MACKENZIE COUNTY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING Tuesday, April 25, 2017 10:00 a.m. Fort Vermilion Council Chambers Fort Vermilion, Alberta AGENDA 1. Delegation (10:00 a.m.) 3 Michael Marcaccio, Wilde & Company Chartered Professional Accountants – Presentation of the 2016 Audited Financial Statements 2. Northern Alberta Broadband Project Current State Report – Draft 27 3. Next Meeting – June 27, 2017 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 !! ! ! ! ! Northern(Alberta(Broadband( Preparedness(Project( Current'State' ' For!review.!Fixed!wireless!tower!and!fibre! DRAFT( information!has!yet!to!be!added.! ! ' ' ! ! ! ! ! Submitted)to)Alberta)HUB:) Prepared)by:) By!Taylor!Warwick!Consulting!Limited! Doris!&!Les!Regula!–!Regula!&!Associates!Ltd.! March!28,!2017 ! 27 Northern(Alberta(Broadband(Preparedness(Project( Current(State( Table(of(Contents( 1! Executive!Summary!................................................................................................................................!1! 2! Overview!–!Study!Region!.......................................................................................................................!7! 3! Introduction!...........................................................................................................................................!9! 3.1! Current!State!–!An!Inventory!..........................................................................................................!9! 3.2! Developing!the!Current!State!........................................................................................................!10! 3.3! Report!Layout!................................................................................................................................!11! 4! Landscape!Issues!..................................................................................................................................!12! 4.1! Context!..........................................................................................................................................!12! 4.2! Federal!Updates!............................................................................................................................!12! 4.2.1! Basic!Service!Ruling!..............................................................................................................!12! 4.2.2! Connect!to!Innovate!Program!(CTI)!......................................................................................!13! 4.2.3! Statistics!Canada!...................................................................................................................!13! 4.2.4! Federation!of!Canadian!Municipalities!.................................................................................!13! 4.3! Provincial!Updates!.........................................................................................................................!14! 4.3.1! Service!Alberta!and!the!Alberta!SuperNet!Contract!.............................................................!14! 4.3.2! Changes!to!the!Municipal!Government!Act!.........................................................................!14! 4.3.3! Regional!Economic!Develop!Alliance!(REDA)!Broadband!Studies!........................................!14! 4.3.4! Alberta!Urban!Municipalities!Association!............................................................................!15! 4.3.5! Alberta!Association!of!Municipal!Districts!and!Counties!......................................................!16! 4.4! Service!Provider!Updates!..............................................................................................................!16! 4.4.1! Eastlink!.................................................................................................................................!16! 4.4.2! TELUS!....................................................................................................................................!16! 5! Northeast!Alberta!Information!HUB!Ltd.!(Alberta!Hub)!......................................................................!18! 5.1! Regional!Profile!.............................................................................................................................!18! 5.2! Municipal,!First!Nations,!and!Métis!Settlements!Broadband!Interests!........................................!22! 5.3! Current!Service!Providers,!Services,!and!Infrastructure!................................................................!23! 5.3.1! Fixed!Wireless]based!............................................................................................................!23! 5.3.2! Mobility!................................................................................................................................!25! 5.3.3! Wireline]based!–!DSL!............................................................................................................!26! 5.3.4! Wireline]based!–!Coaxial!Cable!............................................................................................!27! 5.3.5! Internet!Service!Provider!WiFi!..............................................................................................!28! 5.3.6! Axia!Fibre!..............................................................................................................................!29! 5.4! Backhaul!Availability!......................................................................................................................!29! 5.4.1! Alberta!SuperNet!..................................................................................................................!29! 5.4.2! Shaw!Wholesale!...................................................................................................................!29! 5.4.3! TELUS!Wholesale!..................................................................................................................!30! 5.5! Existing!Infrastructure!...................................................................................................................!30! 5.5.1! Towers!and!Other!Tall!Structures!.........................................................................................!30! 5.5.2! Utility!Infrastructure!.............................................................................................................!31! 5.5.3! First!Nations!Fibre!Infrastructure!.........................................................................................!31! 5.6! Planned!Infrastructure!..................................................................................................................!35! Taylor(Warwick(Consulting(Limited( DRAFT( 2017(03(28( ii( 28 Northern(Alberta(Broadband(Preparedness(Project( Current(State( 5.6.1! Major!Projects!......................................................................................................................!35! 5.6.2! Electricity!Transmission!Development!Plans!........................................................................!36! 5.6.3! Municipal!Capital!and!Civil!Works!Projects!..........................................................................!37! 6! Grizzly!Regional!Economic!Alliance!Society!(Growth!Alberta)!.............................................................!39! 6.1! Regional!Profile!.............................................................................................................................!39! 6.2! Municipal,!First!Nations!and!Métis!Settlement!Broadband!Interests!...........................................!43! 6.3! Current!Service!Providers,!Services,!and!Infrastructure!................................................................!44! 6.3.1! Fixed!Wireless]based!............................................................................................................!44! 6.3.2! Growth!Alberta!Mobility!.......................................................................................................!46! 6.3.3! Wireline]based!–!DSL!............................................................................................................!47! 6.3.4! Wireline]based!–!Coaxial!Cable!............................................................................................!48! 6.3.5! Internet!Service!Provider!WiFi!..............................................................................................!49! 6.3.6! Growth!Alberta!Axia!Fibre!....................................................................................................!49! 6.4! Backhaul!Availability!......................................................................................................................!49! 6.4.1! Alberta!SuperNet!..................................................................................................................!49! 6.4.2! Shaw!Wholesale!...................................................................................................................!49! 6.4.3! TELUS!Wholesale!..................................................................................................................!50! 6.4.4! Hybrid!Wireless!.....................................................................................................................!50! 6.5! Existing!Infrastructure!...................................................................................................................!50! 6.5.1! Tower!and!Other!Tall!Structures!..........................................................................................!50! 6.5.2! Utility!Infrastructure!.............................................................................................................!51!