oftheir radio system, with the intent to keep the low power temporary
license until the frequency became available in a higher 40 watt license. When the frequency
finally became available in early 2008 the city's radio consultant filed the necessary licensing
applications with the FCC in accordance with FCC instructions.
Unfortunately, there has been little action by the FCC in processing the license application
and now the city's temporary license to transmit has expired. In particular, from my
understanding, the application is now stalled in the engineering department ofthe FCC in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Having this additional frequency licensed at full power capability
would be critical to the Police Department's operations as available frequency is difficult to
find in the New York metropolitan area.
I ask that you please update me on the status ofBayonne's application and review it in a
timely manner. For your convenience the pending application file number is 0003074060,
and the frequency number in question is 470/473.1500,12.5 kHz.
Should you have any questions regarding this case, please contact Kaylan Koszela in my
Washington D.C. Office at (202) 225-7919. Thank you for your time and I appreciate your
attention to this matter.
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