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The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to note the actions undertaken to date and the consultation with the local community; and

(ii)        to instruct the Chief Officer – Operations, to proceed with options for a permanent reinstatement of the island garden and trees at the corner of Don Street and Cheyne Road, taking the £10,000 required, from contingencies. The reinstatement should accommodate Great Aberdeen Run operational requirements and be developed in consultation with the local community.

With reference to Article 11 of the minute of meeting of the Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee of 16 January 2018, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Operating Officer, which responded to Councillor McLellan’s notice of motion in regard to the island garden and trees at the corner of Don Street and Cheyne Road, within the Old Aberdeen conservation area which were removed in July 2017. 

The notice of motion instructed the then Interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure to carry out an options appraisal for the site in consultation with the Old Aberdeen Community Council, and included in the options appraisal should be the costs and detail of finding out the long term solution for the site taking into account the needs of the Great Aberdeen Run and the local community, and thereafter report their findings to the most appropriate committee.

The report recommended:-

That the Committee –

(a)      notes the actions undertaken to date and the consultation with the local community; and

(b)       agrees that officers do not proceed with the permanent reinstatement of the island garden and trees at the corner of Don Street and Cheyne Road until such time as the contract, or any extensions to the contract, for a running event within Aberdeen City is concluded.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to approve recommendation (a); and

(ii)          to instruct the Chief Operations Officer to proceed with options for a permanent reinstatement of the island garden and trees at the corner of Don Street and Cheyne Road, taking the £10,000 required, from contingencies. The reinstatement should accommodate Great Aberdeen Run operational requirements and be developed in consultation with the local community.