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(i)       awards up to £44,014 to the Belmont Filmhouse for the Accessibility Programme of Works project;

(ii)       awards up to £32,750 to Aberdeen Arts Centre for the Children’s Theatre project;

(iii)      awards up to £164,680 to Aberdeen Performing Arts for the Repair, Rebuild, Revitalise project;

(iv)      awards up to £40,000 to Aberdeen Inspired for the City Centre Parklets Phase 2 project;

(v)      awards up to £124,471 to Woodside Gateway for the Street Design project;

(vi)      awards up to £50,000 to Greyhope Bay for the Greyhope Bay Centre project;

(vii)     awards up to £41,460 to Donside Village for the Tillydrone Gateway Feature;

(viii)    agrees to commit to an award of up to £400,000 from the anticipated 2022/23 Place Based Investment Fund to the Inchgarth Community Centre Extension project, subject to a successful outcome from the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund 2022/23 with an offer of grant of at least £1,500,000;

(ix)      agree that any remaining funds from 2021/22 be allocated to any other approved project which may require additional resources following consultation with Convener of City Growth and Resources Committee and if that were to be the case, a Service Update would be circulated to members of the Committee;

(x)      that in future reports, the Chief Officer – City Growth include a short explanation outlining why applications were successful.

With reference to article 7 of the minute of the previous meeting of 25 August 2021, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Commissioning, which provided an update on the applications received and sought instruction on the allocation of the remaining £545,000 from the Place Based Investment Programme Fund.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      awards up to £44,014 to the Belmont Filmhouse for the Accessibility Programme of Works project;

(b)      awards up to £32,750 to Aberdeen Arts Centre for the Children’s Theatre project;

(c)      awards up to £164,680 to Aberdeen Performing Arts for the Repair, Rebuild, Revitalise project;

(d)      awards up to £40,000 to Aberdeen Inspired for the City Centre Parklets Phase 2 project;

(e)      awards up to £124,471 to Woodside Gateway for the Street Design project;

(f)       awards up to £50,000 to Greyhope Bay for the Greyhope Bay Centre project;

(g)      awards up to £41,460 to Donside Village for the Tillydrone Gateway Feature;

(h)      agrees to commit to an award of up to £400,000 from the anticipated 2022/23 Place Based Investment Fund to the Inchgarth Community Centre Extension project, subject to a successful outcome from the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund 2022/23 with an offer of grant of at least £1,500,000; and

(i)       agree that any remaining funds from 2021/22 be allocated to any other approved project which may require additional resources following consultation with Convener of City Growth and Resources Committee.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to approve the recommendations contained within the report, subject to amending (i) to read “agree that any remaining funds from 2021/22 be allocated to any other approved project which may require additional resources following consultation with Convener of City Growth and Resources Committee and if that were to be the case, a Service Update would be circulated to members of the Committee”; and

(ii)       that in future reports, the Chief Officer – City Growth include a short explanation outlining why applications were successful.