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The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to note the attached report on the outcomes of the consultation exercise appended to the report which noted that 49% of residents would prefer a do-minimum option for the blocks;

(ii)            to note that all options highlighted within the original case required significant spend on the properties, all of which may not be affordable; and

(iii)          to instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to revisit the costs, risks and deliverable timescales for all options in an updated Business Case and to report this to a future meeting of this committee and to reflect the future risk and financial requirements for these buildings in the Housing Revenue Account budget process for 2025/26.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord, which updated Members on the outcome of the consultation exercise undertaken in November 2023.

The report noted that in November 2023, Aberdeen City Council undertook a consultation exercise on the future of the city centre multi storey blocks.  The consultation was carried out by streets-uk with the support of The Tenants’ Participation and Advisory Services (TPAS) and Shelter Scotland.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)          note the report on the outcomes of the consultation exercise appended to the report which noted that 49% of residents would prefer a do-minimum option for the blocks;

(b)          note that all options highlighted within the original case required significant financial spend on the properties, all of which may not be affordable; and

(c)          instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to revisit the costs, risks and deliverable timescales for all options in an updated Business Case and to report this to this Committee as part of the Asset Management Plan update no later than 11^th March 2025.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to approve recommendations (a) and (b); and

(ii)            to instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to revisit the costs, risks and deliverable timescales for all options in an updated Business Case and to report this to a future meeting of this committee and to reflect the future risk and financial requirements for these buildings in the Housing Revenue Account budget process for 2025/26.