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Committee Business Statement
Meeting: 29/06/2017 - Finance, Policy and Resources Committee (Item 6)
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Decision:
(i) in relation to item 10 (Art Gallery Redevelopment Fundraising), officers were requested to circulate additional details to the Committee in terms of the timescales for fundraising;
(ii) in relation to item 14 (Review of Bookings and Lettings Procedures in Schools and Learning Centres), officers were requested to circulate details of when a report would be submitted to the Committee;
(iii) in relation to item 15 (City Centre Living Study), officers were requested to circulate details on the progress of the study to all members of the Committee by 7th July 2017;
(iv) in relation to item 20 (3) (Towards a Fairer Aberdeen that Prospers for all 2017-2020), officers were requested to circulate details of when the report was to be submitted to Committee regarding ongoing engagement with individuals and groups who were experiencing poverty; and
(v) in relation to item 21 (Enforcement within the Private Rented Housing Sector), officers were requested to circulate to members of the Committee a progress update in this regard.
Minutes:
The Committee had before it a statement of pending and outstanding committee business as prepared by the Head of Legal and Democratic Services.
The Convener, seconded by the Vice Convener moved:-
that in relation to item 17 (Purchase of Ground at Wellington Road), that the Committee consider a report at the next meeting on 20 September 2017.
Councillor Nicoll, seconded by Councillor Catriona MacKenzie moved as an amendment:-
that the Committee:-
(1) notes the Committee’s decision of 7 December 2016;
(2) notes the £8 Million investment by the Scottish Government in the £21 Million development by Sanctuary Scotland to provide 124 homes for key workers at the Craiginches site, the £430,000 developer obligations committed to local community assets and that the purchase price was previously established by an independent valuation process;
(3) notes the response from the Scottish Government to the purchase negotiations to date; and
(4) instructs officers to take the appropriate steps to purchase the land at the independent valuation of £230,000 as previously budgeted in the strategic land acquisitions budget.
On a division, there voted:- for the motion (9) – the Convener, the Vice Convener and Councillors Bell, Donnelly, Houghton, John, Laing, Macdonald and Sellar; for the amendment (8) - Councillors Allard, Copland, Delaney, Jackie Dunbar, Flynn, Catriona MacKenzie, Nicoll and Townson.
The Committee resolved:-
(i) to adopt the motion, and therefore receive a report at the next meeting in relation to item 17 (Purchase of Ground at Wellington Road);
(ii) in relation to item 10 (Art Gallery Redevelopment Fundraising), officers were requested to circulate additional details to the Committee in terms of the timescales for fundraising;
(iii) in relation to item 14 (Review of Bookings and Lettings Procedures in Schools and Learning Centres), officers were requested to circulate details of when a report would be submitted to the Committee;
(iv) in relation to item 15 (City Centre Living Study), officers were requested to circulate details on the progress of the study to all members of the Committee by 7th July 2017;
(v) in relation to item 20(3) (Towards a Fairer Aberdeen that Prospers for all 2017-2020), officers were requested to circulate details of when the report was to be submitted to Committee regarding ongoing engagement with individuals and groups who were experiencing poverty;
(vi) in relation to item 21 (Enforcement within the Private Rented Housing Sector), officers were requested to circulate to members of the Committee a progress update in this regard; and
(vii) to otherwise note the updates provided within the statement.