PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 09-759 April 2, 2009 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 54 (SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETINGS General Docket No. 89-363 The Region 54 (Southern Lake Michigan)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Thursday, April 9, 2009. Beginning at 1:00 p.m., the 800 MHz NPSPAC Public Safety RPC will convene at the Grundy County Office of Emergency Management, 1320 Union Street, Morris, Illinois. Be advised that due to changes in the Grundy County security policy, all attendees must pre-register. The room will be closed until the start of the 800 MHz meeting at 1:00 p.m. The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes: § Old Business § Review of pending applications o Will County application status § Presentation of mutual aid channel plan (Bill Springer) § New business o Discuss revisions to the 800 MHz NPSPAC plan Immediately following the 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee meeting, the 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will convene at the same location. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: § Old Business o Plan status update o DuPage County ETSB pending application § New Business o Update on the National Regional Planning Council (NRPC) activities. 1 The Region 54 (Southern Lake Michigan) 700 MHz RPC encompasses counties in three states bordering Lake Michigan: Winnebago, McHenry, Cook, Kane, Kendall, Grundy, Boone, Lake, DuPage, DeKalb, Will, and Kankakee Counties, Illinois; Lake, LaPorte, Jasper, Starke, St. Joseph, Porter, Newton, Pulaski, Marshall, and Elkart Counties, Indiana; and Kenosha, Milwaukee, Washington, Dodge, Walworth, Jefferson, Racine, Rock, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha Counties, Wisconsin. The Region 54 (Southern Lake Michigan) 800 MHz NPSPAC RPC includes all of the above counties, and the following Michigan counties: Kent, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Barry, Muskegon, Allegan, Berrien, Cass, and St. Joseph. 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 o Update on the Computer Assisted Pre-coordination Resource and Database (CAPRAD) functions and capabilities. o Discuss State License spectrum pre-coordination allocation by county, and possible removal of State License channel sort from the Region 54 CAPRAD table. o Modify procedure for county pre-coordination review using CAPRAD. o Add interoperability, low-power and secondary trunking channels to each county’s pre- allocation in CAPRAD. § Review and discuss the Cook County pending application. § P25 update o P25 FDMA o P25 TDMA Phase I o P25 TDMA Phase II § Spectrum Update o Discuss the 700 MHz D-Block Both of the Region 54 Public Safety RPC 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 planning for the use of public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz and 800 MHz bands within Region 54 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: Chris Kindelspire, Secretary Region 54 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee Grundy County ETSB (911) 111 East Illinois Avenue Morris, Illinois 60450 (815) 405-0998 ckspire@grundy911.org - FCC -