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PUBLIC NOTICE

Federal Communications Commission

445 12th St., S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20554

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DA 08-240

January 30, 2008

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ACTION

REGION 6 (NORTHERN CALIFORNIA) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE TO HOLD 700 MHz REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING

AND 4.9 GHz PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETING

The Region 6 (Northern California)[1] 700 MHz and 4.9 GHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will hold its next meeting on Thursday, February 28, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., at the Cordelia Fire Hall within the Cordelia Fire Station, 2155 Cordelia Road, Fairfield, California.

The agenda for this meeting includes:

1.  Review the status of ongoing and culminating efforts concerning the 700 MHz public safety spectrum guidelines and/or Commission rules:

§  General 700 MHz information is available at the Commission’s public safety website http://www.fcc.gov/pshs/spectrum/700mhz/regional-planning.html

§  Computer-Assisted Pre-coordination Resource and Database (CAPRAD) spectrum management system – related information is available at http://caprad.nlectc.du.edu/cp/index.jsp

§  Other entities, including ad hoc factions and other regional planning committees

2.  Spectrum plan – review, modify, and approve efforts to date of the workgroup

§  Review the proposed Region 6 – 700 MHz frequency repacking plan criteria and the proposed scope of work

3.  Discuss officer positions and elections

4.  Review 4.940 to 4.990 GHz public safety deployments

The Region 6 700 MHz and 4.9 GHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee meeting is open to the public. All eligible public safety providers whose sole or principal purpose is to protect the safety of life, health, or property in Region 6 may utilize these frequencies. 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, 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 4.9 GHz bands within Region 6 should plan to attend. For further information, please contact:

Randall Hagar, Chair

Region 6 700 MHz and 4.9 GHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee

Deputy Director, General Services Agency

Alameda County

1401 Lakeside Drive, 10th Floor

Oakland, California 94612

(510) 208-9789

– FCC –

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[1] Region 6 (Northern California) includes forty-eight (48) counties of California situated north of the northernmost borders of San Luis Obispo, Kern, and San Bernardino counties.