PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 11-1842 November 1, 2011 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 3 (ARIZONA) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC MEETINGS Gen. Docket No. 91-143 The Region 3 (Arizona) 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee (RPC) and the 800 MHz NPSPAC Arizona Regional Review Committee (ARRC) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. Beginning at 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., the ARRC will convene at the Tempe Police Department Apache Substation, Apache Community Room, 1855 East Apache, Tempe, Arizona. The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes: § Approval of minutes § Chairman’s Report § Vice-Chairman’s Report § Secretary’s Report § Application Review Committee Report § VHF/UHF 800 MHz Frequency Reassignment Committee Report § Regional/Interregional Interoperability Coordination Committee Report § 800 MHz Rebanding Committee Report § Old business § New business § Discuss agenda items for next meeting Immediately following the 800 MHz AARC meeting, the 700 MHz RPC meeting will convene at the same location. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: § Chairman’s Report § Secretary/Treasurer’s Report § Administrative Committee Report § Interoperability Committee Report § Technical Committee Report and review of Arizona applications § Update on Region 3 proposed plan § Update on 2017 TDMA requirement § Open discussion and questions News media information 202 / 418-0500 TTY 202 / 418-2555 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov 2 Both of the Region 3 Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public. All eligible public safety providers in Region 3 may utilize these frequencies. To ensure that RPC meetings consider each agency’s future spectrum needs in the allocation process, it is essential that eligible public safety agencies in all areas of government, including state, municipality, county, and Native American Tribal be represented. 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 3 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: Mark S. Schroeder, Chair Region 3 (Arizona) 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee Phoenix Fire Department Communications and Infrastructure Manager 150 S. 12th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85034 (602) 262-7814 mark.schroeder@phoenix.gov Larry Sayers, Chair Region 3 (Arizona) 800 MHz Arizona Regional Review Committee Pima County Information Technology Division 801 West Congress Street, Tucson, Arizona 85745 (520) 884-5367 larry.sayers@pima.gov -FCC-