Issue - meetings

(i)         to approve the proposed two tier approach for a region-wide voluntary partnership agreement and subsequent corridor specific agreements such as statutory or enhanced partnership agreements;

(ii)        to approve the involvement of Aberdeen City Council in the establishment of a Quality Partnership Board and development of the Terms of Reference of a future Quality Partnership Board;

(iii)       to request the Interim Head of Planning and Sustainable Development to report to the Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee in January 2018 confirming the terms of the Quality Partnership Board and region-wide Voluntary Quality Partnership Agreement and associated technical, procedural and/or financial matters arising; and

(iv)       to thank officers for their hard work on this report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure which advised members on the proposals of the Local Authority and Bus Operator Forum (LABOF) toward the options for refreshing the current structure of the Quality Partnership for Public Transport. Approval is also sought on the principles of a revised voluntary Quality Partnership with statutory functions for public transport for the North East of Scotland Region (including Aberdeen City).

The report recommended:-

That the Committee -

(a)       Approve the proposed two tier approach for a region-wide voluntary partnership agreement and subsequent corridor specific agreements such as statutory or enhanced partnership agreements;

(b)       Approve the involvement of Aberdeen City Council in the establishment of a Quality Partnership Board and development of the Terms of Reference of a future Quality Partnership Board; and

(c)        Request the Interim Head of Planning and Sustainable Development to report to the Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee in January 2018 confirming the terms of the Quality Partnership Board and region-wide Voluntary Quality Partnership Agreement and associated technical, procedural and/or financial matters arising.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to approve the recommendations; and

(ii)        to thank officers for their hard work on this report.