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1 May 2009 Volume 7 Issue 5 COMMLINK C PRA serves the people who manage, operate, maintain and supply the communications systems used to safeguard the lives and property of citizens everywhere. Among the CPRA ranks there are over 500 professionals representing the Police, Fire, EMS, Forestry, Highway and Conservation services. CPRA provides many opportunities to grow professionally, share your ideas, upgrade your skills and network with your colleagues. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: President s Podium 2 Meeting Dates 2 Board of Officers 3 Meeting Minutes 3 Meeting Minutes Cont. 800 Mhz Rebanding 5 Telecommunicator Banquet Photos Telecommunicator Banquet Photos Cont. Tech Award Photos The Official Monthly Newsletter of the California Public-Safety Radio Association May 2009 Meeting - San Marcos This month s meeting will be held on Thursday, August May 21, 28, at at The The Old Old Spaghetti This month s Factory, meeting 111 North will be Twin held Oaks on Thursday, Rd, Valley San Rd, Marcos, August San Marcos, North 21, 2009 San North at Diego The San Old County, Diego Spaghetti County, CA, San Factory, CA, Diego San 111 County Diego North County - Twin Thomas Oaks - Thomas Bros. Rd, San Page Bros. Marcos, 1108-H7. Page 1108-H7. North San Diego (760) County, CA, San Diego County - Thomas Bros. Page 1108-H7. DIRECTIONS: DIRECTIONS: From the Los Angeles or San Diego Area: From I-5 to the to SR-78 Los Angeles East. or San Diego Area: I-5 Travel to SR-78 East for East Miles Travel Exit on East Twin for Oaks 12.8 Valley Miles Rd Exit Turn on left Twin (North) Oaks past Valley freeway Rd underpass Turn Turn left right (North) into first past driveway freeway underpass Turn right into first driveway Meeting Host: Anna Holmes City of Santa Diego Barbara County Sheriff s Dept. Early Bird Sponsor: Federal Signal Early bird Sponsor: Steve Grove Applied Technology Agenda: Agenda: Meeting Host: Operations Committee 08:30-10:00 a.m. Executive Committee Meeting Early 10:00 - bird 11:00 Sponsor: a.m. General Ron Lyons Meeting EADS Executive Board Meeting 11:00-12:00 a.m. Presentation 1000 Agenda: 1100 General Meeting 1100 Presenter: Presentation Scott by: Gillis, AT&T RCS/San Mobility, Diego Kevin County Strom Lunch Executive Board Meeting Staff Development Coordinator, Presentation: General Adult Learning Meeting Theory and How It Influences the Presentation: Quality of Training". APCO Project 25 Overview and Update 12:00 Noon Lunch By: Ron Lyons, EADS Secure Networks NA 1200 Lunch Frequency Coordination Meeting - Immediately following lunch Frequency Coordination Meeting - Following Lunch Operations Program - Immediately following lunch Presenter: Steve Jarvis, Murrieta Police Department 1800 Presentation: "Computer 21st Annual Crimes" Telecommunicators Awards Banquet Frequency Coordination Meeting - Following Lunch 5 Freeway SR-78 Twin Oaks Valley Rd North Copyright 2009 California Public-Safety Radio Association, All Rights Reserved

2 Page 2 P RESIDENT S PODIUM K EN MANN The April meeting was held at the Quiet Cannon Conference Center in Montebello. Thank you to Ron Lyons from EADS for sponsoring the Early Bird refreshments. Fifty-nine people attended our meeting last month. The presentation from Ron Lyons, of EADS Secure Networks, was an APCO Project 25 overview and update. The presentation included discussions about how far P25 has come since its inception and how the standard continues to evolve. National Telecommunicators Week was April this year. Throughout the nation, public-safety agencies recognize these outstanding achievers. During the General Meeting, CPRA presented our 2009 RF Technologist and RF Engineer awards to our outstanding achievers. CPRA presented Philip Hone, Communications Site Manager, County of San Bernardino, with the 2009 RF Engineer of the Year award, and presented David King, Communications Technician II, City of Bakersfield, with the 2009 RF Technologist of the Year award. Our 21 st Annual Telecommunicator Awards Banquet followed in the evening. The Operations Committee, headed by Dawn Lopez, put on a fantastic evening. The Master of Ceremonies was Mr. Robert Stoffel, Orange County Sheriff Communications and the Keynote Speaker was Chief Joseph M. Polisar, Garden Grove Police Department. The theme of this year s banquet was Mardi Gras. The winners for each category were: Dispatcher of the Year Angela Soria, Riverside Police Department Supervisor of the Year Eddie Pickett, Los Angeles County Fire Department Outstanding Performance Individual Fire Cassandra Gutierrez, Riverside Fire Outstanding Performance Individual Police Tavia Rodriguez, Riverside County Sheriff Outstanding Performance Team Fire San Diego Fire Rescue Outstanding Performance Team Police Glendale Police Department A link to additional photos can be found on our website at Our next meeting will be held at the Old Spaghetti Factory in San Marcos on May 21 st with a presentation from Mr. Scott Gillis, Staff Development Coordinator for the Regional Communications System (RCS). Scott heads a POST-certified training team for the San Diego County and Imperial County RCS agencies. He will provide a presentation on adult learning theory and how it influences training quality. After lunch, we will have an Operations Program. Steve Jarvis, from the Murrieta Police Department, will provide a presentation on computer crimes. I look forward to seeing everybody at the next meeting and check our website, for any updates Meeting Dates June 18th Santa Fe Springs Cutoff Date Monday June 1, 2009 July 16th Orange County Cutoff Date Monday June 29, 2009 August 27th Downey Cutoff Date Monday August 3, 2009 September 17th Annual No Ties Meeting Thousand Oaks Cutoff Date Tuesday May 31, 2009 October 15th Annual Tabletop Meeting Montebello Cutoff Date Monday September 28, 2009 November 19th Oak Glen Cutoff Date Monday November 2, 2009 December 10th Annual Holiday Banquet & Officer Installation Los Angeles Area Cutoff Date Monday November 23, 2009

3 Page 3 CHAPTER MEETING APRIL 16, 2009 QUIET CANNON CONFERENCE CENTER MONTEBELLO, CA SUMMARY Meeting Hosts: Chapter Executive Committee Sponsor: Ron Lyons, EADS Secure Networks, N.A. Secretary s Report: Minutes from the March 09 meeting are posted on the CPRA web site. Treasurer s Report: See comments Program: APCO Project 25 Overview and Update, Ron Lyons, EADS Attendance: 59 AGENDA Greeting President, Ken Mann. Ken opened the chapter meeting at 10:15 a.m. He welcomed everyone to the April 2009 meeting. Ken provided additional comments about the celebration of National Telecommunicator s Week. He noted: All across the nation, public-safety organizations are setting aside time to say thank you to their technical support teams and 911 dispatcher centers for their dedication and hard work. A very important part of our celebration is to recognize the winners of the CPRA Annual Technical Awards, to be presented later in the meeting. Mike led the Pledge of Allegiance. Ken expressed sincere appreciation to Ron Lyons, EADS Secure Networks for sponsoring the Early Bird refreshments. Special Introductions. Ken recognized the winners of the 2009 CPRA Technical Awards as follows: RF Engineer of the Year Philip Hone, County of San Bernardino RF Technician of the Year- David King, City of Bakersfield Both gentlemen were asked to stand and were extended a round of applause. Introductions - All. New members were welcomed. Everyone in attendance was asked to introduce themselves. Membership Report Vice-President, Dawn Lopez. Membership Numbers. Dawn noted that CPRA has a total of 454 members. There were 13 new members registered for this month. New Members. It was noted that each new CPRA member receives a CPRA membership pin and a ticket for a complimentary lunch Meeting Schedule President-Elect, Gary Poon. Gary reviewed the upcoming schedule for meetings including dates and locations. Details for the 2009 schedule are on the website. It was noted that the May 2009 meeting will be held at The Old Spaghetti Factory in San Marcos on May 21st. Treasurer s Report Treasure, John Wright. John provided a review of income and expenses during the last month. Income was shown as $13, and expenses were shown as $11, He noted that most of the income and expenses were attributed to the Telecommunicator Awards Banquet sponsored by CPRA. Executive Council Executive Council Delegate, Richard Granado. Richard presented information about the forthcoming APCO National Conference and encouraged members to attend. Regarding the Strategic Government Implementation (SGI), he noted that necessary changes to the Bylaws are underway and will be presented to the Quorum for a vote at the APCO Conference in August. [see Minutes on Page 4] 2009 Board of Officers President KEN MANN City of Los Angeles Phone Fax President-Elect GARY POON Los Angeles County-ISD Phone Fax Vice - President DAWN LOPEZ County of Riverside Phone Fax Secretary MIKE ROWLES San Bernardino County-Network Services Phone Fax Treasurer JOHN WRIGHT Riverside Police-Fire Communications Phone Fax Sergeant-at-Arms KEN NORTON City of San Diego Phone Fax APCO Executive Council Delegate RICHARD GRANADO Los Angeles County - Retired Phone Fax Editor JIM ACOSTA City of Downey Phone Fax Commercial Chair JACK DANIEL The Jack Daniel Co. Phone 800-Non-Toll - Fax Operations Chair Frequency Advisory Committee Chair GARY DAVID GRAY Orange County Communications - Retired Phone Please Contact: DAVID BUCHANAN Frequency Advisory Committee Co-Chair San Bernardino County - Retired Phone Fax Director BOB URIBE City of Long Beach Phone Fax Director ANNA HOLMES San Diego County Phone Fax Director RON WONG Los Angeles County Phone Fax Webmaster ERNEST GALLO City of Torrance Phone CPRA Phone - Fax

4 Page 4 [Minutes from page 3] Frequency Coordinator Update Gary Gray. Information was provided as shown. FCC Rules Update. Gary shared information about a recently released FCC Report & Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making. This R & O addresses changes in the licensing status for some uses of 4.9 GHz frequencies and the methods of frequency coordination to be implemented. Gary noted comments from interested agencies should be submitted accordingly. CalSIEC-SPA. Gary announced that a change in the chairmanship is underway. The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for April 22, 2009 in Monterey Park. 700 MHz Committee. Gary Poon provided an update on 700 MHz Committee activities. He indicated that he would assist agencies requiring a Computer-Assisted Pre-Coordination Resource and Database (CAPRAD) account. 800 MHz Committee. Ron Wong announced that a formal Public Notice had been published regarding an upcoming meeting of the 800 MHz Committee. The announcement reads: The Region 5 (Southern California) 800 MHz NPSPAC Public Safety Regional Planning Committee (RPC) will hold its next meeting on Thursday, May 21, 1990, beginning at 1:00 p.m., or immediately following the California Public Safety Radio Association meeting at The Old Spaghetti Factory, 111 N. Twin Oaks Valley Road, San Marcos, California.. The primary agenda item is election of officers to serve the RPC. 800 MHz Rebanding. Ray Grimes provided notes for the minutes. They are attached. Operations Program Update Dawn Lopez. Dawn provided comments as indicated Telecommunicator Banquet. Dawn briefly reviewed plans for the banquet. She noted that the attendance will be nearly 300 people, and the outlook was for a very successful event to honor the dispatcher community. Telecommunicator Week Buttons. Dawn reported that over 2000 buttons had been sold. She thanked all who helped out by purchasing a button. Operations Training, May Meeting. Dawn announced that there will be an Operations Training session during the May CPRA meeting. It will be held at the same time as Frequency Coordination. The topic for the training will be computer crimes. Chapter Commercial Advisory Member Jack Daniel. Jack invited all the commercial members in attendance to do self introductions and give a few brief overview of the respective products and services they provide. Program Presentation Presenter. APCO Project 25 Review and Update was presented by Ron Lyons, Regional Sales Director, EADS Secure Networks, N.A. He reviewed the progress of the APCO Project 25 standards development. Ron noted the purpose of the Project 25 was to develop user defined standards for two-way wireless communications products with the standards suite to be published and administered by the TIA. In his presentation he noted that we are now in Phase 2 with more standards development underway. He concluded by explaining the advantages of the Open Systems concepts supported by Project 25 standards. Awards Presentation Ken M. and Award Committee Chair, John Sarkissian. As a very special part of the meeting, Ken and John presented the 2009 CPRA Technical Awards. Philip Hone, County of San Bernardino was asked to come forward. John read the Citation to Accompany the Award of the 2009 CPRA RF Engineer of Year. Ken then presented Philip his award element, a trophy recognizing his contributions to the public safety community within his organization. David King, City of Bakersfield was then asked to come forward. John read the Citation to Accompany the Award of the 2009 CPRA RF Technician of Year. Ken then presented David his award a element, a trophy recognizing his contributions to the public safety community within his organization. The CPRA chapter then extended an enthusiastic round of applause in recognition of their respective awards. Meeting Adjourned. Ken thanked the program presenter Ron Lyons for his presentation. He also expressed sincere appreciation to Ron for sponsoring the Early Bird refreshments. Ken concluded the meeting by thanking everyone for participating in the 2009 National Telecommunicator s Week and the CPRA Technical Awards Ceremony. The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 a.m. Notes for the Record. Following the luncheon, Gary Gray convened the Frequency Advisory Committee (FAC) meeting. Ongoing and new frequency requests were presented and acted upon. Respectfully submitted, Mike Rowles Secretary

5 Page MHZ REBANDING CPRA MEETING NOTES By: Ray Grimes April 16, THE DECISIVE YEAR? 2008 brought little to no visible movement as to a Mexico Treaty Agreement resolution that would affect the 800 MHz border frequency plan. With a new U.S. President and new federal department heads, we can only hope that the nation s economic challenges don t overshadow other pending business such as a Mexico Treaty Agreement. There is also new concern regarding Mexico s perceived governmental instability which could bring any diplomatic treaty negotiations to a halt. So far, Sprint-Nextel is guaranteeing the funding of remaining 800 MHz Rebanding activities though their corporate health is fragile. The TA s December 09, 2008 Quarterly Progress Report is now available online, addressing the Quarter ending September 30, In summary, this Quarterly Report states that (1) the Canadian Border Rebanding period began on October 14, 2008, (2) 99% of non border, non-npspac (Phase 1) incumbents have submitted FRA s to the TA, (3) 78% of non-border, NPSPAC (Phase 2) incumbents have submitted FRA s to the TA, (4) 1591 FRA s have been submitted to the TA out of 1787 expected (89%), (5) 724 FRA s with Request for Waiver have been submitted to the TA, (6) 1131 FRA s are completed (with an average of 7.7 months to perform *delays in filing the true-up financial paperwork has extended the average by two months), (7) 66 mediation dockets opened for Stage 2 incumbents, 43 resolved, with none to FCC for de novo review, (8) 312,000 subscriber radios replaced under SED program (Stage 2 incumbents), (9) Sprint paid-out $503.3 Million for FRA s and PFA s, (10) Sprint-Nextel paid itself $217 Million for Rebanding configuration of its own iden network, (11) Sprint-Nextel submitted costs of $533.6 Million for implementation of its 1.9 GHz network, (12) Sprint-Nextel posted $275.2 Million for its Rebanding program support and administration costs, (13) TA administrative costs were $8.8 Million, (14) and total Sprint-Nextel Rebanding costs were $1.6 Billion. An updated letter of credit was posted by Sprint-Nextel for $2.078 Billion *There is industry speculation that this letter of credit may expire in March, We ll be watching this issue with great interest and concern. The TA s 1st Quarter 2009 Report should be available sometime in of May. The County of Orange in behalf of four 800 MHz CCCS partner agencies has formally requested of Sprint-Nextel immediate early Rebanding replacement of failing legacy SIMS ((SmartNet Interface Management System) ancillary infrastructure equipment that was previously identified by Motorola in their Suitability Assessment (SA) of our network ($150,000 each). Upon Sprint-Nextel rejecting our initial submittal for early replacement, the County has now formally escalated this request within Sprint-Nextel. This request does not fall within the scope of the SED program, as it is not Subscriber radio related, though Sprint-Nextel could conceivably use its own discretion to honor this request (Change Order, FRA, etc.?). Sprint-Nextel has now received updated accurate SIMS quotations from Motorola and will revisit our request. The State of California reports that for Northern California, it is implementing temporary back-to-back State mutual aid channel repeaters that were provided by Sprint-Nextel. The State cautions that it is investing an average of 16 hours per temporary portable repeater preparation and installation to address DOA and equipment alignment and programming equipment tasks prior to installation readiness. Back-to-Back State Mutual Aid channels temporary repeater deployment if also supported in this area, would allow Southern California public safety agencies to retain the old State Mutual Aid channels until they can reconfigure their radios, without a need to reprogram their fleets a second time. More words of caution when signing-off Motorola Incumbent Acknowledgement forms for SED program delivery acknowledgement of Subscriber radios: Make sure that every item and accessory sub-item is accountable and correct and your agency name is represented in full, including the city and state. A single radio count error could cost your agency several thousands of dollars at the Rebanding true-up period.

6 Page 6 Angela Soria Dispatcher of the Year Robert Stoffel - Master of Ceremonies Courtney Allison Shirley Schroeder & Adriana Spirescu Mike Rowles & Terri Nelson

7 Page 7 Jack & Pat Daniel Ken Norton & John Wright Chief Joseph Polisar - Keynote Speaker John Sarkissian, Philip Hone, David King & Ken Mann David King RF Tech of the Year Philip Hone Engineer of the Year

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