PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 09-565 March 10, 2009 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 7 (COLORADO) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE TO HOLD 700 MHZ REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETINGS The Region 7 (Colorado) Public Safety Regional Planning Committee (RPC) will hold meetings at the State of Colorado Emergency Management Office, 9195 East Mineral Avenue, Suite 200, Centennial, Colorado, on the following dates and times: § Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. § Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. § Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. § Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. § Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. § Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. The agenda for the meetings includes: § Discuss minutes and sub-committee reports § Discuss new business/old business § Discuss requests for frequencies scheduled by the Frequency Advisory Committee The Region’s Subcommittee for Frequency Advisory will also meet at the same location on the following dates and times: § Friday, April 3, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. § Friday, June 5, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. § Friday, August 7, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. § Friday, October 2, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. § Friday, December 4, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. The agenda for the meetings includes: § Refinement of the applications evaluation procedures § Discuss and act on pending applications for frequencies § Discuss and act on new applications for frequencies § Forward applications to the RPC for consideration with technical explanation and recommendation 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 Region 7 700 MHz Public Safety RPC meetings and Subcommittee for Frequency Advisory meetings are open to the public. It is essential that public safety agencies in all areas of government, including state, municipality, county, and Native American Tribal, and non-governmental organizations eligible under Section 90.523 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 90.523, 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 band within Region 7 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: Emery L. Reynolds, Chairman Region 7 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee Araphoe County (Retired) 5002 South Newton Street Littleton, Colorado 80123 (303) 328-1862 emreynolds@aol.com or emery.reynolds@bearingpoint.com Tom Meggitt, Vice Chairman Denver Police Department 1930 35th Street Denver, Colorado 80216 (303) 295-4399 meggittt@ci.denver.co.us Barb Gabriel, Secretary Broomfield Police Department 7 DesCombs Drive Broomfield, Colorado 80020 (303) 438-6456 bgriebel@broomfield.org David Hayes, Treasurer Boulder Police Department 1805 33rd Street Boulder, Colorado 80301 (303) 441-3317 hayesd@bouldercolorado.gov -FCC -