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<br /> . i . <br /> . RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> The Metropolitan Radio Systems Planning Committee recommends that <br /> 1. The legislature direct that the committee proceed to implement its preferred option <br /> of a shared regionwide system developed in phases according to an overall system <br /> design. <br /> 2 The committee take the following actions: <br /> a. Begin engineering design work immediately on the preferred option. The <br /> initial system design would provide regionwide mobile coverage for MNIDOTJ <br /> other state agencies and regional agencies operating within the metropolitan <br /> area and for local jurisdictions and quasi-public users. The initial system <br /> design will also incorporate in-building coverage for local jurisdictions that <br /> have an immediate need for such coverage and are ready to move to 800 <br /> megahertz digital trunking to meet that need. <br /> b. Develop a frequency allocation plan to support the preferred option and <br /> obtain approval for the plan from APCO and the FCC. <br /> . c. Prepare for action by the 1995 legislature a governance structure and <br /> financing plan to support the preferred option. <br /> 3. The legislature extend the moratorium on applications for the 90 NPSP AC channels <br /> to June 30, 1996 so that these channels are reserved for use in the proposed phased <br /> regionwide system. <br /> 4. The legislative moratorium on applications for the 90 NPSP AC channels should be <br /> removed only under the following conditions: <br /> a. the Metropolitan Radio Systems Committee is unable to agree on and provide <br /> to the legislature a governance plan for action during the 1995 session. <br /> b. the project is not under contract by June 30, 1996. <br /> . <br /> . <br /> ----------- <br />