The next meeting of TB&H's Liaison with Local Government Group will be at 7 pm at The George (Trafalgar St) on Tues 24th June 2008.
A new climate change strategy for Brighton and Hove with short and long term goals is now in progress. TB&H Groups interested in Energy Descent will have opportunities from now to December to access relevant data and to take part in consultations (see Agenda item 4) and workshops (see Agenda item 3 below). Thurstan Crockett, Head of Brighton and Hove City Council's Sustainability & Environmental Policy will update Transiton Brighton and Hove on One Planet Living's work plan for reviewing the city's Climate Change Strategy on Thursday 17th July 2008, we will finalize arrangements for this presentation at Tuesday's meeting (see Agenda item 2).
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AGENDA
Please note: Items 4 depends on info to be downloaded before the meeting. If anybody has the time to research item 5, this would be much appreciated.
1) Check on ACTION POINTS from last meeting (summarized at the foot of the page)
2) Arrangements for the One planet living and climate change talk - given by Thurstan to TB&H now confirmed for 17th July 2008.
3) "Community & Voluntary Sector Workshop - Developing a Climate Change Strategy for Brighton & Hove, (Wednesday 25th June 2008)
Ted will attend and information gather. Any requests?
4) BHCC press release June 19 2008 - views on a Community Engagement Framework. Please download and read the draft consultation document and the questionnaire from http://www.2020community.org/cef and bring to Tuesday's meeting.
5) Land-use issues. We promised John that we would consider "issues to take to the Council" arising from the Greenspeak meeting on 10th June. The items were:
* the consultation just starting on Brighton Core Strategy and how this will guide Land Use policy (Can anybody find out about this?)
* the LEADER (EU & DEFRA) funded project for innovation in the Weald (39-page PDF), mentioned by Hugo Blomfield, the Council's Countryside Manager. Find out about how to form Local Action Groups and thereby apply for funding for similar projects.
6) Other forthcoming events where the Council will be represented are THE ECO OPEN HOUSES weekends of 28-29 June and 5-6 July 2008 and Saturday and Sunday 5th and 6th July 2008, from 11am to 5pm.
and Brighton's first sustainable Green Wave eco festival in Preston Park on Saturday and Sunday 5th and 6th July 2008, from 11am to 5pm. Anything to do on these, other than to monitor?
7) AOB (any issues omitted above now to be raised under AOB)
ACTION POINTS from last meeting, on Tuesday 27th May:
1. Vicky to find out about the timetable for revising THE CORE STRATEGY
PREFERRED OPTIONS document. Vicky has reported that the Revised Core Strategy Preferred Options Document is going to Brighton and Hove City Council's Cabinet on 12th June for approval, followed by consultation between June and August 2008. It is important that B & H residents and Groups interested in Energy take part in this consultation, because the CORE STRATEGY is the central tenet of the Council's planning policy. We need to ensure that the right preferred options are chosen.
2a. Jacqui to email Thurstan Crockett / Mita Patel RE scope for involvement of TB&H in One Planet Living/Climate Change Strategy workshops as publicized in Chris Todd's document showing the work plan. The workshops on Zero Carbon are being developed in 4 key areas of: Business, Community & Voluntary, Public Sector, Schools & Education. Jacqui has contacted The Council's Sustainability Team RE TB&H involvement in the stakeholder workshops as well as our interest in having a TB&H representative on the Council's Sustainability Partnership, which recently replaced The Sustainability Commission.
2b. Jacqui to email Thurstan Crockett / Mita Patel RE possibility of TALK
(based on the March to Dec 2008 work plan for the Climate Change Strategy)
to be given at TB&H's July 2008 meeting. Jacqui has secured Thurstan Crockett's agreement to address a (July) meeting of Transition Brighton and Hove for approx 30 minutes on the city's Climate Change Strategy and One Planet Living's work plan in revising it.
3. Vicky to circulate TB&H Local Area Agreement indicators RE Carbon
reduction. These can be downloaded via a Microsoft Word Attachment, posted with the AGENDA LSP of the Local Strategic Partnership's last (May 2008) meeting.
4. Maureen to raise at the next hub meeting the issue of setting Agenda
Items in advance of TB&H meetings
5. Ted to plug the work plan for the Climate Change Strategy and the policy
framework (as represented by the organisations shown in Christ Todd's
diagram) on the Transition Brighton and Hove website.
Liaison with LG Action Points and Next Meeting 24th June 2008
