**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 05-1132**

#  April 25, 2005

**WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ACTION**

**REGION 43 (WASHINGTON STATE) PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING**

**COMMITTEES ANNOUNCE**

**700 MHz REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETING**

**AND**

**NPSPAC 800 MHz REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING MEETING**

**(General Docket No. 91-270)**

The Region 43 (Washington) Public Safety Regional Planning Committees
announce a series of upcoming meetings related to the development and
adoption of a Regional Plan for the 700 MHz, 800 MHz and 4.9 GHz bands.
Each meeting will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. unless otherwise
noted. The meeting schedule for the 2^nd^ Quarter of 2005 is as follows:

-   April 27, 2005 -- Clark County Elections Building, 1408 Franklin
    Street, Vancouver, WA. This meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will
    be a joint meeting with the Region 35 (Oregon) RPC and the 800 MHz
    Transition Administrator

-   May 25, 2005 -- Benton County Emergency Services, 651 Truman Avenue,
    Richland, WA

-   June 29, 2005 -- Washington State DIS Boardroom, 605 E. 11^th^
    Avenue, Olympia, WA

Detailed information on the Region 43 planning process, meeting
information, draft planning documents, and other information is
available at the Region 43 web site at:
[www.region43.org](http://www.region43.org/). The web site has a tool to
allow you to sign up to the Region 43 listserver to receive continuing
information and documents related to the planning process in Washington
state. Details such as formal agendas, maps and contact information for
each meeting will be posted on the Region 43 web site in advance of all
meetings along with conference call phone numbers whenever possible for
participants who can not travel to the meeting.

Both of the Region 43 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee
meetings are 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 Washington State would 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 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 your agency's needs.

All interested parties wishing to participate in the planning for the
use of new public \`safety spectrum in the 700 MHz 800 MHz bands and/or
the newly allocated 4.9 GHz band within Region 43 are encouraged to
attend. For further information about the meeting, please contact:

Kevin Kearns, Chairman

Region 43, 700 MHz 4.9 GHz Public Safety Planning Committee

700 5^th^ Avenue, Suite 2300 Seattle, Washington 98104

PH: 206-296-0660

FX: 206-263-4834

Email: kevin.kearns@metrokc.gov

Region 43 web Site: [www.region43.org](http://www.region43.org/)

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