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(i)              to request that officers provide information to Councillor Macdonald outwith the meeting by way of email relating to Benholms Towers and the amount of funding already received and what had been requested;

(ii)             to award up to £50,000 to the Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust incorporating Ferryhill Men’s Shed for the Restoration of historic Office Buildings and Water Tower project;

(iii)            to award up to £22,013 to the Fersands Fountain Community for the Nursery Garden Improvement Project with agreement to increase this up to the requested £33,000 should there be underspends in any of the previously approved projects; UK Shared Prosperity Fund

(iv)           to award up to £70,000 to Aberdeen City Council Community Buildings Feasibility Studies project, subject to approval of the Aberdeen City Council Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan by the UK Government;

(v)             to award up to £101,000 to Aberdeen City Council ClimateOS software project, subject to approval of the Aberdeen City Council Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan by the UK Government;

(vi)           to award up to £240,000 to Aberdeen City Council SPECTRA festival project subject to approval of the Aberdeen City Council Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan by the UK Government;

(vii)          to award up to £700,000 to Aberdeen City Council Tolbooth Museum Improvements and Structural Repairs project, subject to approval of a full business case by Finance and Resources Committee and subject to approval of the Aberdeen City Council Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan by the UK Government;

(viii)        to award up to £40,000 to Aberdeen City Council - Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museum for Reimagining the Cowdray Hall feasibility project subject to approval of the Aberdeen City Council Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan by the UK Government;

(ix)           to award up to £90,000 to Aberdeen City Council - Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museum for Aberdeen Archives Centre feasibility project subject to approval of the Aberdeen City Council Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan by the UK Government; and

(x)             to award up to £150,000 to Aberdeen City Council – Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museum for Audience Evaluation & Acquisition feasibility project subject to approval of the Aberdeen City Council Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan by the UK Government.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – City Growth, which sought approval for the allocation of grant funding from the Place Based Investment Programme (PBIP) Fund 2022/23 and bids to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund 2022/25.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)            award up to £50,000 to the Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust incorporating Ferryhill Men’s Shed for the Restoration of historic Office Buildings and Water Tower project;

(b)            award up to £22,013 to the Fersands Fountain Community for the Nursery Garden Improvement Project with agreement to increase this up to the requested £33,000 should there be underspends in any of the previously approved projects; UK Shared Prosperity Fund;

(c)            award up to £70,000 to Aberdeen City Council Community Buildings Feasibility Studies project, subject to approval of the Aberdeen City Council Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan by the UK Government;

(d)            award up to £101,000 to Aberdeen City Council ClimateOS software project, subject to approval of the Aberdeen City Council Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan by the UK Government;

(e)            award up to £240,000 to Aberdeen City Council SPECTRA festival project subject to approval of the Aberdeen City Council Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan by the UK Government;

(f)              award up to £700,000 to Aberdeen City Council Tolbooth Museum Improvements and Structural Repairs project, subject to approval of a full business case by Finance and Resources Committee and subject to approval of the Aberdeen City Council Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan by the UK Government;

(g)            award up to £40,000 to Aberdeen City Council - Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museum for Reimagining the Cowdray Hall feasibility project subject to approval of the Aberdeen City Council Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan by the UK Government;

(h)            award up to £90,000 to Aberdeen City Council - Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museum for Aberdeen Archives Centre feasibility project subject to approval of the Aberdeen City Council Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan by the UK Government; and

(i)              award up to £150,000 to Aberdeen City Council – Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museum for Audience Evaluation & Acquisition feasibility project subject to approval of the Aberdeen City Council Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan by the UK Government.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to request that officers provide information to Councillor Macdonald outwith the meeting by way of email relating to Benholms Towers and the amount of funding already received and what had been requested; and

(ii)       to approve the recommendations contained in the report.