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GOVERNANCE AND LEGAL ISSUES: OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES AMCTO 2017 OPEN AND SMART COMMUNITIES FORUM SEPTEMBER 22, 2O17 1 Janis Ingram, Senior Counsel The Regional Municipality of York

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GOVERNANCE AND LEGAL ISSUES:  OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES 

AMCTO 2017 OPEN AND SMART COMMUNITIES FORUM SEPTEMBER 22, 2O17

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Janis Ingram, Senior Counsel The Regional Municipality of York

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YTN Telecom Network Inc.

PRESENTATION OVERVIEW• York Region• Origins of YTN• Planning • Decisions• Questions?

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YTN Telecom Network Inc.YORK REGION (background)

• Regional Municipality (upper tier) comprised of 9 local municipalities (two‐tier jurisdiction)

• Governed by the Municipal Act, 2001

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YTN Telecom Network Inc.

YORK REGION (background)

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Local municipalities provide other services:fire, water, parking, animal control, parks and recreation, roads

Region’s core services include:transit, roads, police, wastewater management, housing and social services

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YTN Telecom Network Inc.

YORK TELECOM NETWORK (YTN) ORIGINS• YTN is a dark fibre telecommunications network• YTN originated as a network to connect Regional facilities and systems

• Eventually the local municipalities requested access to YTN to connect their facilities

• Access Agreements with MUSH organizations

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YTN Telecom Network Inc.

Completed and Planned Network

Draft, subject to change

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YTN Telecom Network Inc.

PLANNING PHASE• Broadband was becoming front and centre an   issue that governments, at all levels, needed to address

• Public seeking broadband access and capacity

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YTN Telecom Network Inc.

PLANNING PHASE• Needed to decide what to do with the YTN• Options included:

• Status quo• Sell the YTN• Partner with local municipality• Incorporate • Investigate continuum of services – provide dark fibre only to becoming an Internet Service Provider (ISP)

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YTN Telecom Network Inc.

ISSUES/QUESTIONS THAT AROSE• What corporate structures were available to us? What are other municipalities/jurisdictions doing?

• Should we incorporate?• What should the governance structure be?

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YTN Telecom Network Inc.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES• Provide dark fibre – no “lit” services• Cost recovery in a pre‐determined time frame• Leverage YTN to reduce costs paid to ISPs• Driver of economic development• Maintain control of the YTN

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YTN Telecom Network Inc.DECISIONS

• Incorporate (Municipal Services Corporation)• Wholly owned subsidiary of York Region• Board of Directors (Regional Councillors)• Provide dark fibre network

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Thank you

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Questions?