[Scan-DC] Region 20 Annual Meeting

[Jeff Krauss]

The FCC's Public Notice indicates that there are 
minutes from last year's meetings.
Does anyone know whether and where they are available for review?



At 01:42 AM 7/12/2014, Alan Henney wrote:
>https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-990A1.pdf 
>PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 
>445 12 th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News 
>Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: 
>http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 14-990 
>July 11, 2014 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND 
>SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES REGION 20 (DISTRICT OF 
>COLUMBIA, MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA) 700 
>MHZ AND 800 MHZ NPSPAC PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL 
>PLANNING COMMITTEE TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING 
>General Docket No. 90-7 The Region 20 (District 
>of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia) 1 
>Regional Planning Committee (RPC) will hold its 
>annual 700 MHz and 800 MHz meetings on 
>Wednesday, August 20, 2014 beginning at 10:00 
>a.m.  These meetings will be held at the Prince 
>George’s County Public Safety Communications 
>Center located at 10721 Melford Boulevard in 
>Bowie, Maryland.  Agenda for the 700 MHz RPC 
>Meeting includes the following: 1. Approval of 
>July 31, 2013 Meeting Minutes 2. Introduction of 
>new radio system managers working in Region 20 
>jurisdictions and welcome to special guests 3. 
>Consideration of applications for 700 MHz 
>spectrum a.  Fairfax County request for five 
>frequency pairs for DVRS use b.  Request of 
>Harford County for spectrum based upon exchanges 
>of previously approved spectrum for the State of 
>Maryland c.  Application of Maryland FiRST for 
>single site trunked spectrum at Miller Avenue, 
>Quirauk, and Sideling Hill 4. Administrative 
>freeze on the use of certain channels 5. Old 
>Business 6. New Business a.  Election of Region 
>20 Officers for 2014-2016 b.  FCC updates 
>c.  Maryland FiRST system’s management ­ Ken 
>Coppage d.   Updates on communications issues 
>within Region 20 7. Items for the good of the 
>Committee 8. 
>Adjourn 
>1 The Region 20 regional planning area includes 
>the District of Columbia, the entire state of 
>Maryland, and the following jurisdictions in 
>Northern Virginia: Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, 
>Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford Counties; 
>and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas 
>and Manassas Park Cities. Immediately following 
>the adjournment of the 700 MHz meeting and a 
>fifteen minute break, the 800 MHz meeting will 
>commence. Agenda for the 800 MHz RPC meeting 
>includes the following: 1.  Approval of July 31, 
>2013 Meeting Minutes 2.  Consideration of 
>applications for 800 MHz spectrum and related 
>actions a.  Carroll County application 
>b.  Virginia State Police request to operate 
>NPSPAC base stations at itinerant locations in 
>Northern Virginia c.  Calvert County request for 
>action 3.  Old business - Policy discussion on 
>the use of simulcast technology on NPSPAC 800 
>MHz channels 4.  New business a. Election of 
>officers for 2014-2016 b. Items for the good of 
>the Committee 5.  Adjourn Both Region 20 700 MHz 
>and 800 MHz Public Safety RPC meetings are open 
>to the public.  All eligible public safety 
>providers in Region 20 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 the planning for the use of 
>public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz and 800 
>MHz bands within Region 20 should plan to 
>attend.  For further information, please 
>contact: Wayne McBride, Chairman Region 20 700 
>MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety RPCs Director of 
>Public Safety Communications, Prince George's 
>County 4621-A Boston Way Lanham, Maryland 20785 
>(240) 832-0715 wmcbride at co.pg.md.us - FCC - 
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