REGION 3 (ARIZONA) 700 MHz PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING COMMITTEE

ANNOUNCES FIFTH MEETING

 

The Region 3 (Arizona) 700 MHz Public Safety Planning Committee announces that its fifth meeting will be held on January 9, 2002 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Casa Grande Fire Training Facility (Station 3) 3305 North Piper Drive, Casa Grande, Arizona (map attached). The purpose of the meeting is to:

1. Approve minutes of the third meeting held on September 28, 2001

2. Reports from subcommittees for:

1. Funding
2. By-laws
3. Strategy

It is essential that NOT only public safety, but all government, Native American Tribal, and non governmental-organizations eligible under FCC rules 90.523 (a) & (b) be represented in order to ensure each agency’s future spectrum needs are considered in the allocation process. In addition to agency technical representatives knowledgeable in the field of private radio communication, administrators who are not oriented in the communications field are encouraged to attend.

All interested parties wishing to participate in the planning for the use of new public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz band should plan to attend. For further information, please contact:

Curt Knight, Chairman
Region 3, 700 MHz Public Safety Planning Committee
Manager, Telecommunications Bureau
Arizona Department of Public Safety
P. O Box 6638, MD2800
Phoenix, AZ 85005-6638
(602) 223-2257 (voice)  (602) 233-2679 (fax)
Email: cknight@dps.state.az.us

Additional Region 3 information may be found at http: //www.az-apco-nena.org/