PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 13-2138 November 7, 2013 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 30 (NEW YORK – ALBANY) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC MEETINGS Gen. Docket No. 90-394 The Region 30 (New York-Albany)1 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Thursday, November 14, 2013. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, Public Safety Building, Training Room, 1400 State Route 9, Lake George, New York. The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: § Introductions § Review and approval of the November 14, 2013 Meeting Agenda § Review and approval of the August 8, 2013 Meeting Report § Interoperability o State Interoperability Executive Committee and Statewide Planning Reports (Robert Barbato) § Technical Subcommittee o Interregional concurrence requests o 4.9 GHz o Region 30 700 MHz § Election of Secretary § New business and opportunity for comments § Schedule next meeting § Adjourn Immediately following the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting, the 800 MHz Public Safety RPC will convene at the same location. The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes: § Review and approval of the November 14, 2013 Meeting Agenda § Review and approval of the August 8, 2013 Meeting Report § Technical Subcommittee o Interregional concurrence requests § Election of Secretary § New business and opportunity for comments 1 The Region 30 regional planning area includes thirty-one counties in upstate New York: Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Green, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, and Washington. News media information 202 / 418-0500 TTY 202 / 418-2555 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov 2§ Schedule next meeting § Adjourn Both Region 30 Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public. All eligible public safety providers in Region 30 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 and 800 MHz bands within Region 30 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact: Lee Shurtleff, Chairman Region 30 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety RPCs Tompkins County 92 Brown Road Ithaca, New York 14850 (607) 257-38881 shurtleff@tompkins-co.org -FCC -