1. REPC Advisory Subcommittees
July 23, 2008

2. Agenda Consultants Introductions The project The role of the REPC
The role of the Subcommittees
The role of this Subcommittee
Schedule
Organizational matters

3. Current Regional Radio Systems
Motorola 4.1 Smartzone Switches

4. Drivers/Goals for a System Upgrade
Avoid System Degradation
Improve Geographic Coverage
Improve Communications among Jurisdictions and Agencies
Enhance and Add Services

5. Radio Executive Policy Committee (REPC)
Sponsors: Sims and Nickels
Members:
King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties
Seattle and Tacoma
Port of Seattle
EPSCA and ValleyCom
State of Washington
1st meeting: July 2nd

6. REPC Charter Part I
The Committee will develop a mutually agreeable and mutually beneficial plan to migrate from the region’s current public safety communications networks to a set of integrated networks that meet local and regional needs and also act as a single, region-wide network.

7. Possible Regional System

8. REPC Charter Part II
Members will also publicly support implementation of the agreed-upon plan and commit that all future upgrades of their networks will be built consistently with any such plan.

9. Radio Executive Policy Committee (REPC)
Examples of key policy questions:
Overall geographic scope of network
Coverage within each county
Architecture and network design
Services
Funding
Operations
Governance

10. Advisory Subcommittees
Requirements
Operations
Technical

12. Critical Path

13. Deliverables Alternatives for evaluation Consultant-related
Final recommendations
Support

14. Draft Tasks and Timetable

15. Advisory Subcommittees
Discussion of questions lists

16. Organizational Matters
Meeting schedule and location
Chair
Operational procedures
Decision-making procedure
Should anyone else be invited?
Additional Subcommittees?
Other

17. Organizational Matters
Operational procedures
This is a working Subcommittee
Representatives, experts, and observers
Continuity and preparation
Deadlines
Deliverables
Consultants and confidentiality

18. Organizational Matters
Meeting schedule and location
Chair
Operational procedures
Decision-making procedure
Should anyone else be invited?
Additional Subcommittees?
Other

19. Discussion of other matters

20. Primary Staff Contacts
(206)

21. Thank You