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Report by Executive Director of Development and Infrastructure Services

 

 

Meeting: 15/04/2015 - Oban Lorn & The Isles Area Committee (Item 12)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered a report providing information on additional detail relating to the projected start up costs associated with bringing this project to Full Business Case stage and outlining the background for Project 5 – Oban North Pier extension, to be taken to full Business Case.

 

Decision

 

The Committee:

 

1.    Unanimously recommended that the Policy and Resources Committee approve the drawdown of borrowing for a total of up to £560K for the development of a full Business Case for Lorn Arc Project 5 – Oban North Pier Extension.  These resources will be held in a defined budget and managed as detailed in the Lorn Arc Programme PID; and

2.    Noted that the full Business Case for Project 5 will be reported to a future OLI Area Committee and subsequent Policy and Resources Committee before moving to the implementation stage.

 

(Ref:  Report by Oban Regeneration Project Manager dated 15th April 2015, submitted).

 

The Chair agreed to take further questions:

 

Kieran Green read the Committee a question from the Chair of Oban Community Council, which was in relation to the observation on the grant applications in listening to the scoring of these.  The Chair of the Community Council advised that it seems more money is granted to groups who have assistance from professional people who know how to tick the relevant boxes but there are other groups run by volunteers who do not have the knowledge to make their application score high enough to receive higher grants.  She asked for more information and feedback on this.  The Chair agreed to get the relevant council officer to respond to Mrs Malloy.

 

Mr Ken MacLellan presented the Committee with a poster designed to help tackle dog fouling in the Oban, Lorn and the Isles area.  The Chair agreed to publicise this poster and thanked Ken for his hard work in bringing this forward.  Mr MacLellan also stated he was disappointed that members of the press and public did not stay for further questions as he feels that this subject affects everybody in Oban and the Chair agreed with him.

 

 

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