PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 09-2087 September 22, 2009 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 8 (NEW YORK – METROPOLITAN AREA) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETINGS Gen. Docket No. 91-43 The Region 8 (New York – Metropolitan area)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Thursday, October 15, 2009. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the Paramus Police Department Life Safety Complex, 1 Jockish Square, Paramus, New Jersey. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approval of the October 15, 2009 meeting agenda § Review and approval of the August 25, 2009 meeting report § Interoperability/SIEC Reports o New York State (Vinnie Stiles) o New Jersey (Jody Nestor) § Working Group Activities o 4.9 GHz Working Group (Felix Melendez) o Status of 4.9 GHz licensees database effort o 4.9 GHz regulatory activity o 700 MHz Technical Committee (Joe Yurman) o Guidelines and application review process o Region 8 to Region 28 700 MHz plan concurrence update § Old Business o National Regional Planning Council (Anthony Melia) § New business and opportunity for comments o Website maintenance (Larissa Guedko) § Schedule next meeting § Adjournment Immediately following the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting, the 800 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the same location. 1 The Region 8 (New York – Metropolitan area) planning area includes the New York counties of Bronx, Kings, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, and Westchester; and the New Jersey counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union, Warren, Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon, Mercer, and Monmouth. News media information 202 / 418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202 / 418-2830 TTY 202 / 418-2555 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov 2 The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approval of the October 15, 2009 meeting agenda § Review and approval of the August 25, 2009 meeting report § Old Business o 800 MHz rebanding activities (Ray Simonetti) o Window 8 interregional concurrence status (Jerry Zarwanski) o Modifications/concurrence approval requests o Port Authority of New York/New Jersey o Region 19 (Grand Isle) § New business and opportunity for comments § Schedule next meeting § Adjournment The Region 8 Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public. All eligible public safety providers in Region 8 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 8 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: Lieutenant Anthony Melia, Chairman Region 8 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee NJ State Frequency Coordinator, APCO NJ Frequency Advisor Essex County Sheriff’s Office Field Operations Division 50 Nelson Place Newark, NJ 107102 (973) 395-2567 meliaa@apco911.org - FCC -