Issue - meetings

An exempt appendix is contained within the Exempt Appendices Section on the agenda below.

(i)       authorise the Head of Commercial and Procurement to undertake a procurement exercise to commission a feasibility study (to include network design to RIBA stage 3) and outline business case for Phase 1 of this project;

(ii)      instruct the Head of Commercial and Procurement to explore external funding sources to support the capital delivery of this project and to report the outcomes of recommendations 2.1 and 2.2 to this Committee during Q3 2024; and

(iii)      that in relation to the Torry Heat Network, to instruct the Chief Officer – Capital to circulate a Service Update to members of the Committee providing details of the current and planned phased works proposals (and the proposed benefits from these proposals for the Torry community) outlining the public engagement events held and planned within the Torry community to inform residents.

With reference to article 12 of the minute of meeting of the City Growth and Resources Committee of 21 September 2022, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Commissioning which provided details of the proposed project to expand the district heating network and connect the network to a low carbon heat source.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      authorise the Head of Commercial and Procurement to undertake a procurement exercise to commission a feasibility study (to include network design to RIBA stage 3) and outline business case for Phase 1 of this project; and

(b)      instruct the Head of Commercial and Procurement to explore external funding sources to support the capital delivery of this project and to report the outcomes of recommendations 2.1 and 2.2 to this Committee during Q3 2024.

The Committee resolved:-

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

(ii)      that in relation to the Torry Heat Network, to instruct the Chief Officer – Capital to circulate a Service Update to members of the Committee providing details of the current and planned phased works proposals (and the proposed benefits from these proposals for the Torry community) outlining the public engagement events held and planned within the Torry community to inform residents.