RE 04-22-97.1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
RESOLUTION NO. 042297.1
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
WHEREAS, concerns about public safety continue to be a prevailing interest of the American
public and the local governments where they reside; and
WHEREAS, the President and Congress are proposing to auction broadcast spectrum to fund
numerous programs; and
WHEREAS, broadcast spectrum is a finite resource critical to the ability of police, fire,
emergency rescue, and disaster agencies to communicate in the event of a natural disaster, a crime, a
fire or bombing, or any other serious incident jeopardizing lives and property in counties and cities; and
WHEREAS, the allocation of broadcast spectrum is fundamental to the ability of emergency
response agencies to communicate together to ensure a timely response when lives are at stake, and
changes in allocations can force counties and cities to spend hundreds of millions of dollars for the
purchase of equipment compatible with different bands of the spectrum; and
WHEREAS, broadcast spectxum is critical to counties and cities' efforts to ensure and protect
public safety communications and, therefore, theft spectrum allocation needs will also increase; and
WHEREAS, the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Commission (PSWAC), established by
Congress in 1993 and charged to design a plan for public safety telecommunication needs through the
year 2010, has specifically found that states and local governments have less than 50 percent of the
spectrum currently necessary to effectively protect property and lives in communities and far less than
will be required to address public safety needs between now and the year 2010.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF Tm*~ CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS URGES:
1. The Federal Communications Commission to act immediately to complete and implement the
recommendations from the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Commission; and
2. The President, Congress, and FCC to immediately reserve 25 megahertz of broadcast channels
60 to 69 for exclusive use of state and local government public safety agencies; and
3. The FCC to act on a long-term plan to meet public safety needs affecting cities between now and
the year 2010.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas this ~/day of April
1997.
APPROVED:
ATrEST:
Katldeen A. Roach, City Secretary
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