Agenda for MSCC meeting on We 28 September 2016 at 7:30pm

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will hold its monthly regular meeting on We 28 September 2016. 

The meeting will take place in our usual venue of St Catherine's Argyle Church Halls on Beaufort Road/ Grange Road. The meeting will start at 7:30pm.

This will be our first meeting of 16/17.  The next meeting after this one will be We 26 October 2016. 

All who live or work in the area are most welcome to attend 

A G E N D A

 1                  Sederunt and apologies

 2                  Draft Minutes of last meeting, 22 Jun 2016, and matters arising (not otherwise on Agenda)

·     Pedestrian route on Beaufort Road

·     Public toilets

·     Pothole patching

·     Marchmont & Sciennes Trader’s Funds

·     Planters at foot of Marchmont Road

 3                  Police Report

 4                  Meadows & Bruntsfield Links:

·     Update from Mike Shields

·     Progress with Jawbones’ return

 5                  City council Councillor report on currently topical issues

Items for discussion

 6                  Planning applications

                  - Process for applications to modify/ remove trees

                  - Next steps with redevelopment of RHSC (Sick Kids) site

 7                  Community Council elections/ co-options

 8                  Seagull nesting

 9                  Grange Road Crossings

10                  Leaflet delivery

11                  Rising rolls at local schools

12                  Christmas Tree Lighting event

13                  My worst roads – request from Daniel Johnson MSP

For info:

14                  Treasurer's report

15                  Meetings attended

                  - South Central Neighbourhood Partnership

                  - Edinburgh Southern Community Council Planning Officers meeting

16                  Marchmont Road crossing

17                  24 Bus

18                  AOCB

19                  Date of next meeting: 26 October 2016

Less than a week to go till nominations to join Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council close (Mo 26th)

There's less than a week to go till nominations to join Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council close (Mo 26th) and there are still plenty of spaces!  

If you want to discuss what's involved do get in touch via the contact details shown on the right of this blog.

Remember the nomination paper can be downloaded at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9b7RETLLe1mM1VNWjlFZFRRNEk

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council Election: nominations now open!

Nominations are now open (5-26 Sep) to become a member of Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council.   You can download a nomination form (PDF) here.   

  

If you would like to make a difference in your community then Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council are keen to attract new members.   

Find out more about Community Councils in general by visiting this website  http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/communitycouncils.

If you want to know more about Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council then explore this blog or contact the secretary, Alastair Philp, using the contact details to the right -->

Coming soon! Community Council elections will be held this autumn

The Community Council elections will be held this autumn.   

Nominations open on 5^th September 

UPDATE: Download a nomination form (PDF) here.   

If you would like to make a difference in your community then Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council are keen to attract new members.   

Find out more about Community Councils in general by visiting this website  http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/communitycouncils.

If you want to know more about Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council then explore this blog or contact the secretary, Alastair Philp, using the contact details to the right -->

Agenda for MSCC meeting on We 27 January 2016 at 7:30pm

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Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will hold its monthly regular meeting on We 27 January 2016. 

The meeting will take place in our usual venue of St Catherine's Argyle Church Halls on Beaufort Road/ Grange Road. The meeting will start at 7:30pm.

This will be our fourth meeting of 15/16.  The next meeting after this one will be 24 February 2016. 

All who live or work in the area are most welcome to attend 

A G E N D A

 1                  Sederunt and apologies

 2                  Draft Minutes of last meeting, 25 Nov 2015, and matters arising (not otherwise on Agenda)

·       Lovers Loan wall

·       Food sales trailer at Meadow Place

·       JGHS Pupil voice

 3                  Meadows & Bruntsfield Links: Update from Mike Shields

 4                  Police Report

Items for discussion

 5                  CC elections

 6                  review of Child Hospital services

 7                  Primary school capacity in S Edinburgh

 8                  JGHS sports hub

 9                  Planning:

·       Redevelopment of Darwin Building

·       New house on Thirlestane Road

For info:

10                  Treasurer's report

11                  Safe routes to JGPS

12                  Pedestrian crossing on Marchmont Road

13                  Music noise

14                  City Council Budget

15                  SESplan

16                  Meetings attended:

·       Neighbourhood Partnership

·       JGHS council

·       JGPS Council

17                  AOCB

Southside Community Council: nominations sought!

People who are committed to improving their neighbourhood, and who want to make a difference in the Southside, are being sought to be part of the local community council.

Nominations are now open for places on Southside Community Council.

The city’s Community Councils are key to the work of the Council and other partners, are represented on each of the 12 Neighbourhood Partnerships and work with these partners to convey the views of local people, and to influence improvements to service delivery in their area.

At least six members of the public are now being sought to restart Southside Community Council, which previously ran until 2011.

Anyone aged 16 or over and on the electoral role can join by filling out a nomination form by 7 September. Contact your returning officer for a nomination form, visit the Council website or call 0131 529 3402 for more details of how to apply.

Councillor Maureen Child, Convener of the Communities and Neighbourhoods Committee, said: “Community Councils give people the opportunity to work with the Council and other partner organisations for the benefit of their local area.

“I would encourage anyone interested in joining the Southside Community Council to come forward for this exciting opportunity and chance to collaborate with fellow community members and partners, to make a real difference in their neighbourhood.”

Should you need any further information, please contact:

• Councillor Jim Orr, Returning Officer, City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1YJ, 0131 529 4018 jim.orr@edinburgh.gov.uk

• Donald Burgess, Partnership Development Officer, The Drumbrae Library Hub, 81 Drum Brae Drive, Edinburgh, EH4 7FE | Tel 0131 529 3402 donald.burgess@edinburgh.gov.uk

If there are more candidates than places on the community council, an election will be held on 28 September 2015.

The Community Council are looking for interested people to co-opt as new Community Councillors

See the contact details in the >>>>> right hand side column of this blog!

Vacancies on Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council has a few vacancies for those who would like to be co-opted.  

Community Councils are voluntary, statutory bodies made up of local residents. We exist to ascertain, co-ordinate and express the Marchmont & Sciennes community’s views to public bodies at every level, especially with the City of Edinburgh Council.

Issues we cover include:

Planning

Roads

Schools

Houses of Multiple Occupancy (HMOs)

Refuse/Recycling/Street cleaning

Licensing

Parks and Green Space

Anti-social behaviour

If you think you might be interested please get in touch (with no commitment!) with the secretary using the e-mail or telephone contact details in the right hand column of this infoblog.

Nominations to join Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council close next Monday

The closing date for nominations for the community council elections (link to previous post) is Monday 23 September at 4 pm.    If an election is required it will be held on 24 October 2013. Individuals and groups can be nominated.

For a nomination form visit www.edinburgh.gov.uk/communitycouncils or www.edinburghnp.org.uk/community-councils 

By joining your local community council you can make a real difference to your neighbourhood, meet new people, learn new skills and take action on issues that local residents raise.  Everyone has something to offer regardless of experience, interests and backgrounds.  Anyone 16 or over and on the electoral register can join.

A new video clip has been added to the Neighbourhood Partnership website  which  provides an insight into what’s involved in being a community council member and how community councils can make a difference.   

Nominations now open to become a local Community Councillor!

In case you hadn't received an e-mail or a tweet about this, or seen one of our posters...

Nominations are now open to become a Community Councillor. 

See previous post for more details or download a nomination form (scroll down to the bottom and click on elected member). 

Nominations need to be in by 23 September. The returning officer for Marchmont & Sciennes is Mark McInnes.

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council looking for new members: nominations open in ten days!

For more details see the previous post on this topic!

If you want to discuss (in confidence) potential membership of Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council and what this might involve please contact the current secretary using the details in the right hand column of this blog.

If you want to have a say on local issues why not join Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council?

Community Councils across Edinburgh are looking for new members so if you want to have a say on local issues, now is the time to get involved. Nominations start on 2 September and close on 23 September. Elections, if required, take place on 24 October 2013.

What are Community Councils? 

Learn more at the City of Edinburgh Council Community Councils webpage.  The area covered by Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council is shown at the Edinburgh Neighbourhood Partnership Community Councils website and also here. 

NOMINATION FORMS

Nomination forms for both elected and nominated members will be available at the start of the nomination period on 2 September from the Returning Officer (Mark McInnes) and on the Council's website at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/communitycouncils.

Timetable for Community Council Elections 2013:

Monday 2 Sept Notice of Election (start of nomination period)
Monday 23 Sept Close of Nominations (forms to Returning Officer)|
Thursday 3 October Notice of Poll (if a poll is required)
Thursday 24 Oct Polling Day (if a poll is required)

For further information on the forthcoming elections, please contact:

Eileen Hewitt, Community Council Liaison & Development Officer. (0131 469 3838; Eileen.hewitt@edinburgh.gov.uk).

If you want to discuss (in confidence) potential membership of Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council and what this might involve please contact the current secretary using the details in the right hand column of this blog.

New office bearers

At this evening's community council meeting the following were nominated and (there being only one candidate for each office) appointed as office bearers. The blog contact details have been altered accordingly:

Chair: Melanie Main

Vice-chair: Sarah Sandow

Treasurer: Sarah Marchbank

Secretary: Alastair Philp

Update: community council elections

As fewer than 14 nominations were received from candidates for election to Marchmont and Sciennes Community Council, an election will not be required. The following will serve as community councillors:

• Susan Agnew
• Fiona Cumming
• Anne Laird
• Melanie Main
• Masood Malik
• Sarah Marchbank
• Alastair Philp
• Dorothy Ryle
• Sarah Sandow
• Fiona Savage
• Alison Service
• Linda Smith

Congratulations!

Update: community council elections - 16 and 17 year old candidates

After recent changes to the rules governing Community Councils 16- and 17-year olds can stand for election to Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council.

Although the nomination forms imply that you must be on the local electoral role, Eileen Hewitt, the Community Council Liaison Officer at the City Council informs us that identity for 16- and 17-year olds can be "confirmed by other means such as school registration, passport, youth passport or letter from parents."

If you have further questions about the nomination process please contact the returning officer Cllr Steve Burgess.

Ideas for publicising Community Council Elections?

Has anyone any better suggestions for publicising the Community Council Elections than traipsing round the area wearing an improvised sandwich board?!

We have posters up in our noticeboards (including the Meadows one) and will add some in local shops over the next few days.

Suggestions for good sites (windows with lots of passing traffic or noticeboards) very welcome: please contact the Community Council Secretary.

Remember nominations open tomorrow and close two weeks later.

Update: Nomination Forms for Community Council Elections now available

Nomination Forms (PDF) for becoming a Community Councillor from Oct 2009 are now available from the City of Edinburgh Council's Community Council pages:

• Elected Member
• Nominated Member (Local Interest Group)

See previous post for more background.

Community Council elections

Your local Community Council is committed to dealing with issues that affect you and your community. We are looking for new members, so why not get involved and make sure that the issues we are dealing with are the ones that matter to you.

Nominations to become a community councillor open next Monday (31 August). Nominees must be 16 or over and on the electoral roll.

More details are available from the City of Edinburgh Council's website. Nominations close on 14 September. If there are more candidates than places an election will be held on 15 October 2009.

Nomination forms are available from the returning officer Cllr Steve Burgess or (from Mo 31 August) at the Community Council pages of the City Council website. Cameron Roses's newsblog has a good overview.

Advance notice: nominations to stand as a Community Councillor due by 14 Sep 09

The procedure for the elections (if required) to Community Councils in Edinburgh (including Marchmont & Sciennes) has been published:

• Before 31 Aug: Nomination packs (including a copy of the electoral register) will be issued to the Returning Officer (Councillor Steve Burgess)

• Start of Nomination Period – 31 Aug: nomination forms for elected members will be available from  Steve Burgess on request. He will check names and addresses of nominees, proposers and seconders against electoral register and check forms have been correctly signed and completed.  Some young people under 16 3/4 may not appear on the electoral register.  In these circumstances identification can be confirmed by other means such as school registration, passport, youth passport or letter from parents.  The returning officer will also distribute registration forms for Local Interest Groups on request. 

• Close of Nomination Period – 14 Sep: The returning officer will give details of elected representatives to the Community Council Liaison Officer and inform the Chair/Secretary of CC of outcome.  He will arrange the convening of the AGM with previous CC office-bearers. 

• If the number of elected nominees exceeds the places on the Community Council then a poll is required. The Council will make the necessary arrangements for the election. The Returning Officer will be required to attend the Count and declare the candidates with the greatest number of votes as elected members of the CC.

• If the number of nominated members exceeds the number of places for nominated members on the CC, the Returning Officer convenes a meeting of local interest groups to appoint the required number of nominated members.