Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on approving Catherine Roberts as the Williamson County representative for both Region 49, 700 MHz Regional Public Safety and the 800 MHz (NPSPAC) Regional Public Safety committee position.

The Region 49 RPC (Regional Planning Committee) is one of 55 such RPCs in the Country, and one of six RPCs in the state of Texas.  Region 49 (Central Texas) encompasses the following counties: Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Coryell, Falls, Fayette, Freestone, Grimes, Hamilton, Hays, Hill, Lampasas, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Llano, Madison, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Robertson, San Saba, Travis, Washington, and Williamson. The Region 49 Public Safety Regional Planning Committee's sole purpose is to protect the safety of life, health, or property of the Public Safety frequency users of 700 & 800 MHz along with 4.9 GHz.  Both committees assess new applications being made to the FCC out of our region, and ensure the need for public safety criteria is met and that the request will not create any hardship or network issues with adjacent users or systems as well as ensuring allocation of remaining frequencies in the spectrum are managed efficiently.  Appointment to 700 MHz committee has no term date and is only updated if the County representative is replaced.  Appointment to the 800 MHz committee must be renewed every two years. This request is my renewal of my January 20, 2015 appointment signed by Judge Gattis, accompanied by an written request for appointment to 700 MHz as well for the committee to have on record for voting. (Please document drafts in Word format will be sent to the County Judge's office for proper letter head).