Agenda and decisions

These will be recorded in full in the minute.

Item 10.2 (Revocation of Anderson Drive corridor and Wellington Road Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) and Amendment of City Centre AQMA) – Elizabeth Leslie, Joan Thomas and Graeme Craib

Item 11.2 (Future Operation of Controlled Parking Zones Y and YY (Garthdee and Kaimhill) – Andrew Murray, Garthdee Community Council

These will be recorded in full in the minute.

To approve the minute as a correct record.

(i)       in relation to item 4 (Den Burn Restoration Project), to note that officers anticipated that it may be possible to report to Committee in March 2025;

(ii)       in relation to item 10 (Active Travel Routes around Schools), to note that officers intended to present the report on this item to Committee in January 2025;

(iii)      in relation to item 15 (North East Scotland Active Travel Network Review), to note that officers would circulate a service update to Members in the next few weeks;

(iv)      to request that officers circulate a service update to Members outwith the meeting in respect of (a) the latest position in respect of the planning application for parking at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary; (b) discussions regarding possible installation of charging points at home locations, for staff who took vehicles home overnight; and (c) on the procurement for the wider rollout of charging points;

(v)      to note the reasons set out in the planner for the various delayed reports;

(vi)      to agree to remove items 13 (Nature Data: Outcomes of a Citywide Collaboration); 18 (Macaulay Drive Aberdeen); 35 (A93 Peterculter to Aberdeen Multi-Modal Corridor Study) and 65 (Bus Partnership Fund Grants Service Update); and

(vii)     to otherwise note the planner.

(i)       to note that the Environmental Manager and Roads Operation Manager would provide information to Members outwith the meeting in respect of the nature of complaints which had led to the rise in figures set out on pages 41 and 45 of the reports, as well as any common themes;

(ii)       to note that the Chief Officer – Operations would circulate a recent article to Members outwith the meeting in respect of Energy from Waste; and

(iii)      to otherwise note the report.

(i)       to note that there would be consideration of any Terms of Reference which had not been utilised as part of the annual Scheme of Governance Review and through the Governance Reference Group; and

(ii)       to otherwise note the report.

(i)       to note that officers would investigate the data to ascertain the percentage of short-haul flights which had been within the UK and advise Members of this information outwith the meeting;

(ii)       in relation to page 95 of the report, to note that officers would provide information to Members outwith the meeting in respect of the location of the photovoltaic installation which had been installed to generate solar power, as well as any plans for solar panels in other buildings;

(iii)      to approve the Climate Change Report 2023/24, as detailed in Appendix 1 and instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to submit the report to the Scottish Government prior to the reporting deadline of 30 November 2024;

(iv)      to instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to publish the Climate Change Report on the Council’s website; and

(v)      to instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to align the reporting periods and reporting date for both the annual Climate Change and Natural Environment Reports and to explore the potential to combine these into a single report.

(i)       to note the compliance with national PM10 and NO2 national air quality objectives in the Anderson Drive and Wellington Road Air AQMAs and compliance with the PM10 objective in the City Centre AQMA;

(ii)       to approve the revocation of the Anderson Drive and Wellington Road AQMAs and amendment of the City Centre AQMA to omit PM10; and

(iii)      to instruct the Interim Chief Officer - Governance to commence statutory procedures to formally revoke and amend the AQMAs.

(i)       to note the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges Stage 2 Route Option Assessment report, appendix 1;

(ii)       to note the relationships between the Wellington Road Junction Improvement Scheme and the ongoing development of the Aberdeen South Harbour Link Road project, currently progressing through the detailed planning & design process;

(iii)      to note the linkages between the Wellington Road Junction Improvement project and the routeing of Aberdeen Rapid Transit as agreed by Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee on 11 June 2024;

(iv)      to agree the preferred option (K) outlined in the DMRB Stage 2 report and instruct the Chief Officer Capital to progress further development of the preferred option including undertaking a tailored Design Manual for Roads and Bridges Stage 3 Scheme Assessment; and

(v)      to instruct the Chief Officer - Capital and the Chief Officer Strategic Place Planning to investigate funding opportunities for the future development and implementation of the project and report an Outline Business Case and conclusion of Stage 3 Scheme Assessment to the Finance and Resources Committee in Autumn 2025.

(i)       to note that discussions were undertaken by officers with Robert Gordon University (RGU), community representatives and local Members;

(ii)       to note that RGU provided options for a 3 or 5 year transition period, part-funded by the Council, reliant on the Council not charging residents for permits during this period;

(iii)      to note the community representatives’ response to the suggested transition period in section 3.4 of this report; and

(iv)      to instruct the Chief Officer - Operations to invite RGU, local Members, and community representatives, including Garthdee Community Council, to a discussion to consider further options and to report back on this as part of the budget process to the Council Budget meeting on 5 March 2025.