Headed Items
Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes
Minutes of the Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting on 20th November 2013
Parks
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
That this Committee calls on the Manager to initiate the process of providing pedestrian access from Alpine / Ashwood to the Fonthill Road.
That this Committee agrees that the Council should plant shrubs opposite Nos 15 and 16 Castlegrange Lawns at the fence separating Castlegrange from St Cuthberts Road; the shrubs should continue the existing line of shrubs at Castlegrange Lawns to the very end of the Councils land.
That this Committee calls on the Manager to present a report on the landscaping and general cleanliness of the area around the Red Cow Roundabout, including the Luas Station. This area is an important gateway to Clondalkin and is often in a terrible state.
That this Committee agrees that the works listed in Schedule A are included in the 2014 arboricultural programme and requests confirmation that the works listed in Schedule B were completed during 2013 and if not to be included in the 2014 programme.
Environment
Questions
The Clondalkin Tidy Towns Group needs a location in the village to store it's tools and to hold meetings etc. This group is doing excellent work and needs the help of the council with this. To ask the Manager if space can be found in one of the buildings in the Clondalkin Village area to facilitate the Tidy Towns group in continuing their excellent work?
To ask the Manager to clean up the corners of the garden in the Clondalkin EA at address supplied
To ask the Manager to collect the grass and other items at the entrance of St Patricks Estate on the right hand side wall, close to the name stone to the estate. This grass and other items have been left here over a year?
To ask the Manager for a report on illegal bonfires at Halloween in the Clondalkin LEA including the following information
- the total number of illegal bonfires per year from 2010 to 2013 in the area covered by the North Clondalkin Community Safety Forum
- the total number of illegal bonfires per year from 2010 to 2013 in the area covered by the South West Clondalkin Community Safety Forum
- the cost of the clean up operation arising from the bonfires from 2010 to 2013 in the Clondalkin LEA
- the number of reports of illegal bonfire wood received by SDCC in advance of Halloween in 2012 and 2013 in the Clondalkin LEA
- the number of these reports responded to and resulting in the removal of the bonfire wood before Halloween night in in the Clondalkin LEA
- the number of these reports not responded to and not resulting in the removal of the bonfire wood before Halloween night in the Clondalkin LEA?
Headed Items
Litter Management Plan 2011 - 2014 Quarterly Report
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business (No Business)
That this Committee request the Manager to identify a suitable location for a bottle bank site in the North Clondalkin area.
That this Committee requests urgent action to address the disgraceful condition of the grass bank areas adjacent to the M50, N7 and Luas Red Cow Car Park. This area is disgracefully filthy with litter and could also be enhanced with a landscaping/planting scheme as it is a major infrastructural feature of our county
That this Committee agrees to establish a sub committee as allowed under Standing Order 57 to review the planning and management of Halloween 2013 and input to the planning and management of Halloween 2014; the sub committee should hold at least two meetings to facilitate consultation with relevant stakeholders in the areas covered by the two Clondalkin safety fora; these meetings should take place in the first quarter of 2014; managers from both Community Services and Public Realm should attend the meetings of the sub committee; the report from the sub committee should be presented to both the Clondalkin Area Committee and to the recently established sub committee of the Sports, Recreation, Community & Parks SPC dealing with the same topic.
That the Manager outlines solutions to deal with the Clondalkin Community Centre car park "Clondalkin Park", in relation to comments from the National Tidy Towns Awards
That this Committee requests the Manager to outline what action is planned to address the ongoing litter/cleansing issues in and around Clondalkin Leisure Centre and adjoining parkland.
Clondalkin Tidy Towns have been very active over the past 18 months and deserve huge credit but need support particularly having regard to specific local references in this year's Tidy Towns Report.
That the Manager explains why neither leaves nor bags left by Residents Associations/Groups at various locations in the Clondalkin EA, were not collected by the Council.
Water & Drainage
Questions
To ask the Manager for a report on the implications of the ongoing service level agreement negotiations with Irish water for the SDCC staff and assets in the water service currently working and based in Clondalkin and to indicate whether it is the intention of the Council to retain these staff as SDCC employees under their current terms and conditions or whether some other arrangement is being considered as part of the SLA negotiations with Irish Water?
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business (No Business)
Roads
Questions
To ask the Manager what the situation is regarding the missing railing at the bus stop adjacent to Riversdale Estate? I had alerted the council to this extreme hazard last year and had been assured that the area would be made safe. Can the Manager confirm whether the railings at this location have been replaced?
To ask the Manager what is the timeframe for the pedestrian crossing on the Coldcut Road which crosses from the St Bernadette's Schools side to Glenfield. Will this crossing be signal controlled with lights and will there be two sets of lights or one? As the road is very wide at this location will sufficient time be given to ensure people get across the road safely and is it possible to allow extra time at busy crossing times such as school opening and closing times?
To ask the Manager to ensure that the lights facing the Round Tower, which light it up are always fully maintained and in a constant state of repair?
Further to Motion 13 agreed at the Clondalkin Area Committee of 20.11.13 to ask the Manager for a progress report on works agreed to be carried out at the junction of St Marks Avenue and Grove?
Headed Items
Proposed Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads (No Business)
DRAFT 2014 ROAD WORKS PROGRAMME
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Manager present a report on the numbering system in Cherrywood, Clondalkin. Given that this numbering system is causing confusion and has on occasions been a source of delay for emergency services, this committee calls on the Manager to install clear signs with directional arrows to assist in this regard.
Given that there are now a number of Zebra Crossings in the Clondalkin Area, namely at Convent Road and on the Neilstown Road, and that drivers often ignore such crossings and that pedestrians often assume that cars will stop for them at these crossings, that this Committee calls on the Manager to investigate the possibility of a public information campaign being organised to educate drivers and pedestrians on the safe use of zebra crossings.
Development
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business (No Business)
Planning
Questions
To ask the Manager to write to the RPA to clean up the Luas Park and Ride amenity at Red Cow. It has never been cleaned and there are various items of rubbish in the location?
Headed Items
Planning Files
A. Large Applications Under Consideration
B. Files Requested by Members
PLANNING APPLICATION QUARTERLY REPORT
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business ( No Business)
Corporate
Questions
To ask the Manager to investigate the possibility of bringing the Disappeared Exhibition to Clondalkin for display in the Civic Offices or in some other suitable space? I recently viewed the exhibition in City Hall in Belfast and feel that it would be good to enable people in Clondalkin to view it.
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business ( No Business)
Libraries
Headed Items
Library News & Events
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business (No Business)
Community
Questions
To ask the Manager for a report containing the following information:
- the number of community organisations in the Clondalkin LEA with whom the Council has a lease agreement and/or management agreement for the use of buildings or the provision of services
- the number of these organisations were the lease agreement and/or management agreement was not finally signed of by either or both parties
- a list of those organisations were the lease agreement and/or management agreement was not finally signed off by either or both parties
- an outline of the reasons why these agreements were not signed off and an assessment of the legal implications for both the Council and the relevant community organisations in those cases were the agreements were not signed off?
Headed Items
Application for Grants - (No Business)
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Manager present a report on the plans that the Council has in relation to improving the presentation of Clondalkin Sports and Leisure Centre. Given that this centre's grounds, and it's car park in particular, were given such singularly unfavourable comment in this year's Tidy Towns adjudication report, and that undertakings were given at the time by various Managers in the Council to address the issues raised, this Committee calls on the Manager to present a report on what specific works are planned for this site in the New Year and what time frame is attached to these works.
Housing
Questions
To ask the Manager for a report on the window replacement programme in Clondalkin for 2013 including the following information:
- the total allocation for window replacement in SDCC in 2013
- the total allocation for window replacement in the Clondalkin LEA in 2013
- the amount of funding for window replacement in the Clondalkin LEA remaining to be spent before the end of 2013
- the number of households who had their windows replaced in the Clondalkin LEA to date in 2013
- the number of households who are due to have their windows replaced in the Clondalkin LEA before the end of 2013
- total number of households on the window replacement list in the Clondalkin LEA on Jan 1 2013
- the total number of households on the window replacement list in the Clondalkin LEA as of 1 Dec 2013
- The average waiting time between assessment/grading & window replacement for those who had their windows replaced in 2013 in the Clondalkin LEA?
To ask the Manager for a report on damp/mould in housing units in Balgaddy including the following information:
Headed Items
Housing Procurement & Allocation Report
ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR REPORT - THIRD QUARTER
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business (No Business)
That this Committee requests the Manager to address the privacy issues with Valhalla / Castle Estate.
That this Committee agrees that a coordinated response by the Council, private land owners and the community is required to tackle the problem of anti social behaviour in the laneway from St Marks Green to St Marks Crescent; to this end the Meeting agrees that the relevant Council department bring together all relevant parties with a view to designing and implementing a plan to address the issues at this location.
That the Manager would present for discussion at the meeting a report on the securing of the Mill View Cottages (including the front and back doors) and the mothballing process for No 15 at the corner of Tower Road and the Old Nangor Road and outline the schedule of works planned for these buildings in order to prevent deterioration of the buildings during the winter and to reduce the impact of vandalism.
That the Manager would present for discussion at the meeting a report including maps on all potential infill housing sites in North Clondalkin ranging from single unit infill sites to 20 unit infill sites and indicative time scales and costs for securing Part 8 permissions for each of the sites identified.