Agenda for MSCC meeting on We 23 Jan at 7:30pm

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will meet on: 

January 23rd 2013 at 7.30 PM 

at St Catherine's Argyle Church Halls, Beaufort Road

A G E N D A

1 Sederunt and apologies

2 Minutes of the meeting on 28th November

3 Matters arising from the minutes

         Temporary classrooms at Gillespie's Primary School (A Philp)

         Recycling facilities

         Planning notifications (A Service)

         Capital Roads Programme

         Christmas tree lighting report (A Service)

4 Police report

5 Treasurer’s report

6  Update on Recycling  (Justine Taylor)

7  Review of Community Council Scheme

8  Nomination for My Place Award (Sarah Sandow)

9   Sundry informations

Improvements to South Meadow Walk                  Environmental workshops

Changes to public entertainment licences              Public participation forum 30th January

RBS Bank closure.                                              Rock and Roll Half Marathon 14th April

Recycling calendars for 2013                                Police priority setting

Scotmid waste on Warrender Park Road               Cycle path to Pollock Halls 

Local Development Plan booklet                          MP's newsletter

Floodline

Next meeting on February 27^th

Joint with James Gillespie’s Primary School Parent Council:  

Discussion of City of Edinburgh Council plans for additional school places in South Edinburgh, and consequences for James Gillespie’s Primary School. 

Report from the Scottish Government Short-life Working Group on Community Councils

In December 2011, the Scottish Government established a short-life working group to consider and recommend how best to build the resilience, capacity and capability of Community Councils in the future.

The final report and recommendations, include consideration of internal operations; Community Councils’ engagement and relationships with local authorities; the wider public sector; the general public; and the communities that they strive to represent.

The Group agreed that in the spirit of partnership working and in recognition of the key role local authorities play in supporting Community Councils, its report should be presented to both the Scottish Government and COSLA to consider collectively and ultimately decide which recommendations should be taken forward. The Group also agreed that consideration of its recommendations would benefit from wider discussion and engagement with a range of stakeholders with an interest in the sector which will inform and support the future policy development of Scotland's Community Councils .

Video to raise awareness and understanding of community councils

A short video has been produced to raise awareness and understanding of the role of community councils. 

It is available on the Neighbourhood Partnership website.