Agenda for MSCC meeting on We 28 Oct 2015 at 7:30pm

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Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will hold its monthly regular meeting on We 28 Oct 2015. 

The meeting will take place in our usual venue of St Catherine's Argyle Church Halls on Beaufort Road/ Grange Road. 

This will be our second meeting of 15/16.  The next meeting after this one will be 25 November 2015. [not 24th as originally posted- sorry]

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, 23 Sep 2015 and matters arising (not otherwise on Agenda)

·       Redevelopment of Royal Hospital for Sick Children site

·       Lovers Loan wall

·       MSCC publicity on advertising drums

·       JGPS parking (police update)

·       Replacement bus shelters at top of Marchmont Road

 3                   Police Report

 4                  Update on Meadows & Bruntsfield Links from Mike Shields 

Items for discussion

 5                  New planning applications

 7                  Christmas Tree Light Ceremony 2015

 8                  Parking consultation

 9                  Road crossings on route to James Gillespie’s Schools

10                  Bins and notes to householders/ residents

11                  Student Housing planning guidance

12                  Proposed Pedestrian Crossing – Marchmont Road/ W Pk Rd

13                  41 bus route

14                  Electric Vehicle Charging Points in Marchmont & Sciennes

15                  Sciennes has placed loose planks in the green strip at the back of the garden walls of Hatton Place

16                  Hard standing area proposed for the Meadows

Items mainly for information

17                 Treasurer’s report

18                  Reports of meetings

·       Traders’ Evening

·       Edinburgh Association of Community Councils

19                  AOCB

Date of next meeting: 24 November 2015

All who live or work locally are welcome to attend

MSCC is online at: http://marchmontandsciennes.blogspot.com

Festive rubbish and recycling collections

As a public service I am reproducing content from the Edinburgh Council website:

Festive rubbish and recycling collections

Christmas and New Year bin collections

Rubbish and recycling collections due on Thursday 25 December will be collected on Saturday the 27 December.

Rubbish and recycling collections due on Thursday 1 January will be collected on Saturday 3 January.

If your bin or boxes are not collected, please leave it out until we collect it. There are no changes to pickups on Friday 26 December and Friday 2 January. Please make sure bins and boxes are out by 6am.

Remember you can recycle a wide range of items over the Christmas season includingwrapping paper, Christmas trees, bottles and food waste.  Check the what goes in what bin page to find out more.

Christmas Tree Recycling

You can recycle real Christmas trees through the garden waste service. Place your tree at the kerbside, next to your brown bin by 6am on your garden waste pick up day. Bases should be removed and trees over 6ft tall should be cut it in half.

You can also take Christmas trees to any of the Community Recycling Centres. The sites will be closed 25, 26 December and 1, 2 January.

If you live in a communal bin area, just leave your tree beside the nearest shared bin on one of the dates below. They will be turned into compost and used in parks and gardens.

South- Thursday 8, 15, 22 January

If you need to check which neighbourhood you live in, please enter your postcode on our online map.

2015 Calendars

There are no changes to the 2015 pickups. Your new bin calendars will be on our bin collection day page at the end of December or you can order a copy by contacting us from the 15 December 2014.

How to get a calendar for recycling collections in Edinburgh...

Red and Blue Boxes 

Green, brown and food bins

Household rubbish collection: Download or order your 2014 collection calendars

http://www.nicolabarry.com/edinburgh-waste-collection/

...from the City of Edinburgh Council website...

If you would like to download a printable version of your household rubbish collection calendar for 2014, please put your street name into the directory search page and follow the instructions.

Please note that your collection day should stay exactly the same for 2014 as it was in 2013, so if your bins were collected on a Wednesday in 2013 then they will continue to be collected on a Wednesday.

If you are unable to download a copy online, or prefer to receive a hard copy, then just call us on 0131 529 3030 and we will send one to your address. You can receive a copy via email by sending your address to waste@edinburgh.gov.uk

Visit www.greenboxday.co.uk to check the collection days for blue and red recycling boxes.

Changes to bin days over the festive season from Wednesday 25 December 2013 to Tuesday 7 January 2014

Please note that special arrangements are in place for collection of refuse and recycling over Christmas and the New Year. 

Green, brown and food waste bins and red and blue box collections

Bins will not be collected on 25 December and 1 January but will instead be picked up on Saturday 28 December and Saturday 4 January respectively.

If the Council don’t pick up the bin on the day listed above, they are asking residents to leave it out until we collect it.

Please note that unlike previous years collections that fall on Boxing Day 26 December and Thursday 2 January will happen as normal. Residents should ensure that their bins are out by 6am on the collection day.

Christmas tree recycling

Christmas trees can be recycled at any of the three Community Recycling Centres, which will be open throughout the festive period (except for 25 & 26 Dec and 1 & 2 January)

The Council will also be providing a kerbside Christmas Tree recycling collection. If residents have a brown bin or live in a brown bin area, they are being asked to place their tree at the kerbside, next to the brown bin, by 6am on the next garden waste day.

To enable trees to be recycled residents are reminded to:

·         Remove all decorations from the Christmas tree

·         If the tree is 6ft tall or more, please cut it in half

·         Do not place trees in plastic bags, as this means we cannot recycle it

·         Remove any tree stands

Trees will also be collected from communal bin areas during January. Residents can go to www.edinburgh.gov.uk/recycle for more details.

2014 collection calendars

There are no changes to collection days for 2014. Residents can download their collection calendars at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/recycle or call 0131 529 3030 for a copy.

Special uplifts

There will be no special uplift service between Tuesday 24 December and 7 January. Normal service will resume on Tuesday 7 January.

Festive refuse collection, including tree recycling

City of Edinburgh Council have posted on changes to waste collections this xmas and how to recycle your xmas tree in the New Year.

Southside & Newington Newsblog: refuse collections

Cameron Rose's Southside & Newington Newsblog has a useful summary of details of refuse collections over the holiday period.