Arizona Regional Review Committee Meeting

Meeting Minutes

 March  21, 2008

 Marana Government Center, Marana, Arizona

Attendees:  Larry Sayers, John Minick, David Sanchez, Tom Crosby, Joe

                    Jakoby, Jon Wilder

Members Not Present:    Bob Dieterle, Tom Florman, Phil Lense, Mark Openshaw, Mike Lindsey

Guests: Mark Schroeder, Andy Lacy, and Stuart Snow

Chairman Larry Sayers called the meeting to order at 0915 am.  A quorum was present for voting purposes.  Joe Jakoby motioned that the December 14, 2007 ARRC meeting minutes be approved, Tom Crosby second the motion.  The minutes were unanimously approved.

Chair Report: Larry Sayers announced the vacancy of the Vice Chair position and asked for nominations.  Jon Wilder volunteered, was nominated by Tom Crosby and seconded by John Minick.  The nomination was approved unanimously by the members present.

Vice Chair Report:  No Report.

Secretary Report:  No Report.

Application Review Committee Report: Joe Jakoby reported that the DPS waiver requests for sites at Mount Francis and Mingus Mountain are pending, awaiting a Letter of Concurrence from the City of Phoenix for the Mount Francis site due to their proximity.  A recommendation for approval could not be made at this time.  Guest Mark Schroeder commented that approval should be denied due to the data nature of the channel use and proximity to the Phoenix site

VHF/UHF/800 MHz Frequency Reassignment Committee Report:  Chairman Crosby remarked that pool channels existed and more were expected to be recovered from the City of Phoenix.

Regional/Interregional Interoperability Coordination Committee Report: Larry Sayers reported the Utah Communications Agency Network requested concurrence for a mobile relay facility near St. George, Utah.  The committee reviewed the matter and since no objections were forthcoming, recommended approval.  Since the request was deemed urgent, an e-mail vote of the committee was previously undertaken and approved.  A letter of concurrence has been sent.

800 MHz Rebanding Committee Report:  Chairman not present and thus no formal report.  There were comments from the floor that waivers need to be filed before April deadline to delay NPSPAC channel re-banding while waiting for border region approval.

Old Business: Chairman Larry Sayers reported that the revision of the Arizona Regional plan for frequency allocation changes and renaming of interoperable and tactical channels is still in a public notice period.  That period is due to expire shortly, after which he anticipates approval.

New Business:  A short discussion ensued concerning joint meetings with the Arizona 700 MHz Regional Planning Committee.  Mark Schroeder commented that no decisions had been made by the RPC for such meetings

Agenda Items for Next Meeting:  None agenda items were brought forward for the next meeting at this time.

Next Meeting:  No date of venue for the next meeting was available but Chairman Sayers announced it would coincide more with the APCO meeting in June.

No further business appearing, Joe Jakoby moved the meeting be adjourned and was second by John Minick.  The meeting was adjourned at 0952.