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(i)             to note the progress of the delivery of this grant;

(ii)           to note that the Bus Partnership Fund programme has been enabled through Scottish Government funding and that officers will continue to work with partners to deliver the projects in accordance with the grant conditions;

(iii)          to note that a full update on the City Centre Masterplan, along with recommendations regarding the Union Street Options Appraisal work will be reported to Full Council on 29 June 2022; and

(iv)          to agree that, given this update report does not require any decisions and that any substantive updates or decisions on projects within the BPF will be taken to the relevant Committee as their own report, this update will be taken as a service update to future City Growth and Resources Committees. This does not prevent any request for a committee report on the progress of BPF to be added to the Committee Planner when required.

With reference to Article 10 of the minute of its meeting of 3 February 2022, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning which provided a quarterly update on progress with the delivery of the Bus Partnership Fund (BPF) grant projects.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)          note the progress of the delivery of the grant;

(b)          note that the BFP programme had been enabled through Scottish Government funding and that officers would continue to work with partners to deliver the projects in accordance with the grant conditions;

(c)          note that a full update on the City Centre Masterplan, along with recommendations regarding the Union Street Options Appraisal work would be reported to Full Council on 29 June 2022; and

(d)          agree that, given this update report did not require any decisions and that any substantive updates or decisions on projects within the BPF would be taken to the relevant Committee as their own report, this update would be taken as a service update to future City Growth and Resources Committees. This does not prevent any request for a committee report on the progress of BPF to be added to the Committee Planner when required.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.