PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
  DA 10-16
January 6, 2009
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES
REGION 18 (LOUISIANA) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE TO 
HOLD 700 MHZ REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETINGS
The Region 18 (Louisiana) 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee (RPC) will 
hold its next meetings as follows:
§ Tuesday, January 19, 2010, beginning at 10:30 a.m., at the St. Tammany Emergency 
Operations Center, 510 East Boston Street, Covington, Louisiana.
§ Thursday, February 11, 2010, beginning at 10:30 a.m., at the Alexandria Public Safety 
Complex, Community Room, 1000 Bolton Avenue, Alexandria, Louisiana.
The purpose of the meetings will be to discuss membership, spectrum, licensing, and 
applications.
The Region 18 700 MHz Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public.  All eligible public 
safety providers in Region 18 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, 
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 band within Region 18 should plan to attend.  For further information, please contact:
Kenneth C. Hughes, Chairman
Region 18 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
(504) 658-8716 
KCHughes@CityofNO.com
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