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(i)       note the findings and recommendations of the Feasibility Report and Marketing Report;

(ii)       note the outcome of the Options Appraisal;

(iii)      instruct the Chief Officer - City Growth in consultation with the Head of Commercial and Procurement Services to proceed with issuing a Prior Information Notice (PIN) through Public Contracts Scotland with a Request for Information (RFI), to market test for a prospective operator according to the financial modelling and recommendations in the Feasibility Report; and

(iv)      instruct the Chief Officer – City Growth to report back to committee on progress through a Service Update by the end of July 2023.

With reference to article 8 of the minute of meeting of 2 November 2022, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Commissioning which provided an update on the developments in relation to the Belmont Cinema and the implications for the Council.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the findings and recommendations of the Feasibility Report and Marketing Report;

(b)      note the outcome of the Options Appraisal;

(c)      instruct the Chief Officer - City Growth in consultation with the Head of Commercial and Procurement Services to proceed with issuing a Prior Information Notice (PIN) through Public Contracts Scotland with a Request for Information (RFI), to market test for a prospective operator according to the financial modelling and recommendations in the Feasibility Report; and

(d)      instruct the Chief Officer – City Growth to report back to committee on progress through a Service Update.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to approve recommendations (a) to (c) contained within the report; and

(ii)       to instruct the Chief Officer – City Growth to report back to committee on progress through a Service Update by the end of July 2023.