Headed Items
Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes
Minutes of the Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting held on 15 October 2014
Planning
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Planning Files
A. Large Applications Under Consideration (No Business)
B. Files Requested by Members (2 Requests)
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
That this Area Committee recognises that all people with a Disability have a right to a full and meaningful participation and active inclusion in an accessible , safe and disability friendly environment. That SDCC will ensure that people with a disability will be a priority when planning and developing the new development plan.
That the Chief Executive provides an update on activity in Windmill Hill, Co. Dublin with consideration to Part IV of Section 59 of the Planning and Developments Act 2000 - 2011.
Transportation
Questions
A Clondalkin resident has suggested to me that it would be very appropriate to name the newly constructed overpass on the N7 at Newlands Cross after Veronica Geurin who was so brutally murdered at this location. To ask the Chief Executive what is the procedure in relation to the naming of bridges etc, and could this suggestion be considered?
To ask the Chief Executive to provide an approximation as to when the footpaths in St Mark's Crescent will be resurfaced and the remainder of the footpaths on St Marks Avenue.
To ask the Manager to provide a report on the provision of extra car parking spaces in Boot Rd/Rockfield Drive estate following on from the deputation meeting by the residents earlier this year. The report should outline possible options for additional spaces and cost of such spaces for consideration of the members.
Headed Items
Proposed Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads (No Business)
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
That South Dublin County Council will engage to Facilitate Directional signage with the Contractor at Newlands Cross and work with the Newlands Business Association to provide additional signage taking into account the new layout and increased risk of missing the proposed signs.
That this committee supports the erection of a sound barrier between the Broadfield estate in Rathcoole and the N7 and the improvement of the boundary treatment at this location where gaps in the hedges that currently form the boundary.
That this Committee agrees that the Council fulfil its commitments regarding the junction of St Mark's Grove & Avenue and calls on the work to be carried out as a matter of priority.
Motion 13 at the Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting, November 2013, committed to carrying out works at the junction of St Mark's Grove & Avenue regarding bollards. An update on the works agreed was sought at the Ctte Meeting, March 2014. It gave a commitment that the work would be complete within the month.
The work thus far has not been completed.
Economic Development
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the land between the Old Nangor Road Cul de Sac and the New Nangor Road west of the Scoil Mochua site. Is NAMA involved here, and can a statement be made on it please?
To ask the Manager to provide the below information;
How the Business Support Grants can be accessed?
How are the Grants advertised to entrepreneurs?
What are the Grants aimed towards?
How much of the funding was provided to the Clondalkin area?
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a list of all projects to be funded by the Villages Initiative in 2014/2015 in the Clondalkin LEA and how the Manager plans to involve Councillors, community organisations and local residents in decisions on the allocation of this funding and the roll out of projects funded.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on the update of the SDCC Shop Front initiative in the Clondalkin LEA including the number of successful applicants, the amount spent on Clondalkin, reasons why some applicants were unsuccessful and plans for the scheme in 2015.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on appropriate village signage and Bollards and how this will be rolled out in Clondalkin?
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Libraries & Arts
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Application for Arts Grants (No Business)
Library News & Events
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Corporate Support
Questions
Beidh an tOireachtas ag teacht godtí Citywest agus Cluain Dolcáin an bhliain seo chughainn. Is bua mór don chontae é. Déan cur síos ar an dtacaíocht a thabharfaidh an Chomhairle do choiste an Oireachtais, ar cé a mbeidh mar idirgabhálaí ón gComhairle agus ar an roinn sa chomhairle a mbeidh freagrach?
The Oireachtas cultural festival will be staged in Citywest and Clondalkin next October. This is a huge coup for the area. To ask that the Chief Executive give an account of what support will be made available to the organisers of the Oireachtas, of who will be the intermediary between the organisers and the council and of which section of the council will be responsible for work related to this major event?
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence
(a) Letter to Minister for Education dated 18th September 2014 and reply received from Office of the Minister for Education and Skills dated 10th November 2014
(b) Letters of congratulations issued to Agnes O'Neill, Secretary (Clondalkin Tidy Towns) and Brian Dunne, Chairperson (North Clondalkin Tidy Towns)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Buisiness
This Committee agrees to write to the management at the Round Towers Direct Provision Centre requesting a visit by the members of the Committee to the hostel to see the facility first hand and to meet with those living in the hostel and to hear first hand their experiences of direct provision.
That this Area Committee calls on the Department of Justice and Equality to consider the plea of residents currently living in direct provision system at Clondalkin Towers Hotel and other locations to be granted compassionate leave to remain in the State.
That this committee agrees to hosting a civic reception in Clondalkin civic offices for BMA Clondalkin. This club has had huge success this year and we would be grateful if the students that participated at the recent WAKO junior world kickboxing championships be rewarded with a small gesture or acknowledgement.
Os rud é go bhfuil suim mhór sa Ghaeilge I gCluain Dolcáin, go bhfuil pobal mór labhartha na Gaeilge anseo atá ag lorg stáidéis Ghaeltachta don sráidbhaile, agus go bhfuil tacaíocht I measc an bpobal i gcoitinne, molann an coiste seo go mbeidh Oifigeach sa Chomhairle a mbeidh freafrach don Ghaeilge amháin as seo amach.
Given the level of interest in Irish in Clondalkin, that there is a large Irish speaking community seeking Gaeltacht status and that there is support for Irish in the general community, that this committee supports the continuance of the post of Irish Language Officer in the council who will have, as their main focus, the supporting of Irish language and culture within the county.
That this Committee supports the Food Cloud initiative and that the Management write to all major food retail outlets in Clondalkin asking them to take part in the initiative.
Performance & Change Management
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New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Public Realm
Questions
To ask that the Chief Executive consider the inclusion of a fairy wood in Rathcoole's new natural play space?
To ask that the Chief Executive give an update on the number of horses impounded in the Clondalkin LEA and what cost to date has this been quantified to the the local authority?
To ask if South Dublin County Council can put recycling banks in North Clondalkin near Finches public house also can a full list of the Recycling initiative for the Clondalkin Area be given?
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the proposed park in Newcastle Co Dublin and what site will be used for the Play space also what plans are in place to deal with the Deficit in Facilities for the growing population?
Headed Items
Tree Maintenance Programme Winter 2014 / Spring 2015
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence(No Business)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Buisiness
That this Committee requests the Chief Executive to provide a report for discussion at the Area Committee on illegal bonfires in the Clondalkin Area this year including the number and cost of such bonfires and the collection of bonfire material in both public spaces and on property managed by the Housing Department.
A group of residents, supported by the South West Clondalkin Safety Forum and some Councillors, have been working to improve St Cuthbert's Park. That this Committee supports the organising of a meeting between this group and relevant council staff so that a plan for the future of St Cuthbert's park can be drawn up.
That the Chief Executive provide a report on the provision of a park for Newcastle, Co. Dublin and that he provide options on where the agreed playspace for Newcastle should be located.
Water & Drainage
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
That the Chief Executive indicates how much was spent repairing the burst pipe and addressing the floods at Alpine / Ashwood. What will be the cost to repair damages for residents, will Irish Water repay this and has the council recouped the costs from Irish Water yet?
Housing
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on the average waiting time by unit size for successful applicants on CBL & priority allocations North of the Nass Rd in the last 12 months
To ask that the Chief Executive provide a plan for the Balgaddy area of Clondalkin bearing in mind the amount of anti social behaviour and other social issues.
Headed Items
Quarterly Anti Social Behaviour Statistical Report
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Buisiness
This Committee agrees that in order to have an adequate supply of Part 8 social housing units shovel ready the Chief Executive bring forward a Part 8 proposal for the development of a new social housing estate in the lands adjacent to Kilcarbary that was previously designated for an affordable housing scheme.
Given the growing Homelessness issue in the Clondalkin area , the area committee calls for immediate action , we call for an emergency hostel to be built in Clondalkin. We also call on the Government to release funds in order to build social housing. We ask that the Alan Kelly T.D Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government be written to an that the crisis nature of the situation be expressed.
That this committee requests the Chief Executive to provide a report for discussion at the committee on the ongoing vandalism of front doors, letter boxes, intercoms and communal areas in Balgaddy including data on the scale of the problem, measures being taken to address the problem and ideas for improving the Councils response to this problem in the future.
Community
Headed Items
Application for Community Grants
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Buisiness
That this Committee requests the Chief Executive to table a report for discussion at the Area Committee on the total allocation of funding for Tidy Towns in Clondalkin in 2014 and 2015 including how much money has been spent to date and how decisions will be made on expenditure for the remainder of 2014 and in 2015.
That this committee supports the establishment of a men's shed type group in the Clondalkin village area and calls on the council to assist the interested parties with finding a premises for their activities.