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(i)       to agree to allocate up to £430,000 to the Union Terrace Gardens Play Park Proposal and delegates authority to the Chief Officer - Capital, following consultation with the Head of Commercial and Procurement Services, to consider and approve a procurement business case for the project for the purposes of Procurement Regulation 4.1.1.2; and thereafter to procure appropriate works and services, and enter into any contracts necessary for the project; and

(ii)       to instruct the Chief Officer – City Growth to bring a report to the next Committee with details of other projects that could draw down the remaining Place Based Investment Programme funding.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Commissioning which provided an update on the grant allocated to Aberdeen City Council from the Place Based Investment Programme Fund, and sought instruction to allocate a proportion of the funds in line with the conditions accepted.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      agree to allocate up to £430,000 to the Union Terrace Gardens Play Park Proposal and delegates authority to the Chief Officer - Capital, following consultation with the Head of Commercial and Procurement Services, to consider and approve a procurement business case for the project for the purposes of Procurement Regulation 4.1.1.2; and thereafter to procure appropriate works and services, and enter into any contracts necessary for the project; and

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer – City Growth to bring a report to the next Committee with details of other projects that could draw down the remaining Place Based Investment Programme funding.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.