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The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note the identified alternative option and instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to carry out a feasibility study to assess the feasibility of refurbishing and repurposing Old Aberdeen House to provide a two stream building for St. Peter’s School;

(ii)       to instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to commence engagement with the RC diocese and the school community regarding this new additional option;

(iii)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to report back to the Committee in November with an updated Outline Business Case for the relocation of St Peter’s RC Primary School, to include the outcome of this feasibility study as an additional option, and the associated stakeholder feedback;

(iv)      to note that since officers were tasked, in September 2022, with submitting an application to the Scottish Government’s third phase of LEIP funding, that no material update had been provided;

(v)      to instruct the Interim Director of Children’s and Family Services to seek and circulate any written confirmation that there would not be any risk associated with the existing LEIP funding application which has been “pending” with the Scottish Government since September 2022 as a result of the feasibility work taking place;

(vi)      to agree that the feasibility work should also report on the potential interim arrangements and costs that would be required should officers propose at the November Committee a preference for a two-stream school at Old Aberdeen House; and

(vii)     to agree that if, at the November Committee, officers recommend a preference for a two-stream school at Old Aberdeen House, that due regard is given to the potential uses/costs associated with any exit strategy of the existing Riverbank School site.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which (a) provided an update on the work to date regarding the refurbishment of the Riverbank school building; and (b) sought instruction from Members to conduct a feasibility study to assess the potential of refurbishing Old Aberdeen House, as an alternative option for providing improved facilities for St. Peter’s RC school.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the identified alternative option and instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to carry out a feasibility study to assess the feasibility of refurbishing and repurposing Old Aberdeen House to provide a two stream building for St. Peter’s School;

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to commence engagement with the RC diocese and the school community regarding this new additional option; and

(c)      instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to report back to the Committee in November with an updated Outline Business Case for the relocation of St Peter’s RC Primary School, to include the outcome of this feasibility study as an additional option, and the associated stakeholder feedback.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that since officers were tasked, in September 2022, with submitting an application to the Scottish Government’s third phase of LEIP funding, that no material update had been provided;

(ii)       to instruct the Interim Director of Children’s and Family Services to seek and circulate any written confirmation that there would not be any risk associated with the existing LEIP funding application which had been “pending” with the Scottish Government since September 2022 as a result of the feasibility work taking place;

(iii)      to agree that the feasibility work should also report on the potential interim arrangements and costs that would be required should officers propose at the November Committee a preference for a two-stream school at Old Aberdeen House;

(iv)      to agree that if, at the November Committee, officers recommended a preference for a two-stream school at Old Aberdeen House, that due regard be given to the potential uses/costs associated with any exit strategy of the existing Riverbank School site; and

(v)      to otherwise approve the recomendations.