Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes

Minutes of the Lucan Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting held on the 23rd May 2006.

 

• Minutes 23rd May 2006

To ask the Manager for information concerning proposals for affordable/infill housing, including projected dates, for the Glenfield, Rowlagh, St. Mark's area?

• Question 1

To ask the Manager to set out in detail a report on progress made on the provision of services earlier identified for the residents in Balgaddy, including traffic calming measures, secure playing facilities for local children, landline telephone services, cable television facilities, broadband services and other basic and fundamental services required to enhance the quality of life of the local community in Balgaddy.

• Question 2

To ask the Manager to set out in detail as to how he proposes to address the serious health and inconvenience issues there are for local residents on Foxdene Avenue owing to the dust from the development at the adjoining lands affecting the health of the local residents and their homes.  Would the Manager agree to arrange a site meeting to consider this serious issue as a matter of great urgency.

• Question 3

To ask the Manager to investigate the nature of the foundation problem with a house in Sarsfield Park (*name and address supplied) and to outline the remedial action necessary and when the Council would consider undertaking the work.  

 

• Question 4

To ask the Manager when will the hard surface for vehicles be provided at Lindisfarne Lawns, Clondalkin?

• Question 5

To ask the Manager that a report be given on progress, (if any), regarding the provision of homeless accommodation in the Clondalkin area.

• Question 6

To ask the Manager for an updated report on the application by the residents of (address supplied), to have the right of way on the laneway adjacent to their property extinguished and to acquire the laneway for inclusion within the boundary of their property?

• Question 7

To ask the Manager for an updated report on the implementation of the house refurbishment programme in Quarryvale, including information on the number of houses in which refurbishment work has been carried out to-date, and the expenditure incurred by the Council on the programme?

• Quarryvale Refurbishment

To ask the Manager if he can provide a report on the number and location of Affordable Homes provided in the Lucan-Clondalkin Electoral Areas in 2005 and to-date in 2006, and if he can advise the Committee on anticipated provision of Affordable Homes in those areas between now and the end of 2007?

• Question 9

 

Report on Affordable Housing

 

• H-I (2)

Report on Housing Construction Programme

 

• H-I (3)

Report On Implementation Of Traveller Accommodation Programme

 

• H-I (4) Traveller Accommodation Report

 

New Works

 

 

Correspondence

 

Cathaoirleach's Business     Councillor F. McCarthy

That the Manager provides details of the expected starting date for the Home Zone scheme in the vicinity of Archbishop Ryan Schools and Buirg an Rí and Méile an Rí.

• Motion 1

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?

In response to representations from residents in the Oatfield & Wheatfield Housing Estates concerning on-going anti-social behaviour displayed by some private tenant's & the irresponsible attitude of some landlords, I move that this Council acts in conjunction with the P.R.T.B & Revenue Department to ensure that all landlords in the area are registered & tax compliant.

• Motion 3

That this Committee agree to have the outstanding finishing works concluded immediately at Moorfield Estate namely unfinished 

(1) Entrance to Moorfield Parade

(2) Wall (boundary) at green space facing on to Neilstown Road (graffiti, builders litter)

(3) New wall be capped in such a manner that would deter anti-social activities.

That the Manager present a report on the programme to install Mains Smoke Alarms/Heat Detectors in Lucan/Clondalkin social housing and could she indicate the extent to which it will be disruptive for tenants.

• Motion 5 Smoke Alarm

That the Manager details what changes have been made to the proposed Part 8 procedure for infill housing in Airlie Heights as a result of discussions with those residents living closest to the site. 

• Motion 6

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

That the Manager produce an updated report on plans for the Valhalla site on Watery Lane, Clondalkin including timescales, number of units and the extent that those units will provide accommodation for people with disability.

• Motion No. 8
• Powerpoint Presentation

To ask the Manager if he could implement a plan (e.g. to carefully plant trees) so as to protect the rear gardens of the adjacent houses to the open space between Willow Avenue and Oak Way from constant invasion by footballs and those pursuing them?

• Question 10

To ask the Manager to provide a detailed report, including the time-scale for the installation of litter bins in Griffeen Valley Regional Park on a pilot basis following my recent representations and discussions on this important matter.

• Question 11

To ask the Manager to provide an update on when work is likely to commence on Lucan Weir, and to consider incorporating floodlighting for Liffey Bridge into the plan.

• Question 12

To ask the Manager to repair the floodlights at Lucan Harriers Running Track before the end of the summer in order that the best use possible may be made of this fantastic facility.

• Question 13

To ask the Manager to meet with Kew Park Resident’s Association with a view to undertaking certain work on the hedgerows that surround the estate that would greatly enhance the quality of life of residents in the area.

• Question 14

To ask the Manager if he will examine the possibility of carrying out enhancemement works on the large open space (opposite Arthur Griffith Park) in St Finian's Estate, Lucan and in particular if he will investigate measures to deter cars and other vehicles being driven on the open space?

• Question 15

To ask the Manager if he can confirm that the Parks Department has taken over responsibility for grass cutting and maintenance of the public open spaces in Liffey Valley Park and Mount Andrew Estates, Lucan and if he can clarify the position regarding grass cutting on verges along footpaths/roads other than individual sections immediately outside houses?

• Question 16

To ask the Manager for an updated report on improvement works in Waterstown Park, Palmerstown?

• Question 17

 

New Works

(A) Discretionary Fund Work

(B)  Part 8 Report on Proposed Improvement Works in The Grange, Griffeen Valley and Hayden's Lane, Lucan

(C) Part 8 Report on Proposed Construction of Two Five-a-Side All Weather Pitches in Deansrath Community College, Clondalkin

 

• Griffeen VAlley Map
• H-I 6 (B)
• H-I 6 (C)
• Map Deansrath

 

Correspondence

 

Cathaoirleach's Business      Councillor F. McCarthy

That the Manager would consider, in the interests of the health of park users, the provision of pooper scooper facilities within each park in the Lucan, Clondalkin and Palmerstown areas on a pilot basis.

• Motion No. 9

That a Report be brought to this Committee as to why the two roundabouts on Fonthill/New Nangor Road, Clondalkin are still not planted and refurbished as promised.

• Motion 10

That the Manager would agree to revisit the issue of the lack of completed boundary fencing between Bewley Grove and Mount Bellew Way, an issue that I have made considerable representations on for some years now. The completion of the final section of this boundary fencing at the end of Bewley Grove is an objective of the local community in Bewley Estate.

• Motion No. 11

That the Manager undertakes the repair and refurbishment of all the wooden notice-boards positioned beside and in all parks within the Lucan, Palmerstown and Clondalkin areas.

• Motion No. 12

To ask the Manager to set out in detail the process, including the time-scale for the various fundings required for the provision of the Lucan Swimming Pool as clearly identified in the Revised Water Leisure Strategy recently adopted by the Sports and Recreation Strategic Policy Committee, including Government funding, details of preliminary discussions with Government Department Officials, pplication process etc., and the Council's budgetary process to provide Local Authority funding for the Lucan Swimming Pool, in advance of the Part 8 Planning Process sscheduled for later this year and the Tender Process scheduled for early next year.

• Question 18

To ask the Manager to provide an up-to-date report on the usage of Ballyowen Castle Community Centre, Lucan, including details of groups and individuals currently with occupancy, and how does he envisage developing the use of the Centre further in the future.

• Ballyowen Castle Community Centre

To ask the Manager to give an update on what progress has been made in the provision of a Community Centre beside Griffeen Valley Educate Together School as residents in surrounding estates would benefit greatly from such a facility being provided as soon as possible.

• Grifeen Valley Community Centre

To ask the Manger for an up to date report on the site for a Library at Palmerstown and North Clondalkin and to indicate in his answer what sites have been examined to date and their advantages and disadvantages.

• Q.21 North Clondalkin Palmerstown Library

To ask the Manager if he will request the County Librarian to bring forward a proposal for a Regional Library in the North Clondalkin/Palmerstown area before October 2006 and the provision of appropriate Library Services for the overall area?

• Q.22 North Clondalkin Library

To ask the Manager for a progress report on the Council's Play Policy and if he will advise when he will be in a position to consider proposals for the provision of additional playground facilities in the Lucan-Clondalkin Electoral Areas?

• Council Play Policy

 

Community Linkage Fund

 

• H-I (7)

 

Applications for Grants

 

• H-I (8)

Library News Events

 

• H-I (9)

 

New Works

 

Correspondence

 

Cathaoirleach's Business       Councillor F. McCarthy

That the Manager gives an update on what progress has been made in the provision of a Community Centre beside Lucan Educate Together School as residents in surrounding estates would benefit greatly from such a facility being provided as soon as possible.

• Motion 13

That the Manager would now bring forward his detailed report for discussion on the Revised Water Leisure Strategy, which I requested and was agreed in 2005, with specific focus on his renewed efforts to advance the Lucan Swimming Pool Project, a matter that I first introduced in South Dublin County Council in 1999.

• Water Leisure - Lucan

That the Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee notes the Manager's Report on Motion 21 on the Agenda of the Council Meeting of 8th May 2006 and requests the Manager to identify areas in the Clondalkin and Lucan Electoral Areas for which the approval of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government for pilot Community Warden Schemes will be sought, and to prepare a proposal for the Department, which will be informed by the ongoing deliberations  of the LGMSB and City and County Managers.

• Community Wardens

That the full cost of Knockmitten Community Centre be included in a report outlining present and future funding mechanisms.

• Knockmitten Community Centre

This Committee requests South Dublin County Council to purchase a portion of the Lexington site beside Clondalkin Library before development takes place there with a view to upgrading the library and providing car parking spaces in that location.

• Mot (17) Clondalkin Library

That the Manager would agree to put in place a feasibility study to provide a Youth's Cafe in Lucan.  Lucan's 1st Youth Cafe has been identified as a priority facility by many young people that I have been working with in the Lucan area, including the Students at St. Joseph's College, Lucan, who highlighted the need for Lucan's 1st Youth Cafe in the Young Social Innovators Programme this year.

• Youth Cafe Lucan

That the Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee welcomes the adoption by the Council of the Water Leisure Strategy, in particular the recommendation for a Public Swimming Pool in Lucan and asks the Manager if he can clarify the following two issues: (1) will the Council's Three Year Capital Budget for 2006- 2008 be amended to include financial provision in each year for the Lucan Pool project and (2) Is the implementation of the project dependent on the reopening of the Government's Swimming Pools Programme and the receipt by the Council of finance for the Lucan Pool from that Programme?

• Water Leisure Strategy - Lucan

To ask the Manager to write to the Fire Brigade Authority, requesting details of Fire Emergency Services requested in the Lucan, Clondalkin and Palmerstown areas in the last year, including reports on what delays, if any, were experienced by the Fire Brigade in accessing these areas due to traffic congestion on our roads, and that the Manager would agree to report back.

• Question 24

To ask the Manager to report on details of estates, parks and open spaces where dog litter signs have been installed and report on which estates, parks and open spaces are scheduled for sign installation in the future, including time scales for these works.

• Question 25

To ask the Manager to report on the assistance provided this year to Residents Associations, Environmental Groups, Tidy Towns Commitees and Individuals who have expressed interest in the Council's Tidy Districts Competition and what plans are being considered to further promote awareness of this project.

• Question 26

To ask the Manager to report upon the recent fish kill that occurred in the Griffeen River on Monday 12^th June and to specify if any prosecutions are likely to arise from the matter should pollution be found to be the cause of the incident.

• Question 27

To ask the Manager can a removal of rubbish service be offered to householders in Council Estates of the Lucan/Clondalkin areas whose back and side landeways are being used for dumping by other members of the public?

• Question 28

To ask the Manager to provide an up to date report on the overgrown car park at C.B. Sacks, Ninth Lock Road, Clondalkin?

• Question 29

To ask the Manager if he has any plans to provide additional bottle and plastic Bring Banks in Palmerstown?

• Question 30

To ask the Manager if he will provide an updated report on the provision and use of Bring Bank facilities in North Clondalkin and if there are proposals for any additional facilities in the area?

• Question 31

 

Report on Proposed Boherboy Water Supply Scheme

 

• H-I (11)

 

Report on Litter and Graffiti

 

• H-I 12

 

New Works

 

 

Correspondence

 

Cathaoirleach's Business      Councillor F. McCarthy

That the Manager undertakes a public information campaign relating to the law governing the control of dogs, and in particular restricted breeds, within the Lucan, Palmerstown and Clondalkin areas. In association with this could steps be taken to ensure that the excellent Dog Warden service is given the resources to become more visible within the area and that members receive regular updates as to the number of fines issued by the wardens.  

• Motion 20

That the Manager provides litter bins on Main Street, Clondalkin as soon as possible.

To thank the Manager for agreeing to install new litter bins at bus stops on Griffeen Avenue and Griffeen Road following my recent representations in the interest of working to resolve our serious litter problems.  Would the Manager agree that it is desirable to have a litter bin installed at each bus stop given the obvious advantages in having such litter bin facilities.  In such circumstances would the Manager agree to undertake a survey of all bus stops in the Lucan, Clondalkin and Palmerstown areas during the Summer period and report back by way of a Headed Item at the earliest possible Area Committee Meeting in the Autumn on the amount of bus stops which do not have litter bins in these areas.

• Motion 22

That the Manager considers the setting up of a quick response Graffiti Team to tackle this problem which is unfortunately increasingly cropping up in various places within the Lucan, Palmerstown and Clondalkin areas.

• Motion 23

That this Committee recommends that monetary prizes and commemorative plaques be used as prizes for the Beautiful South County Dublin Awards given the feedback received from estates within the Clondalkin area.

• Motion 24