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The Committee resolved:-

(i)              to note the contents of the report;

(ii)             to instruct the Chief Officer Operations and Protective Services to liaise with interested parties as to their preferred options for the future of the Piper Alpha Memorial and to include in those options presented to those parties, the option of the replanting of roses including any cost implications;

(iii)            to instruct the Chief Officer Operations and Protective Services to report the outcome of the meeting(s) with interested parties to the next appropriate Committee meeting and seek a decision; and

(iv)           to instruct the Chief Officer Operations and Protective Services  to provide an update to a Council meeting when appropriate.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services, which provided an update on the current situation regarding the Piper Alpha Memorial and the North Sea Memorial Rose Gardens at Hazlehead Park. 

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)          notes the contents of the report;

(b)          notes the cost of replanting the empty rose beds and that there was currently no budget allocated to this work; and

(c)          instructs the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services to report back to the relevant committee in the next committee cycle with a further update.

Councillor Nicoll, seconded by the Depute Provost, Councillor Delaney, moved:-

That the Committee:-

(a)          note the contents of the report;

(b)          instruct the Chief Officer Operations and Protective Services to liaise with interested parties as to their preferred options for the future of the Piper Alpha Memorial and to include in those options presented to those parties, the option of the replanting of roses including any cost implications;

(c)          instruct the Chief Officer Operations and Protective Services to report the outcome of the meeting(s) with interested parties to the next appropriate Committee meeting and seek a decision; and

(d)          instruct the Chief Officer Operations and Protective Services to provide an update to a Council meeting when appropriate.

Councillor Macdonald moved as an amendment, seconded by Councillor Thomson:-

That the Committee:-

(i)            note the contents of the report;

(ii)          refer the matter to City Growth and Resources Committee in September 2022, with a recommendation to allocate funding to replant the empty rosebeds, and approve the use of the 2022/23 General Fund Contingencies Budget to fund the cost of replating the empty rose beds; and

(iii)         instruct the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services, to report back to the December Full Council with a further update.

On a division there voted:- for the motion (7) – the Convener, the Vice Convener, Councillor Cameron, the Lord Provost, Councillor Delaney, the Depute Provost; and Councillors Hutchison, McRae and Nicoll; for the amendment (6) – Councillors Ali, Brooks, Macdonald, Massey, McLeod and Thomson.

The Committee resolved:-

to adopt the motion.

In terms of Standing Order 32.8, Councillor Macdonald expressed her dissent against the foregoing decision.