City Development Committee - 15/12/2003
At a MEETING of the PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 15th December, 2003.
Present:-
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Lord Provost John R LETFORD |
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BAILIES
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C D P FARQUHAR |
John CORRIGAN |
Ian BORTHWICK |
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Neil I C POWRIE |
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COUNCILLORS
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Jill SHIMI |
Fraser MACPHERSON |
Joe FITZPATRICK |
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Kevin KEENAN |
Helen DICK |
Christina ROBERTS |
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George REGAN |
Nigel DON |
Jim BARRIE |
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Julia M STURROCK |
Bob DUNCAN |
Elizabeth F FORDYCE |
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Fiona M GRANT |
Richard BEATTIE |
Roderick A J WALLACE |
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Christopher HIND |
Willie W SAWERS |
Charles A WEBSTER |
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Joe MORROW |
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Derek J SCOTT |
Councillor GRANT, Convener, in the Chair.
The minute of meeting of this Committee of 1st December 2003 was held as read.
Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.
I TENDERS RECEIVED
There was submitted Report No 823-2003 by the City Architectural Services Officer detailing offers received in respect of the construction of bus stances for Ninewells Hospital Interchange.
The Committee agreed to accept the lowest offer from Muirfield (Contracts) Limited, Dundee in the sum of 137,374.19, to which required to be added allowances amounting to 17,570, making a total of 154,944.19.
The Committee noted that Muirfield (Contracts) Limited had listed the undernoted sub-contractors:-
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Lareine Engineering Limited, West Lothian |
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Curtain Walling |
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Angus McMurtie Limited, Wellbank |
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Blacksmith |
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Angus Decorating Company Limited, Arbroath |
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Painter |
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Adamson Fabrications (Dundee) Limited |
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Stainless Steel Work. |
The Convener agreed that the undernoted items be considered as a matter of urgency in terms of Standing Order 17(b) in view of the timescales involved.
II DUNDEE TECHNOLOGY PARK - REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF SECTION 50 (NOW SECTION 75)AGREEMENT
There was submitted Agenda Note AN547-2003 advising the Committee that on 1st December, 2003, under delegated powers, planning permission was granted for the erection of a two-storey 1,100m2 Class 4 office development with car park on Explorer Road/Luna Place, Technology Park.
The Technology Park was subject to Section 50 (now Section 75) Agreements between the former Dundee District and Tayside Regional Councils and the former Scottish Development Agency prohibiting certain office uses. To allow the development to proceed without being in breach of these existing planning controls the Council, as statutory successor of Dundee District Council and Tayside Regional Council, would require to grant a formal Waiver of the existing Section 50 Agreements.
The Committee formally agreed to waive the existing Section 50 Agreements to the extent noted above.
III PROPOSALS FOR A NEW APPROACH TO TRANSPORT IN SCOTLAND
There was submitted Report No 827-2003 by the Director of Planning and Transportation regarding proposals put forward in the Scottish Executive's publication "Consultation on Scotland's Transport - Proposals for a new approach to transport in Scotland".
The Committee agreed to:-
(i) note the observations made in the report; and
(ii) approve the replies to the specific questions asked in the document as displayed in Appendix A to the report.
FIONA GRANT, Convener.