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**Federal Communications Commission**

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# DA 09-64

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# January 16, 2009

### PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES

### REGION 8 (NEW YORK -- METROPOLITAN AREA) PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY 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 24, 2009. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 700 MHz
Public Safety RPC will convene at the New Jersey Transit, 1 Penn Plaza
9^th^ Floor Board Room, Newark, New Jersey 07105.

The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes:

-   Review and approval of the February 24, 2009 meeting agenda

-   Review and approval of the December 16, 2008 meeting report

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-   State Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC Reports):

    -   New York State (Vinnie Stiles)

    -   New Jersey (Jody Nestor)

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-   Working Group activities:

> 4.9 GHz Working Group (Mr. Felix Melendez)

-   Letter requesting licensees in Region 8 to provide technical data

-   Status of 4.9 GHz licensees database effort

> 700 MHz Working Group (Travis LePage)

-   Region 8 700 MHz Plan approval update

-   Region 8 to Region 28 700 MHz Plan concurrence update

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-   New business and opportunity for comments

    -   National Regional Planning Council (NRPC)

    -   Schedule next meeting

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 February 24, 2009 meeting agenda

-   Review and approval of the December 16, 2008 meeting report

    -   Old Business

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    -   Update on 800 MHz Rebanding activities (Ray Simonetti)

    -   Update on Middlesex County application status (Joe Yurman)

    -   Port Authority STA and authorization application status (Maribel
        Martinez-Bradwell)

    -   Window 8 status (New York State SWN representative)

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-   New business and opportunity for comments

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-   National Regional Planning Council (NRPC)

-   Schedule next meeting

Both of the Region 8 Public Safety RPC meetings are open to the public.
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, 47 C.F.R. § 90.523, 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 the 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, Interim Chairman

Region 8 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee

Essex County Sheriff's Office

50 Nelson Place

Newark, New Jersey 10702

\(973\) 395-2567

meliaa@apco911.org

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[^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.