Minutes for Education, Culture and Sport Committee meeting, Jan 7 2010, 2.00PM official page

“In the light of the restoration and reuse of Marischal College, the second largest granite building in the world, and in recognition of the central role that the granite industry has played in the city’s economic development and in its cultural identity, that this Council agrees to the production of a report with options on how the Council and its partners can properly acknowledge the key contribution that the use of granite has made to the built environment of Aberdeen and the wider North East region.”

Background report by the Director of Education, Culture and Sport.

Please note that a colour copy of the leaflet on Aberdeen’s Granite Trail has been circulated to Members separately.

Please note that colour copies of all colour pages of the performance report have been circulated to Members separately.

Please note that colour copies of the maps have been circulated to Members separately.

Please also note that information contained in confidential appendices which were circulated to the Committee as part of the report on Community Learning Hubs and Review of Community Centres and Community Learning and Development Activity report on 8 October, 2009, is relevant to this report.  For your information, a copy of the exempt appendices are available in the Members’ Library.

Please note that appendices relating to this item which contain exempt information are listed as item 7.1 on this agenda.

A copy of the Aberdeen City Council Outdoor Learning and Educational Excursions policy and guidance is available in the Members’ Library.  The document can also be viewed using a link at the bottom of the adventure aberdeen webpage – www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/adventureaberdeen

The Director will provide an oral update at the Committee on action from the service to address poverty.