Agenda - Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting 21st June 2017

Confirmation and re-affirmation of Minutes of Meeting 17th May, 2017

• HI-1 Minutes of 17th May

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)

"To ask the Chief Executive to issue a report into why the signage for SDCC that has been damaged a long time outside SDCC Clondalkin office and is still in a unsightly and unreadable manner and to ask that it be replaced or removed before tidy towns judging?"

• Q 1

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)

"That this Committee write to the Marist Brothers School Moyle Park that has provided the Clondalkin area with 60 years of Education and commends their huge contribution to the area."  

• M 1

"In light of the low noise emissions from electric cars, this Committee writes to the Minister for Transport recommending warning signs for drivers when they are entering spaces where people are visually impaired, to be included in the next roll out of the Traffic Signs Manual.  An example of this could be "Blind Child at Play"

• M 2

"Rathcoole Garda Station resources have been decimated over the years. This Committee calls on Minister for Justice Francis Fitzgerald to provide additional resources to the Superintendent, Clondlkin Garda Station.  Furthermore this Committee asks that the Superintendent direct these resources to Rathcoole Garda Station,  so the communities that this Garda Station serves get the service that they require." 

• M 3

"Could a report be presented on the possibility of tree pruning/ removal at the following locations?

1.  Alpine Heights where sap from trees has caused damage to paintwork on a new car  which can be verified by the suppliers of that car.

2.  Trees outside 36 Woodford Lawn which now dwarf the house and cast it into permanent shade.

Both of these have already been referred by members representation."

• Q 2

"To ask the Chief Executive would it be possible to erect a 'No Dumping' sign at the laneway at the top of St John's Road (lane is on the left hand side just before St John's Wood) to help combat the high volume of dumping on this site?"

• Q 3

"Can the Council provide a report on the estimated costs of raising the perimeter barrier around St Cuthbert's Park?

This report should include costing's of the following options.

Building on top of the existing wall?

Replacing the existing wall with a new wall?

Adding fencing and hedges to the existing wall?

Replacing the existing wall with fencing and hedges?"

• Q 4

New Works (No Business)

Tree Planting Programme 2017/18

• HI 5

Correspondence (No Business)

"To call on Chief Executive to consider installing an accessible bench as per attached illustration in Corkagh Park.

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"This committee supports the "Friends of St Cuthberts" in their desire to hold a Community Fete in St. Cuthbert's Park as part of the regeneration of the park and their goal to reclaim the park for the wider community. Furthermore we ask that the Chief Executive to provide a report for discussion that will help them achieve this. The report should include what assistance the Council can provide including financial assistance."

• M 5

"Would the drains and sewerage system in the Monastery Estate be able to take the extra volume which would be generated by a large scale nursing home development at the Lexington Site on Monastery Road?"

• Q 5

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)

"That the Council engage with Irish Water to ensure that disruption to public amenities is minimised by their plans for the upgrade of the Boyerboy Water Scheme & collaborates to ensure that the upgrade includes aligning the pipes under the unused plot in Rathcoole Park in front of the parks depot that we had currently been investigating a left-in, left-out entrance / exit carpark on to allow for the possible construction of a car park there."

"That this committee opposes the new 20 acre biosolids facility in Greenogue, Rathcoole, as proposed by Irish Water."

• M 7

New Works (No Business)

Litter Management Plan

• HI 9

Correspondence (No Business)

"Illegal dumping is a scourge in the Clondalkin LEA and the actions of a few impact the many. This Committee asks that the Chief Executive introduce the use of drones on a pilot basis in Clondalkin to detect illegal dumpers at known litter blackspots and a report to be produced for this meeting to discuss the possibility of doing so."

• M 8

"To ask what arrangements have been made to have the Quarryvale playspace open at weekends and in evening?" 

• Q 6

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)

"That the Chief Executive outlines any grants of any type available to community groups including Residents Associations."

• M 9

"When will work commence on the Lett's Field Housing development?"

• Q 7

"To ask for a report in how Tidy Towns can apply for on street furniture and how much is available and what the procedure is?"

• Q 8

"To ask the Chief Executive to confirm the number of outstanding requests for window replacements within the Clondalkin area and detail the average waiting times to deal with such requests and will he also make a commitment to provide additional funding to allow for the waiting list to be tackled and eliminated?"

• Q 9

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)

"That the Chief Executive outlines how much % of housing built by developers are they required to allocate to social housing? From this %, is it from the housing list / ras / hap?"

• M 10

"Has there been any progress on the organising of a site meeting at Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery in order to get interested parties together to plan a way forward following the spate of grafitti and anti social behaviour there last month?"  

• Q 10

"To ask what has been done to protect the following  1) Old Nass Road Wall 2) Mount St Joseph's graveyard following my agreed motions on same for the county development plan to ensure their preservation for future generations?"

• Q 11

New Works (No Business)

Planning Files A. Large Applications Under Consideration B. Files Requested by Members

• HI 13 (A) Large Applications

Correspondence (No Business)

"That this Committee provides a report on the ongoing activities at the quarry in Windmill Hill, potential encroachment on a protected structure and how we as a Council are responding to the need for original plans to be available before legal action on enforcement conditions can be taken into account."

** Please note that I would request the Chief Executive to send an official who is familiar with this case and who can field questions from the floor

"That this area committee get an update report on RIC Barracks which is reportedly rat infested and there is now damage to the roof, that this committee asks that SDCC consider a compulsory purchase order of the RIC Barracks''

• M 12

New Works (No Business)

"A local group Friends of the Camac is interested in trying to work on getting the Walkway / Cycleway from Clondalkin Village to the canal path at Woodford installed.  Can the Chief Executive present a report on this project which was examined before by the council with a view to seeking permeability funding.  Could funding be sought again?  The Waters and Communities organisation will be working with the local group.  Could the council collaborate with this group to seek alternative sources of funding?"

• Q 12

Proposed Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)

"That the Chief Executive outlines if 30 kph is the speed in all housing estates? Some estates have requested this is too fast and a lesser speed limit of 15kph on these signs."

That a report and drawing be brought urgently to this committee on the best way to sort out cars turning the wrong way up Tower road (One way System) when leaving Tuthils car park  (exit opposite new dental surgery) in order to avoid a fatality. There has been a few near misses.

• M 14

"The cul de sac that divides Melrose Park and Lindisfarne Grove is a rat run for joyriders on scramblers. This Committee calls for the Chief Executive to replace the existing bollards with a low wall. Furthermore we ask that the Senior Engineer meet the residents on site to discuss this."

• M 15

"That a report be brought to this committee on the footpaths at Palmerstown Woods.  The list of damaged footpaths are as follows: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,11, (kerb is lifting at 11 also) 12,13,17,18, area beside 18, 19a, kerb at 83, 23, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 52, 51, 58, 59, 72, 73, 82, 134, 153, 166, 167, 171, 174, 179, 182, 187, 201, 205, 210, 281, 283, 284, and that we recommend that these repairs are carried out as soon as possible."

• M 16

Library News & Events

• HI 16

Application for Arts Grants (No Business)

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)

"To ask for a report and list of SDCC owned sites within the Clondalkin area and maps be supplied in order for members to make suggestions for land use. To detail what lands would not be suitable to built on and reasons why?"

• Q 13

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)