Agenda - Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee (2) 24th Jan 2006

Confirmation and Re- affirmation of Minutes

Minutes of Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting held on the 19th of December 2005.

(Circulated Herewith)

• Minutes 19th December 2005

To ask the Manager to report on the total Grant Aid awarded to groups and individuals in the Lucan, Palmerstown and Quarryvale areas in 2005.

• qu 1

To ask the Manager would he report on progress made since the Official Opening of the Ballyowen Castle Community Centre?

• Ballyowen Castle Community Centre

To ask the Manager to report on what additional Community Centres, offering much needed community facilities to the Local Community, are scheduled to come on stream in 2006 and how does the Manager envisage obstacles, which brought about delays in the case of the recently opened Ballyowen Castle Residents Community Centre, will be overcome.

• Question 3

To ask the Manager to outline what funding has been provided by the Council for Community Centres in Lucan, Palmerstown and Clondalkin over the past five years.

• Question 4

To ask the Manager for a progress report on the opening for use by organisations and residents of Ballyowen Castle Community centre?

• Ballyowen Castle Community Centre

Applications for Grants

(No Report)

Library News/Events

(circulated herewith)

• H-I (3) Library Events

H-I () Update on Public Art Programme-Per Cent for Art Scheme 

(circulated herewith)

• Public Art Programme

New Works

Development of Clondalkin Swimming Pool

(Circulated Herewith)

• H-I (5)

Correspondence

(None Received)

Cathaoirleach's Business         Councillor F. McCarthy

That the Manager outlines what funds the Community Department has received from development levies in the past year in each of the Lucan, Clondalkin, Palmerstown and Newcastle Lyons areas and to outline to what capital uses these funds have been put.

• Motion 1

That the Manager reports upon the Housebound Service provided by the library service and provides details as to what plans are being put in place to extend it to the Lucan and Palmerstown areas.

• Mot (2) Housebound Library Service

That an update be given regarding CCTV provision in the Clondalkin Electoral area.

• mot 3

That the Manager would initiate a review, to include consultation with Councillors, of the strategic approach to the provision of Library services in Palmerstown and North Clondalkin, including a review of the current option apparently favoured by the Council to provide a Library in the Liffey Valley Town Centre, rather than district Libraries in North Clondalkin and Palmerstown. 

• Mot (4) North Clondalkin Library

That the Manager reports upon what progress has been made in securing a site for a library in Palmerstown given the desirability of providing an easily accessible service to residents.

• Mot (5) Palmerstown library

To ask the Manager for a report on the problems at the Green Isle Slip Road entrance to Corkagh Park in late 2005, the crash barrier in that location, and on whether that entrance is working effectively at this stage?

• qu 6

"To ask the Manager to tidy up the open land between Alpine Heights and the Fonthill Road?"

• Question 7

To ask the Manager with regard to the future loss of one football pitch due to the Community centre swimming pool installation, is there another open space available where  a football pitch could be installed?

• qu 8

To ask the Manager to report on the Christmas Tree Collection Service for this Christmas. Given the anti-social acts of setting fire to many Christmas Trees which were awaiting collection on local greens and open spaces, including in Beech Park and Hillcrest in Lucan, and Woodfarm in Palmerstown, and given the serious inconvenience and threat to the safety of Local Residents living nearby, would the Manager agree to explore alternative collection points for Christmas Trees for next year so that this invaluable and much appreciated service can be maintained by the Council without causing the same stress to local Residents who live in close proximity to greens and open spaces.

• qu 9

To ask the Manager to report upon when the unsightly fencing surrounding the weir in the Liffey Valley Regional Park will be removed.

• qu 10

To ask the Manager to detail what enhancements were made to the playground at Griffeen Valley Park during the recent refurbishment and to outline what further plans are being considered for the park?

• qu 11

To ask the Manager to outline what enhancement work is planned for Cluain Rí Park along Ballyowen Lane and to comment upon the feasibility of the provision of a playground at this location to serve the many residents in neighbouring estates?

• qu 12

To ask the Manager to consider the provision of a playground in Ballyowen Park to cater for residents in nearby estates including Earlsfort, Buirg an Rí, Meile an Rí and Foxdene.

• qu 13

To ask  the Manager for weeds to be removed at the traffic island outside Clondalkin Civic Centre, and from boxes at the plaza.

• qu 14

To ask the Manager for a report on problems arising at a number of locations, including Beech Park and Hillcrest open spaces, where residents delivered Christmas trees for recycling, and where disposed trees were set alight, and if he will examine alternative options for next year?

• Question 15

New Works

Draft Parks Works Programme 2006

(circulated herewith)

• Parks Works Programme

Correspondence

(None Received)

Cathaoirleach's Business       Councillor F. McCarthy

That the Manager reports upon planned future enhancements of Waterstown Park , providing details of the work currently underway.

• mot 6

That this Committee recommends that South Dublin County Council erects a railing at the end of Cherrywood Avenue ( on either side of the tractor entrance to the park) , the removal of rocks and that the adjacent pedestrian gap be widened to give better wheelchair access.

• mot 7

That the Manager would report on the Skate Park project now scheduled for Griffeen Valley Park.

• Motion 8

That the Manager would agree to install New Litter Bins in Lucan Demesne, including in the Car Park, to help combat the increased litter problems in Lucan Demesne which is of growing concern to Local Residents who want this litter problem brought under control now. In the circumstances where much of the litter is clearly as a result of the McDonalds Fast Food Outlet's wrappings being disgarded in Lucan Demesne, I consider it reasonable to request McDonalds to sponsor the supply and installation of such New Litter Bins in Lucan Demesne.

• mot 9

To ask the Manager to remove the graffiti from the rear garden walls of the houses in Alpine Heights which back on to the Fonthill Road?

• Question 16

To ask the Manager to report on what number of new Litter Bins, including proposed locations in the Lucan, Palmerstown and Quarryvale areas, he intends installing in early 2006. 

• Question 17

To ask the Manager to report on what works were recently carried out to resolve the flooding problems as occurred recently in Lucan Village following heavy rainfall?

• Question 18

To ask the Manager to report on what estates in the Lucan area have not been included in the Junk Collection Service in the last five years, and will he please ensure that all such estates which have not been included in the last five five years are prioritised for the 2006 Junk Collection Service.

• Question 19

To ask the Manager to detail when it is likely that the “Green Machine” street cleaner will be finally deployed in Lucan Village and to outline how many days a week it will be operational?

• Question 20

To ask the Manager that dumped refuse bags along Lockview Road, Bawnogue, Clondalkin be removed.

• Question 21

To ask the Manager for the remains of the unauthorised bonfire at the entrance to Lindisfarne Estate, to be removed (Lindisfarne Road junction).

• Question 22

To ask the Manager for a list of venues and days of collection of bring centres in the Newcastle/Clondalkin area?

• Question 23

To ask the Manager for an updated report on the structure being developed by the Council in the park on the Adamstown Road between Lucan Village and the N4 Junction?

• Question 24

To ask the Manager if he will request the Environmental Services Department to undertake a tidy-up of the steps, and adjacent areas leading from Chapel Hill, Lucan to the Car Park opposite St Mary's Church, Lucan, as litter and dead vegetation is a hazard for the many pedestrians who walk this route? 

• Question 25

New Works

(No Report)

Correspondence

(None Received)

Cathaoirleach's Business           Councillor F. McCarthy

That the Manager reports upon the likelihood that Lucan Village and environs would greatly benefit from the allocation of an additional street cleaning operative and that such an initiative would be funded by the additional rates accruing to the Council due to the many additional business premises that are now established within the village and other commercial centres in Lucan.

• mot 10

That the Manager make a statement about the Esker Green re-cycling facility,  about its viability and who may use it?

• Motion 11

That the Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee is concerned that the exclusion of landscape gardeners and other garden contractors from the Esker Green Re-cycling Centre may inhibit  environmentally friendly disposal of garden waste in the area and lead to illegal disposal of such waste, and asks the Manager for an up-to-date report on the Council's approach to encouraging re-cycling of green waste by conractors operating in the area.

• Motion 12

That the Manager would make a report on arrangements put in place by the Council's contractors, Oxigen and Rehab, to empty glass and plastic recycling banks in the Lucan and Clondalkin Electoral Areas, over the Christmas/New Year period,  at a frequency which provides for the very substantial increase in the volumes  of materials disposed of during the period, and if the contractors have given an assurance that the problems experienced last year in Lucan will not be repeated.  

• Motion 13

That this Committee compliments the Manager on the initiative organised with the other Dublin Local Authorities by taking steps to cater for the additional recyclable waste generated around the Christmas period in association with the door to door Green Bin collection.

• Motion 14

1)  To ask the Manager 

    (a) how many people are on the Lucan/Clondalkin housing list who require Voluntary Housing and

    (b) the current location of such people?

2)  How many vulnerable people in social housing are there in the Lucan /Clondalkin area who require alternative re-housing?

3)  Does South Dublin County Council have any information on returning immigrants looking for social housing in Lucan/Clondalkin

and, if so, could the details be outlined?

• Question 26

To ask the Manager to report on how the Balgaddy Housing Development is helping to alleviate the long housing application list..

• Question 27

To ask the Manager to report on what progress is being made, including details of the works and time-scale for the works, at Balgaddy Housing Development given the very serious safety issues in Buirg an Rí.

• Question 28

To ask the Manager to provide a progress report upon the infill housing planned for the St. Finian’s area and to outline the nature of the development.

• Question 29

To ask the Manager to report upon the current state of progress on the Group Housing being provided on Hayden’s Lane and to outline the nature of the development.

• qu 30

To ask the Manager for a detailed report regarding the continuing damp at 24, Buirg An Ri Walk and that this Committee agree to a site visit.

• Question 31

To ask the Manager has the footpath been dished at Meile an Ri as promised?

• Question 32

To ask the Manager when telephone lines will be provided for the new Liscarne (old folks) building?

• Question 33

To ask the Manager for an updated report on the Infill Housing Project at Quarryvale( Greenfort and Shancastle)?

• qu 34

REPORT ON HOUSING CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME

(circulated herewith)

• H-I (8)

REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAVELLER ACCOMMODATION PROGRAMME

(circulated herewith)

• H-I (9)

New Works

(No Report)

Report on the Provision of Emergency Accommodation for Homeless Persons in the Lucan Clondalkin Area

(circulated herewith)

• H-I (11)

Correspondence

(None Received)

Cathaoirleach's Business      Councillor F. McCarthy

That the Manager investigates as a matter of urgency the delays that occurred in rectifying faults in the heating system over the period of November to January in an individual dwelling in Buirg an Rí and to outline what steps will be taken to ensure that a similar situation will not happen again.

That the Manager would report in detail on what works are scheduled, including time-scales for these works, to make all footpaths accessible for wheelchair users, disabled residents, senior citizens and parents pushing buggies. The dishing of all footpaths, which should have been carried out at construction stage, is now long overdue and is compromising the safety of many people, particularly Local Resident of Balgaddy.

• Motion 16

That this Committee recommends the immediate re-establishment of an anti-social housing unit in Clondalkin, in part to ensure that people seeking private rented accomodation don't miss out on their chances due to the current delay in anti-social officers signing their forms.

That a report be brought regarding the occupant of Buirg an Ri Glen whose disability is not helped by a) not having the footpath dished on the path to the main road and b) installation of bathroom accessories to enable use of  the bath which have been placed on the wrong side of the bath and hence are of no use to the disabled gentleman.

That the Lucan/Clondalkin Area  Committee recommends to South Dublin County Council a policy whereby our County Council would purchase back houses in Council estates from elderly residents in return for them moving into rented sheltered accommodation.

That this Committee is of the view that the Council's present Housing Policy will not adequately address the need to provide a variety of supported housing options for older people, partly because of competing demands on limited Council resources and partly because of an absence of Government policy on the acknowledged sense of schemes to enable older people to continue to live , with necessary supports, in their own homes rather than move to the dependent environment of typical nursing homes, and requests the Manager to refer this policy issue to the Housing SPC for its consideration.  

• motion 20