Issue - meetings

(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 7^th 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.

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 7^th 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.