**PUBLIC NOTICE**![](media/image1.png){width="0.6541666666666667in"
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**Federal Communications Commission**

**445 12th St., S.W.**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

# DA 06-1020

##  May 12, 2006

### WIRELESS TELECOMUNICATIONS BUREAU ACTION

### REGION 11 (HAWAII) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES

**TO HOLD PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETINGS**

The Region 11 (Hawaii) Regional Planning Committees will hold three
consecutive planning meetings regarding Public Safety communications
within Region 11.

On Tuesday, August 8, 2006, the Region 11 800 MHz (NPSPAC) Regional
Planning Committee meeting will convene at 9:30 a.m. in Room 302 of the
Keoni Ana State Office Building, 1177 Alakea Street, Honolulu, Hawaii
96813.

The agenda for this meeting includes:

1.  Reestablishment of the Region 11 800 MHz (NPSPAC) Regional Planning
    Committee (RPC) with the participation and agreement of the State
    and County governments

2.  Election of Officers

3.  Selection of a Working Group to draft Bylaws for the Committee

4.  Discussion of the existing channel allocation plan issued September
    30, 1993

5.  Scheduling future meetings

6.  New business

7.  Receive public comments

8.  Adjourn

Each State and County government and all other eligible entities should
appoint and certify representatives to the Region 11 800 MHz NPSPAC RPC
to represent their jurisdictions who are conversant with
telecommunications technology.

On Tuesday, August 8, 2006, the Region 11 State Interoperability
Executive Committee meeting will convene immediately following the
NPSPAC meeting in Room 302 of the Keoni Ana State Office Building, 1177
Alakea Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.

The agenda for this meeting includes:

1.  Establishment of the Region 11 State Interoperability Executive
    Committee (SIEC) with the participation and agreement of the State
    and County governments

2.  Election of Officers

3.  Selection of a Working Group to draft Bylaws for the SIEC

4.  Scheduling future meetings

5.  New business

6.  Receive public comments

7.  Adjourn

Each State and County government and all other eligible entities should
appoint and certify representatives to the Region 11 SIEC to represent
their jurisdictions who are conversant with telecommunications
technology.

On Tuesday, August 8, 2006, the Region 11 700 MHz Regional Planning
Committee meeting will convene at 1:30 pm in Room 302 of the Keoni Ana
State Office Building, 1177 Alakea Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.

The agenda for this meeting includes:

1.  Old business, including discussion of the current narrowband channel
    allocation proposal

2.  New business

3.  Receive public comments

4.  Adjourn

The meetings of the Region 11 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees
and State Interoperability Executive Committee are open to the public.
All eligible public safety providers whose sole purpose or principal
purpose is to protect the safety of life, health, or property in Hawaii
may utilize these frequencies. It is essential that not only public
safety, but all government, Native American Tribal, and non-governmental
organizations eligible under Section 90.523 of the Federal
Communications 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 conversant with telecommunications
technology should ensure that their respective agencies are represented
suitably conversant staff.

All interested parties wishing to participate in the planning for use of
public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz and 800 MHz bands within Region 11
are encouraged to attend. Participants can also join the meeting at
State of Hawaii video conference centers located in Hilo, Wailuku,
Honolulu, and Lihue. For further information on the NPSPAC and SIEC
meetings or the locations of the video conference centers, please
contact

Lester M. Nakamura, Chairman

Region 11 800 MHz (NPSPAC) Regional Planning Committee

Region 11 State Interoperability Executive Committee

c/o State of Hawaii ICS Division

P. O. Box 119

Honolulu, HI 96810-0119

\(808\) 586-1910

[lester.m.nakamura@hawaii.gov](mailto:ron@ktsignals.com)

For further information on the 700 MHz RPC meeting, please contact:

Robert J. Hlivak, Chair

Region 11 700 MHz Regional Planning Committee

c/o State of Hawaii ICS Division

1177 Alakea St., Room 201

Honolulu, HI 96813

\(808\) 586-1930 extension 613

[robert.j.hlivak@hawaii.gov](mailto:ron@ktsignals.com)

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