Issue - meetings

(i)        to instruct the Chief Officer – City Growth to confirm withdrawal from the Aberdeen Warm Connected Homes project from Scotland’s 8th City ERDF Programme with the lead partner and write to the relevant body; and

(ii)       to reallocate the Warmer Homes budget to support Smart City projects within the Smart City Strategy.

With reference to article 23 of the minute of meeting of the Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee of 15 March 2016, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – City Growth which provided an update on the works around Smart Cities and sought the withdrawal from the Aberdeen City Council Warm Connected Homes Project from Scotland’s 8^th City European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Programme.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)       instruct the Chief Officer – City Growth to confirm withdrawal from the Aberdeen Warm Connected Homes project from Scotland’s 8th City ERDF Programme with the lead partner and write to the relevant body; and

(b)       reallocate the Warmer Homes budget to support Smart City projects within the Smart City Strategy.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.