Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to approve the draft Aberdeen City Council (Parks and Outdoor Areas) Management Rules 2024 as set out in Appendix 2 subject to the appropriate consultation being undertaken;

(ii)          to instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to conduct a public consultation on the proposed Management Rules;

(iii)         to instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to report back to committee if significant objections or comments, which have not been withdrawn, addressed or resolved, are received during the public consultation with: (a) the results of the public consultation; and (b) a recommendation as to the form the Management Rules should take following the public consultation; and

(iv)         to instruct the Chief Officer - Governance to execute the Management Rules on behalf of Aberdeen City Council if no significant objections or comments are received during the public consultation or any such objections or comments as are received during the public consultation are withdrawn, addressed or resolved; and authorise that Chief Officer, before executing the Management Rules, to make any minor amendments to the Management Rules which they consider to be necessary.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services, which sought approval to make new Management Rules for Parks and Outdoor Areas within the remit of Aberdeen City Council as the existing Management Rules were due to expire in March 2024.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)            approves the draft Aberdeen City Council (Parks and Outdoor Areas) Management Rules 2024 as set out in Appendix 2 subject to the appropriate consultation being undertaken;

(b)            instructs the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to conduct a public consultation on the proposed Management Rules;

(c)             instructs the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to report back to committee if significant objections or comments, which have not been withdrawn, addressed or resolved, are received during the public consultation with: (a) the results of the public consultation; and (b) a recommendation as to the form the Management Rules should take following the public consultation; and

(d)            instructs the Interim Chief Officer - Governance to execute the Management Rules on behalf of Aberdeen City Council if no significant objections or comments are received during the public consultation or any such objections or comments as are received during the public consultation are withdrawn, addressed or resolved; and authorise that Chief Officer, before executing the Management Rules, to make any minor amendments to the Management Rules which they consider to be necessary.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.