Secretary's report, January 2018
Invitations to events etc
1. February 8: Invitation to a session (on Thursday 22
March from 5pm – 6.30pm in Diamond Jubilee Room, City Chambers, 253 High
Street) for Community Councillors and Ward Elected
Members with the Development Plan team to discuss the forthcoming Edinburgh LDP
2 project (to gather views on potential issues for the LDP 2, and get suggestions
for engagement with the public in the south east area of the city.
2.
February 8:
From Ciaran.McDonald@parliament.scot
(Researcher to Andy Wightman MSP) would like volunteers
to talk to John Harris
at The Guardian, who is writing about short-term lets and hopes to speak to
people who have experiences of this outside of London.
Emails received
1. January 10, 2018: From Bruce, Chris [mailto:Chris.Bruce@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk]
Community
involvement - Lothian Joint Health Protection Plan. An event to discuss the Plan for 2018 - 2020
will be held on Wednesday 17th January, from 9am ato
2pm, lunch will
be provided. It will be
at The Edinburgh Faith Mission, 548 Gilmerton Road, Gilmerton, Edinburgh EH17 7JD. To attend, email fiona.s.smith@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk .
2. January 21, 2018: Notice of
consultation on the draft Supplementary Guidance
on Developer Contributions and Infrastructure Delivery: https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/developer-contributions-infrastructure-sg2018 . The deadline for responses is Friday 23 February.
3. January 21, 2018: From East Parkside Proprietors' Association,
to our concillors pointing out that repairs to street
lights are taking much longer than the 20 working days suggested by the
council.
4. Jan. 22nd:
Final proposal for QuietRoute 6 pedestrian/cycling
improvements
5. Jan. 23rd:
Homes First website
and article about short-term lets in Edinburgh here, and response to
Airbnb's proposal last week to limit their operations
in Edinburgh here.
6. January 25, 2018: Request for
information that could be on Scottish Fire and Rescue Community Asset Register
7. February 1: From Emily.Davie@sustrans.org.uk: Invitation to apply for 2018/19 Street Design Programme (forwared to SCC).
8. February 3. Correspondence
forwarded by James Gilmour concerning the danger that more student flats could
be built within the city.
9. February 2. Tommy Shappard newsletter (forwarded to SCC members)
10. 8 February: latest edition
of Tenants Voice at
http://www.edinburghtenants.org.uk/tenants-voice-february-2018/
Letters sent, etc
January 14: To Tesco. I have noticed that when heavy deliveries are made to
tenements, the deliver man uses a trolley that has to be violently pulled up
the stairs, damaging Veitchii stairs. As many flats
in Edinburgh have such stairs, I am asking you to make better arrangements, to
avoid damage to property.
February 1: To waste
officers about Problems with Los Argentinos restaurant,W Preston St using
domestic bins for trade waste.