With shared infrastructure comes some degree of shared operations and maintenance. By and large, we anticipate each network owner will be responsible for the operations and maintenance of their individual networks. Public sector entities who implement networks but do not have operations and maintenance capabilities can contract with existing private sector network owners or with a third party operations and maintenance organization. In the Next Year To accomplish the proposed solution, we recommend that in the next year the region establish a team to move the strategy forward. This is likely the team that will be appointed by the COG in the first quarter of 2017. That team should immediately begin in depth consultations with the various network owners and potential network owners in the region. The purpose of these consultations is to establish the intended organizational structure. With an organizational structure established negotiations for shared infrastructure usage should be possible. The next step is to formalize network standards and wholesale contracts. This should allow for the first wholesale-retail split subscribers. These will only be between private sector network owners in the first year as the public sector has yet to build infrastructure. In time for the odd-year election cycle, the team should establish if the organizational structure needs to come to a vote. The team should also establish the scope of one or more SB 152 overrides. Simultaneously to developing an organizational structure and preparing SB 152 overrides, the public sector participants must establish a financing plan. The plan may be dependent on the SB 152 overrides or it may require a publicly established organizational structure. Financing may require a vote. Expediency may drive all required votes onto a single ballot or may force votes to separate ballots. The team should decide the best path to electoral success but should then be ready to e flexible. In the first year, the following should be complete: Organizing team in place organizational structure defined and implemented Shared infrastructure standards and contracts agreed to
With shared infrastructure comes some degree of shared operations and maintenance. By and large, we anticipate each network owner will be responsible for the operations and maintenance of their individual networks. Public sector entities who implement networks but do not have operations and maintenance capabilities can contract with existing private sector network owners or with a third party operations and maintenance organization. In the Next Year To accomplish the proposed solution, we recommend that in the next year the region establish a team to move the strategy forward. This is likely the team that will be appointed by the COG in the first quarter of 2017. That team should immediately begin in depth consultations with the various network owners and potential network owners in the region. The purpose of these consultations is to establish the intended organizational structure. With an organizational structure established negotiations for shared infrastructure usage should be possible. The next step is to formalize network standards and wholesale contracts. This should allow for the first wholesale-retail split subscribers. These will only be between private sector network owners in the first year as the public sector has yet to build infrastructure. In time for the odd-year election cycle, the team should establish if the organizational structure needs to come to a vote. The team should also establish the scope of one or more SB 152 overrides. Simultaneously to developing an organizational structure and preparing SB 152 overrides, the public sector participants must establish a financing plan. The plan may be dependent on the SB 152 overrides or it may require a publicly established organizational structure. Financing may require a vote. Expediency may drive all required votes onto a single ballot or may force votes to separate ballots. The team should decide the best path to electoral success but should then be ready to e flexible. In the first year, the following should be complete: Organizing team in place organizational structure defined and implemented Shared infrastructure standards and contracts agreed to
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