Confirmation and Re- affirmation of Minutes

Minutes of Lucan Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting held on 28th March, 2006

• Minutes 28th March

To ask the Manager to prevent car access to the open ground on St. John's Drive, Clondalkin opposite Green Park Shopping Centre in the following way :-

a)  Trees without much undergrowth along the edge of St. John's Drive?

b)  Tough timber bollards between the open area and the footpath to the bollards into St. John's Park West?

• Question 1

To ask the Manager to provide up-to-date information on a future playground that would be of great benefit to the local community in Lucan.  Such a new playground would be of enormous benefit in Ballyowen Park or the new park adjacent to Mount Andrew Estate given the huge growth in population in this area as previously referred to.  Would the Manager also provide up-to-date information to this Area Committee on the Council's Play Policy?

• Question 2

To ask the Manager to specify what additional facilities are planned for Griffeen Valley Park ?

• Question 3

To ask the Manager to indicate what steps could be taken to provide greater security and amenity value for the users of Cluain Rí Park?

• Question 4

To ask the Manager to consider the provision of a secure children’s playground at a suitable location away from housing in Hermitage Park to serve the needs of the children in adjoining estates.

• Question 5

To ask the Manager to consider the provision of a secure children’s playground at a suitable location away from housing in Ballyowen Park to serve the needs of the children in adjoining estates.

• Question 6

To ask the Manager to provide extra bollards at the green on St John's Avenue  West, Clondalkin as the space between bollards at present is wide enough for cars to be driven across the green (currently happening)?

• Question 7

To ask the Manager when will the promised security measures be provided at St Cuthberts Park, Clondalkin and can he give a realistic assessment on the future use of  the Park given the continuing vandalism?

• Question 8

To ask the Manager if he can provide a report on the operation of the Parks Ranger service in the Council's parks in the Lucan Electoral Area, including information on the number of Rangers deployed and which parks are covered by the service?

• Question 9

To ask the Manager if he will  provide an updated report on the Council's plans for works to develop Lucan Weir and the riverbank at Lucan as an amenity, and if he will include information on the amount of finance available to the Council for planned works and if he will indicate when work will be carried out? 

• Question 10

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on the proposed installation of railings and/or other safety features at the riverbank at Lucan Village Green to enable families with young children to feed the ducks?

• Question 11

New Works (if any)

Proposed construction of an all weather pitch facility at Deansrath Community College, Deansrath, Clondalkin.

 

• H-I (2) New Works

Correspondence

(none received)

Cathaoirleach's Business       Councillor F. McCarthy

That this Committee calls upon the Council to immediately make portable toilet facilities available at the container dressing rooms in Willsbrook Park as an interim measure while more suitable facilities are prepared. It is particularly unacceptable that the juvenile teams currently using GAA pitch are without such a basic facility.

Given the success of North Clondalkin football soccer clubs & the promotion to higher divisional leagues, that this Council supports the provisions to ensure that there are adequate dressing room, shower & toilet facilities, & that the infrastructure criteria are met for the appropriate leagues guidelines. Please note league games take place on Saturdays & Sunday's.

• Motion 2

That this Committee recommends that Quarryvale Park be upgraded

a)  to remove the flooding.

b)  the installation of adequate paths.

• Motion 3

That the Manager cut back all the trees beside the residents' houses that are facing Boomers pub?  Birds are loitering around the trees and as a result residents’ cars are being soiled.

• Motion 4

That the Manager provides a final report prior to the commencement of the building of the Skate Park for Griffeen Valley Park, Lucan.  Would the Manager provide a detailed revised design of the Skate Park as agreed with Lucan Skateboard Club, including information on the benefits of this revised design.

• Motion 5

To ask the Manager to make a small donation towards “Clondalkin meals on wheels service”. They offer meals at two euro to the elderly and are in need of funding.

• Clondalkin Meals on Wheels

Would the Manager report on what applications for grants have been approved for the Lucan, Clondalkin and Palmerstown areas in the last month since I last requested this information.  What additional applications for grants for these areas are currently being considered?

• Community Grants - Lucan/Clondalkin area

To ask the Manager to provide an update on the timescale and facilities envisaged for the provision of a Community Centre on the land beside Griffeen Valley Educate Together School to serve the estates in the area.

• Community Centre - Griffeen Valley Site

To ask the Manager to report upon the much welcomed extension of the Homebound Library service to the Lucan and Palmerstown areas since I last raised the matter.

• Question 15

To ask the Manager for an updated report on securing a Community centre in Palmerstown?

• Community Centre Palmerstown

Application for Grants (if any)

 

• Headed Item No. 3

Library News Events

 

• H-I 4

New Works (if any)

Correspondence

(none received)

Cathaoirleach's Business    Councillor F. McCarthy

That the Manager examines the potential of developing a Youth Café at Ballyowen Castle Community Centre.

• Ballyowen Castle - Youth Cafe facility

That the Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee supports the provision of a community based/voluntary (as allowed for in the terms of the Council's lease of the Centre) parent and toddler service in Ballyowen Castle Community Centre to serve parents and children in the surrounding estates, and requests the Manager to ask the Community Services Department to explore the idea with the Centre's Management Committee.

• Ballyowen Castle Provision of Toddler Service

That the Manager would report on progress made with the Review of the County's Water Leisure Strategy which I requested and was agreed in 2005. Would the Manager specifically report on how long overdue is the Public Swimming Pool for the Lucan community?

• Water Leisure Strategy

Would the Manager report on the number, including locations of Community Centres expected to come on stream in the coming years in Lucan, Clondalkin and Palmerstown. Such community facilities will be of enormous benefit to our developing communities.

• Community Facilities - Lucan Clondalkin Area

To ask the Manager;

a)  Why the cost of bringing a box trailer into the Esker Green Waste Unit has gone from €8 to  €20?

b)  To list any other increases in disposal charges at Esker?

c)  To ask for justification for the increases and as to whether or not they are cost effective?

• Esker Green Waste

To ask the Manager to report on what estates are scheduled to be included in this year's Junk Collection Programme in the Lucan, Clondalkin and Palmerstown areas? Would the Manager confirm that he has now managed to include each estate in a five-year collection schedule as previously discussed.

• Question 18

Would the Manager please report on the Road Sweeping Schedule for Lucan, Clondalkin and Palmerstown.  Which areas have been treated in the last three months and what areas are scheduled to be treated in the next three months?

• Question 19

To ask the Manager to arrange a joint strategy meeting with Lucan Tidy Towns Committee and officials from the Environmental Services Department to devise a strategy to further Lucan’s efforts in the National Tidy Town’s Competition.

• Question 20

To ask the Manager to update the Committee upon the operation of the Green Machine within Lucan Village .

• Question 21

To ask the Manager to make arrangements for the emptying of the Plastic Recycling facility at Griffeen Valley Park every Saturday evening as it regularly overflows on Sundays.

• Griffeen Valley Recycling

To ask the Manager for a clean up of the laneway adjacent to number 1, St. Ronan's Close and to monitor the level of household dumping in the area.

• Dumping

To ask the Manager while acknowledging the fact that the Council has had the newly priced bin tags on sale since March and they leafleted the constituency advising of their decision to increase the service,  will the Manager please note that given the current lifestyle of  families and users of the waste service, in a lot of cases both parents working to make ends meet  and not helped by these increases, how do they expect current holders of the €6 tags to obtain a refund by turning up at the County Hall in Tallaght or the Civic Offices in Clondalkin. (Will the Council refund time off work & the expenses people will accrue, by having to turn up at the Councils offices).  If the Council are serious about refunding their customers please implement a customer orientated system for their refund.  May I suggest the retail outlets they where purchased at i.e. the shops.

• Question 24

To ask the Manager to come up with long term measures to combat the constant illegal dumping of domestic waste in the  small green open space area adjacent to 100 St Johns Wood, Clondalkin (Doctors Surgery).

• Dumping at St John's Wood

To ask the Manager why  the overflow car park at C. B. Sacks is once again in an appalling condition with no action taken against the owners?

• Question 26

To ask the Manager why the shops at Main Street, Clondalkin and the shops facing Laurel Park are not having their refuse collected regularly and on the agreed day?

• Question 27

To ask the Manager if he will outline the procedures which are recommended to be followed by residents seeking to have abandoned cars and other vehicles removed from residential areas in Lucan and Clondalkin? 

• Abandoned Cars

To ask the Manager if he will inform the Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee how many on-the-spot fines were imposed and how many prosecutions were taken in respect of incidences of littering and illegal dumping in the Lucan and Clondalkin Electoral Areas in the year 2005?

• Question 29

Report on Recycling facilities at Quarryvale Community and Leisure Centre, Clondalkin

• H-I 6

New Works (if any)

Correspondence

(none received)

Cathaoirleach’s Business     Councillor F. McCarthy

That this Committee calls upon the Manager to ensure that in future, appropriate provision is made for the exchange of outdated bin tags without requiring residents to travel to Council Offices.

• Motion 10

That this Council  will be provided with the full facts in relation to the pollution of the Camac river in Clondalkin back in early February & to produce the copy of the Section 12.  in order to make public the order & more importantly an impact report statement on the local environment from the Council & the E.P.A.

• Motion 11

That this Committee recommends that South Dublin County Council develops a plan of campaign to deal with Halloween activity in Lucan and Clondalkin and that a report is given to the Committee on proposals in two months time.

That this Committee recommends that Dodsborough Cottages be included in the next round of Junk Collections and requests the Manger to provide a list of estates in the Lucan Electoral Area in which Junk Collections were made in 2005 or will be made in the present round? 

That this Council inform the Committee of time frames of the roll out of plastic (blue) bins, brown (compost) bins, and any other relevant bins.

• Motion 14

That in view of the very low rating of Clondalkin and Tallaght regarding litter and dirt that this Council review the need for more litter wardens.

• Motion 15

Would the Manager report on the number of litter bins now installed in the Lucan, Clondalkin and Palmerstown areas. What plans are there in place to increase the numbers of these bins in an attempt to assist with the increasing litter issues in our community and given the requirement for additional supply and installation of such litter bins.

• Motion 16

That this Committee requests that the Manager takes the necessary budgetary steps to provide additional Litter Wardens to serve the Lucan, Palmerstown and Clondalkin areas.

• Motion 17

That this Committee recommmends that South Dublin County Council appoints an extra litter warden for the Lucan/ Clondalkin area.

• Motion 18

To ask the Manager to explain if there are any plans for elderly accommodation at the new development at Orchard Road, (Cowans Site). Also is there any provision to dispose of space for “Clondalkin Area Meals on Wheels” for parking facilities?

• Orchard Road

To ask the Manager to report on the outstanding issues in the Balgaddy area as previously discussed at Area Committee Meetings and Site Meetings I attended.

• Question 31

To ask the Manager to provide an update on the infill housing programme in the St. Finian’s area.

• Question 32

To ask the Manager to furnish a report upon plans for the provision of infill housing and the much needed upgrade of recreational open space within the North Clondalkin area.

• Question 33

To ask the Manager when exactly will 'Valhalla' be put to use as promised (Watery Lane)?

• Question 34

To ask the Manager for an update regarding land line/phone line services into Buirg an Ri.

• Question 35

To ask the Manager for a progress report on discussions with the developer on securing the minimum of 15% of the 407 housing units in Adamstown for which planning permission has been granted, for social, voluntary and affordable housing?

• Affordable Housing

Report on Housing Construction Programme

 

• H-I (8)

Report On Implementation Of Traveller Accommodation Programme 

 

• H-I (9)

Report on Quarterly Statistics for Anti-Social Behaviour

 

• ASB Stats

New Works (if any)

Correspondence

(none received)

Cathaoirleach’s Business     Councillor F. McCarthy  

That the Manager updates this Committee on what consultation has taken place with local residents with regard to the proposed infill housing in Airlie Heights.

• Motion 19

That this Committee urges the Manager to take the necessary steps to ensure the implementation of LZO number 10.3.i(2) in the County Development Plan, to facilitate the provision of sheltered housing at Primrose Hill, Lucan during the period of the Plan, and asks the Manager if he will make a statement on the matter, including a report on discussions with the Presbyterian Church authorities in Lucan.

That this Committee requests South Dublin Co. Council to construct some 4 bedroom homes in the next batch of housing construction in the Lucan/ Clondalkin area as a total of 267 families are on the 4 bedroom housing list for these areas at present.

• Motion 21

That the Manager gives detailed information in relation to the “Corkagh Town Plan”. This plan is in relation to Affordable Housing. Is there no other area within the Ward/County that would give the number of affordable houses needed? This would save Corkagh Park?

That the Estate Management and Anti-Social Departments be retained in Clondalkin for simple logistical reasons e.g. it takes 3/4 of an hour at peak times to travel from Tallaght to Clondalkin.

• Estate Mgt Clondalkin

That this Council work with Habitat Ireland in relation to building voluntary housing in the Clondalkin area.  I understand that the Council met with the group some time ago. I am looking to raise the issue. I would also ask that a Committee be set up consisting of Councillors/officials/Habitat Ireland/residents in relation to same.

That a full report be brought regarding Moorfield Infill Project outlining details of all works carried out and remedial work still outstanding.

• Motion 25

That the Manager would make a report on the planned transfer to a Council administered scheme of tenants in private rented accommodation who are in receipt of HSE rent allowance, and advise on eligibility for admission to the Council scheme and the procedures to be followed by tenants?