Agenda item - Chair's Communications

39.1    The Chair gave the following communication:

Today we have two items on the agenda.  

We will be looking at the draft outdoor events strategy to inform further development before it goes to Cabinet in May. The strategy sets out the council’s policies and approaches for securing, delivering, managing and supporting a diverse range of outdoor events across the city, which are important for the city’s economy.  

Secondly, I will present the report of the Task and Finish Group that has been running since October looking into the issue of Short Term Lets in the city. We will go through the findings and recommendations that have been formed by the members of the Task and Finish Group. The committee is being asked to refer the recommendations to Cabinet for consideration. Some members of the Task and Finish Group are not members of Place Committee so we have invited them to join the meeting for this agenda item. They are welcome to contribute to the discussion if they wish but if we are required to vote, please note that this will just be for the voting members of Place committee.