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(a)      approve the final design
layout as shown in Appendices 1 to 4 and detailed within this
report for the Pedestrian Spine on the Beach Boulevard; and
(b)      instruct
the Chief Officer – Capital, following consultation with the
Chief Officer – Commercial and Procurement Services, to
negotiate and execute contracts for delivery of the construction
programme in line with the previously approved total project budget
as detailed in paragraph 4, reporting progress through the Chief
Officer – Capital’s regular capital programme
monitoring reports to this committee;
(c)      to
instruct the Chief Officer – Commercial and Procurement
Services, to circulate to members of the Committee  (1) the independent consultant’s Traffic
Management Modelling Report; (2) the costs relating to the
Certificate of Lawfulness; and (3) the advice provided by the
Planning Authority confirming that works would be undertaken
without the need for planning permission; and
(d)      to
instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to
clarify why the report made no reference to sections 207 and 208 of
the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, regarding the
powers of planning authorities to stop up roads.