PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
DA 13-149
February 5, 2013
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES
REGION 8 (NEW YORK – METROPOLITAN AREA) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL 
PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ, 4.9 GHZ, AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC 
REGIONAL 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 Tuesday, February 26, 2013.  Beginning at 10:00 
a.m., the 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will convene at the Life Safety Complex, 
1 Jockish Square, Paramus, New Jersey.
The agenda for the 700 MHz and 4.9 GHz meeting includes:
§ Review and approval of the February 26, 2013 Meeting Agenda
§ Review and approval of the August 28, 2012 Meeting Report
§ Officers Reports
o Chairman (Tony Melia)
o Vice Chairman (Al Demcoe)
o Treasurer (Myles Quinn)
o Secretary (Maribel Martinez-Bradwell)
§ Interoperability (SIEC Reports)
o New York State (Robert Barbato)
o New Jersey (Jody Nester)
§ Working Group Activities
o 4.9 GHz Working Group
o 700 MHz Working Group
§ Old Business
§ New business and opportunity for comments
Immediately following the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting, the 800 MHz Public Safety 
RPC meeting will convene at the same location.
 
1 Region 8 (New York – Metropolitan area) consists of Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, 
Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, and Westchester Counties, New York; and Bergen, Essex, 
Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union, Warren, Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon, Mercer, and Monmouth 
Counties, New Jersey.
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2The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes:
§ Review and approval of the February 26, 2013
§ Review and approval of the August 28, 2012 Meeting Report
§ Officers Reports
o Chairman (Tony Melia)
o Vice Chairman (Al Demcoe)
o Treasurer (Myles Quinn)
o Secretary (Maribel Martinez-Bradwell)
§ Region 8 – new applications
§ Modifications/approvals
§ Old Business
§ New business and opportunity for comments
Both Region 8 Public Safety RPCs’ 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 planning for the use of public safety spectrum in 
the 700 MHz, 4.9 GHz, 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 RPCs
New Jersey State Frequency Coordinator
APCO New Jersey Frequency Advisor
Essex County Sheriff’s Office, Field Operations Division
50 Nelson Place
Newark, NJ  07102
meliaa@apco911.org
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