Edinburgh Association of Community Councils: Agenda for Thursday 27/10

1. EACC Meeting Thursday 27 October at 19.00 via Zoom

There are three agenda items:

Tony Harris, Planning Lead at Grange Prestonfield CC, on

‘Caravan structures in residential gardens’;

Kenny Wright, Chair at Drumbrae CC, on

‘Local initiatives in the face of the cost-of-living crisis’;

EACC Chair, Steve Kerr, on building out EACC with the new Members’ Board structure;

plus

AOB.

The Zoom link details are set out at the end of this email.

2. The 24 November AGM

This will almost certainly be a screen meeting, with a CEC Governance official acting as the Returning Officer. Material covering AGM November 2021 Minutes, EGM February 2022 Report, a revision to Standing Orders, a Financial Report and of course an Agenda will be published in the coming weeks.

I have already mailed out Nomination Forms for those who wish to stand for one of the four Office Bearer positions, or would otherwise wish to be elected to the Members’ Board alongside the Office Bearers (twelve seats available). I repeat the Nomination Form in the attachment to this email.

If you have any queries on this, please contact me.

Could I ask that Community Council Secretaries, in particular, make their members aware of what is set to take place and that the opportunity is taken to consider nominations and nominee support for the elected positions.

3. Update

The most important recent development is perhaps the opening of a CEC website to focus on the cost-of-living crisis and to offer information, guidance and support.

The link is here:

www.edinburgh.gov.uk/costofliving

CEC has launched five consultations:

(i) Ending poverty-related hunger in Edinburgh – closes 2 November 2022.

https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/ce/ending-poverty-related-hunger/

(ii) A 2050 Thriving Green Spaces vision for Edinburgh – closes 15 November 2022.

https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/thriving-greenspaces-2050/

(iii) Additional protection for city parks within the Fields in Trust scheme – closes 16 December 2022.

https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/fields-in-trust-protection/

(iv) Proposed additional planning guidance on short-term lets – closes 22 December 2022.

https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/stl-guidance/

(v) A review of Licensing Board Policy – closes 20 December 2022.