Issue - decisions

(a)      note the progress made to advance the design concept for an urban park, as part of the wider City Centre Masterplan Queen Street project;

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer – Capital to develop the detailed and technical design for the Urban Park and, following consultation with the Chief Officer – Commercial & Procurement Services, to proceed with the negotiation andexecution of contracts for delivery of the construction programme in line with the previously approved total project budget as detailed in paragraph 4.1, reporting progress through the Chief Officer – Capital’s regular capital programme monitoring reports; and

(c)      note progress regarding the internal strip-out programme elsewhere on the Queen Street site, and instruct the Chief Officer– Capital to fully scope and cost the demolition of the former Police headquarters, reporting progress through the Chief Officer – Capital’s regular capital programme monitoring reports.