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(i)        to note that Aberdeen City Council:-

(1)        has been awarded funding from Paths for All to deliver projects outlined in the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places 2018/19 Programme;

(2)        has been awarded funding from NESTRANS Revenue Programme 2018/19 to deliver projects outlined in the report;

(3)        is bidding to the NESTRANS Capital 2018/19 funds to deliver projects outlined in this report;

(4)        is bidding to the SUSTRANS Community Links 2018/19 fund  to deliver projects outlined in this report; and

(5)       intends to use staff time, Civitas Portis works, existing Developer Contributions and Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route Non-Motorised User (AWPR) (NMU) Offset Mitigation funding as part of the match funding mechanism;

(ii)       authorises the Developer Contributions and the AWPR NMU offset mitigation funds to be used as Match Funds and spent in accordance with the relevant legal agreement; and

(iii)      to note that the procurement of contracts with estimated expenditure of £250,000 and above (Works) and £50,000 and above (Goods or Services), will be reported to the Strategic Commissioning Committee at its meeting on 30th April 2018.

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning which advised on a number of external funding opportunities that had become available or will soon become available to the Council for transportation projects and, where these are successful, request Committee approval for the use of match funding for some projects.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)       note that Aberdeen City Council:-

(1)        has been awarded funding from Paths for All to deliver projects outlined in the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places 2018/19 Programme;

(2)        has been awarded funding from NESTRANS Revenue Programme 2018/19 to deliver projects outlined in the report;

(3)        is bidding to the NESTRANS Capital 2018/19 funds to deliver projects outlined in this report;

(4)        is bidding to the SUSTRANS Community Links 2018/19 fund to deliver projects outlined in this report; and

(5)       intends to use staff time, Civitas Portis works, existing Developer Contributions and Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route Non-Motorised User (AWPR) (NMU) Offset Mitigation funding as part of the match funding mechanism;

(b)       authorise the Developer Contributions and the AWPR NMU offset mitigation funds to be used as Match Funds and spent in accordance with the relevant legal agreement; and

(c)       note that the procurement of contracts with estimated expenditure of £250,000 and above (Works) and £50,000 and above (Goods or Services), will be reported to the Strategic Commissioning Committee at its meeting on 30th April 2018.

The Committee were advised of two changes to the list of bids, following the NESTRANS Board meeting as follows:-

·         The allocation for the Bridge of Dee, in Appendix 2A of the report, had reduced from £100,000 to £10,000. This was to reflect the delays to the Western Peripheral Route opening; and

·         The Bus Stop improvements budget, in Appendix 2B of the report, had increased from £100,000 to £165,000 on the Capital Funded Schemes list. This extra funding had been brought forward from the reserve list, Appendix 2C of the report, which originally showed an additional £100,000 for Bus Stop Improvements. The reserve list fund for this had now been reduced to £35,000 to reflect this.

It was noted that the above individual projects were 100% funded by NESTRANS, therefore the updates did not affect recommendations (b) or (c).

The Committee resolved:-

(i)        that officers circulate details of the update to the two projects above to members of the Committee by email; and

(ii)       to otherwise approve the recommendations contained within the report.