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(Public Pack)Agenda Document for City Growth and Resources Public Document Pack To: Councillor Lumsden, Convener; Councillor Graham, Vice Convener; Councillor Donnelly, the Depute Provost; and Councillors Boulton, Flynn, Laing, Catriona Mackenzie, Nicoll and Yuill. Town House, ABERDEEN 10 September 2018 CITY GROWTH AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE The Members of the CITY GROWTH AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE are requested to meet in Committee Room 2 - Town House on TUESDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 2018 at 10.30 am. FRASER BELL CHIEF OFFICER - GOVERNANCE B U S I N E S S DETERMINATION OF URGENT BUSINESS 1.1 Determination of Urgent Business DETERMINATION OF EXEMPT BUSINESS 2.1 Determination of Exempt Business DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 3.1 Declarations of Interest (Pages 7 - 8) REQUESTS FOR DEPUTATION 4.1 Requests for Deputation MINUTE OF PREVIOUS MEETING 5.1 Minutes of Previous Meeting of 19 June and Special Meeting of 1 August 2018 - For Approval (Pages 9 - 30) COMMITTEE PLANNER 6.1 Committee Planner (Pages 31 - 52) NOTICES OF MOTION 7.1 Motion by Councillor Reynolds - EU Funding for Hydrogen Trains “Following decades of campaigning for electrification of the rail line to the North East and the understandable financial difficulties, Aberdeen City Council calls upon the Scottish Government, Abellio, Transport Scotland and any other interested party to investigate, as a matter of urgency whilst EU funding is still available, to replace existing rolling stock with environmentally friendly hydrogen trains. Subject to Council agreement with the above, that the Chief Executive write to local authorities on the route to gain their support.” REFERRALS FROM COUNCIL, COMMITTEE AND SUB COMMITTEES 8.1 There are no Reports under this Heading FINANCE, PERFORMANCE, RISK AND SERVICE WIDE ISSUES 9.1 City Growth and Resources Performance Report - COM/18/146 (Pages 53 - 74) GENERAL BUSINESS 10.1 VisitAberdeenshire Destination Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire Tourism Strategy 2018 - 2023 - PLA/18/137 (Pages 75 - 122) 10.2 Christmas Village 2017 Feedback - PLA/18/136 (Pages 123 - 128) Please note that there are exempt appendices relating to this report contained within the Confidential/Exempt Section of this agenda. 10.3 Review on the Governance of the 365 Advisory Group and Aberdeen Festivals - PLA/18/147 (Pages 129 - 138) 10.4 Unrecoverable Debt - CUS/18/134 (Pages 139 - 148) Please note that Appendix 4 is contained within the Confidential/Exempt Section of this agenda. 10.5 Aberdeen City Local Housing Strategy 2018 - 2023 - PLA/18/037 (Pages 149 - 316) 10.6 Aberdeen City's Strategic Housing Investment Plan 2019/20 - 2023/2024 - PLA/18/060 (Pages 317 - 346) 10.7 Aberdeen City's Affordable Housing Delivery Programme - PLA/18/061 (Pages 347 - 354) 10.8 Employability One-Stop Shop - PLA/18/148 (Pages 355 - 358) 10.9 Alive at 5 - OPE/18/097 (Pages 359 - 362) 10.10 Wellington Road Multimodal Corridor Study - PLA/18/132 (Pages 363 - 378) 10.11 2018-2048 Housing Revenue Account Business Plan - CUS/18/145 (Pages 379 - 428) 10.12 Condition and Suitability 3 Year Programme - RES/18/151 (Pages 429 - 456) Please note that there are exempt appendices relating to this report contained within the Confidential/Exempt Section of this agenda. 10.13 Finance for Business - PLA/18/149 (Pages 457 - 462) 10.14 External Funding and Partnerships - PLA/18/143 (Pages 463 - 488) EXEMPT / CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS 11.1 Christmas Village 2017 Feedback - Exempt Appendices (Pages 489 - 522) 11.2 Unrecoverable Debt - Exempt Appendix (Pages 523 - 524) 11.3 Condition and Suitability 3 Year Programme - Exempt Appendices (Pages 525 - 538) 11.4 UNESCO Creative Cities Designation - PLA/18/140 (Pages 539 - 606) 11.5 Creative Funding Grants Programme - PLA/18/141 (Pages 607 - 638) 11.6 Site at King Street/Beach Esplanade (OP85) - RES/18/138 (Pages 639 - 644) 11.7 Community Asset Transfer – Seaton Huts and Depot - RES/18/152 (Pages 645 - 650) 11.8 Disposal of Land, Devil's Den, Woodside - RES/18/153 (Pages 651 - 656) 11.9 New Schools Development Programme 2018 - to follow 11.10 Disposal of Former Victoria Road School - RES/18/155 - to follow 11.11 Disposal of the Former Cordyce School Site - RES/18/154 - to follow 11.12 Middlefield Regeneration - to follow 11.13 Option for the Old AECC - to follow 11.14 City Centre Masterplan - Phase 2 - to follow EHRIA’s related to reports on this agenda can be viewed at Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessments To access the Service Updates for this Committee please use the following link: https://committees.aberdeencity.gov.uk/ecCatDisplay.aspx?sch=doc&cat=13450&path=0 Website Address: www.aberdeencity.gov.uk Should you require any further information about this agenda, please contact Mark Masson, email [email protected], or telephone 01224 522989 Agenda Item 3.1 You must consider at the earliest stage possible whether you have an interest to declare in relation to any matter which is to be considered. You should consider whether reports for meetings raise any issue of declaration of interest. Your declaration of interest must be made under the standing item on the agenda, however if you do identify the need for a declaration of interest only when a particular matter is being discussed then you must declare the interest as soon as you realise it is necessary. The following wording may be helpful for you in making your declaration. I declare an interest in item (x) for the following reasons …………… For example, I know the applicant / I am a member of the Board of X / I am employed by… and I will therefore withdraw from the meeting room during any discussion and voting on that item. OR I have considered whether I require to declare an interest in item (x) for the following reasons …………… however, having applied the objective test, I consider that my interest is so remote / insignificant that it does not require me to remove myself from consideration of the item. OR I declare an interest in item (x) for the following reasons …………… however I consider that a specific exclusion applies as my interest is as a member of xxxx, which is (a) a devolved public body as defined in Schedule 3 to the Act; (b) a public body established by enactment or in pursuance of statutory powers or by the authority of statute or a statutory scheme; (c) a body with whom there is in force an agreement which has been made in pursuance of Section 19 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 by Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise for the discharge by that body of any of the functions of Scottish Enterprise or, as the case may be, Highlands and Islands Enterprise; or (d) a body being a company:- i. established wholly or mainly for the purpose of providing services to the Councillor’s local authority; and ii. which has entered into a contractual arrangement with that local authority for the supply of goods and/or services to that local authority. OR I declare an interest in item (x) for the following reasons……and although the body is covered by a specific exclusion, the matter before the Committee is one that is quasi-judicial / regulatory in nature where the body I am a member of: is applying for a licence, a consent or an approval is making an objection or representation has a material interest concerning a licence consent or approval Page 5 is the subject of a statutory order of a regulatory nature made or proposed to be made by the local authority…. and I will therefore withdraw from the meeting room during any discussion and voting on that item. Page 6 Agenda Item 5.1 CITY GROWTH AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE ABERDEEN, 19 June 2018. Minute of Meeting of the CITY GROWTH AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE. Present:- Councillor Lumsden, Convener; Councillor Graham, Vice-Convener; and Councillors Boulton, Cooke (as substitute for Councillor Dunbar for article 18), Councillor Donnelly, the Depute Provost, Jackie Dunbar, Flynn, Greig (as substitute for Councillor Yuill from article 18 onwards), Houghton (as substitute for Councillor Laing from articles 1 to 7 and article 20 and for Councillor Boulton for article 25), Laing, Nicoll, Townson (as substitute for Councillor Yuill for article 8, Councillor Flynn for article 25 and Councillor Dunbar for article 26), Wheeler (as substitute for Councillor Laing for article 8) and Yuill. The agenda and reports associated with this minute can be found at:- https://committees.aberdeencity.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=618&MId=618 7 Please note that if any changes are made to this minute at the point of approval, these will be outlined in the subsequent minute and this document will not be retrospectively altered. DETERMINATION OF URGENT BUSINESS 1. The Convener had determined that the following items of business be considered as matters of urgency in terms of Section 50(B)(4)(b) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973:- Item 7.1 – Notice of Motion by Convener – British Heart Foundation Letter; Item 9.11 – Public Request for Community Asset Transfer – Former Cadet Hut, The Bush, Peterculter; Item 9.12 – Hazlehead Pool Feasibility Inspection; and Item 10.9 – Funding Request – Balmoral Stadium. The Committee resolved:- to concur with the Convener. DETERMINATION OF EXEMPT BUSINESS 2. The Convener proposed that the Committee consider items 10.1 (Pension Fund Guarantee Request), 10.2 (Aberdeen in Colour Project – Langstane Place), 10.3 (Creative Funding Grants Programme), 10.4 (Aberdeen Science Centre Bank Guarantee), 10.5 (Blackhills of Cairnrobin), 10.6 (Acquisition of 532 King Street), 10.7 (Council House Building Programme) and 10.9 (Funding Request – Balmoral Stadium) with the press and public excluded. The Committee resolved:- Page 7 2 CITY GROWTH AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE 19 June 2018 in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to exclude the press and public from the meeting from item 10.1 of the agenda so as to avoid disclosure of information of the classes described in the following paragraphs of Schedule 7(A) to the Act:- articles 19, 20, 21 and 22 (paragraphs 4 and 6), articles 23, 24, 25 and 26 (paragraphs 6 and 9).
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