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Addendum to the report

(i)         to note that Aberdeen City Council:-

a) had been awarded funding from Paths for All to deliver projects

outlined in the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places 2018/19 Programme

(See Appendix 1); and

b) had been awarded funding from NESTRANS Revenue Programme 2018/19 to deliver projects outlined in this report (See Appendix 2A);and

c) was bidding to the NESTRANS Capital 2018/19 funds to deliver projects

outlined in this report (See Appendix 2B); and

d) was bidding to the SUSTRANS Community Links 2018/19 fund to deliver

projects outlined in this report (See Appendix 2C); and

e) 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 (See Appendix 3);

(ii)        to approve the estimated expenditure and procurement exercises in respect of each of the projects detailed in the appendices to this report for any contract with estimated expenditure of £250,000 and above (Works) and £50,000 and above (Goods or Services); and

(iii)       to note that permission to 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, had been reported to the City Growth and Resources Committee at its meeting on 24th April 2018.

The Committee had before it (1) a report by the interim Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning which advised of a number of external funding opportunities that had become available or would soon become available to the Council for transportation projects and, where these were successful, sought approval to accept and spend the funds obtained; and (2) an addendum to the report which advised of updates regarding the funding allocations to the Bridge of Dee Programme and the bus stop improvement budget following the NESTRANS Board meeting on 18 April 2018.

The report recommended:

that the Committee

(a)       note that Aberdeen City Council:-

(a)        had been awarded funding from Paths for All to deliver projects

outlined in the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places 2018/19 Programme (See Appendix 1);

(b)        had been awarded funding from NESTRANS Revenue Programme 2018/19 to deliver projects outlined in the report (See Appendix 2A);

(c)        was bidding to the NESTRANS Capital 2018/19 funds to deliver projects outlined in the report (See Appendix 2B);

(d)        was bidding to the SUSTRANS Community Links 2018/19 fund to deliver projects outlined in the report (See Appendix 2C); and

(e)        intended 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 (See Appendix 3);

(b)       approve the estimated expenditure and procurement exercises in respect of each of the projects detailed in the appendices to the report for any contract with estimated expenditure of £250,000 and above (Works) and £50,000 and above (Goods or Services); and

(c)       note that permission to 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, had been reported to the City Growth and Resources Committee at its meeting on 24 April 2018.

The addendum to the report advised of two changes to the list of bids, following the NESTRANS Board meeting namely:-

·         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. The 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.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations noting the revised figure in Appendices 2A and 2B as detailed in the addendum to the report.