Agenda - Tallaght ACM (1) 18th September, 2006

Minutes from Tallaght Area Committee Meeting 19th June, 2006.

• Mins

"To ask the the Manager to indicate the current status of the funding and planning of the Childcare element of the new Brookfield Community and Youth facility?"

• Brookfield Childcare Centre

"To ask the Manager to indicate the likely opening date of the new Tallaght Swimming Pool, to also indicate insofar as is possible details of the operation of the pool with respect to opening hours, likely session costs, concessions to local groups, clubs etc and in addition to outline what point the redesign of the layout of the affected soccer pitches is at in relation to Jobstown Park?"

• Jobstown Pool/Complex

"To ask the manager to name all of the possible locations for the Community Centre planned within Ballycragh Park?"

• Ballycragh Community Facility

"To ask the Manager, what is proposed will happen to the €17,000 unspent monies from the community linkeage fund and is it envisaged that community groups will have an opportunity to apply for this outstanding money?"

• Question 4

Application for Grants (if any)

• Community Grants September Tallaght

Library/News Events

• H-I 3

New Works (if any)

Correspondence (if any)

• c1

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Committee wants the Community centre planned for Ballycragh Park be planned as an “Eco House"

• Motion 1

"To ask the manager to outline locations within the Tallaght central area that he feels are suitable for play facilities in line with the Councils new play policy?"

• Question 5

"To ask the Manager to have the area opposite address supplied  cleaned up and shrubs/trees cut back as the area in its current condition facilitates anti-social activity?"

• Que 6

"To ask the Manager for an update from the Parks Department relating to the provision of three public lights at *details supplied and will the Manager please note the urgency in the provision of such lights and will the Manager make a statement on the matter?"

• Que 7

"To ask the Manager for an update on proposals to erect bollard(s) at the open space at *details supplied and will the Manager note the urgency of this request and will the Manager make a statement on the matter?"

• Que 8

"To ask the Manager for an update on the most recent meeting with St. Marks G.A.A club, the consensus reached from such a meeting and the time-frame for the implementation of any such consensus and will the Manager make a statement on the matter?"

• Que 9

"To ask the Manager to confirm that provision was made in the estimates for 2006 (within the Parks Department budget) for the provision of a footpath at *details supplied and if so can the Manager confirm a time-frame for the completion of this work and will the Manager make a statement on the matter?"

• Que 10

“To ask the Manager to reinstate the vandalised trees that have been broken on Kiltipper Way and particularly that section of Kiltipper Way which is close to the entrance to Marlfield Estate, and that this matter be attended to as soon as possible, given the concern of residents in the local area, and if he will make a statement on the matter?"

• Que 11

“To ask the Manager if he would consider providing an access to Sean Walsh Park at a point close to the new residential areas of Ellensborough/ Deerpark/ Marlfield, so as to allow residents in this new area to use the Park and to allow children attending St. Martin’s Primary School from this area to gain easy access to the school, and if he would consider meeting parents from the area to discuss this matter in greater detail, and if he will make a statement on the matter?”

• Que 12

"To ask the Manager if the sum of €15,000 was set aside for the purposes of improving the entrance to Monalea Wood from off the Firhouse Road when the Firhouse Road was being widened last year, if this money was ever spent, if in the context of improving the entrance to Monalea Wood, if the Manager would agree to at the very least, cut back on a regular basis, the grass verges on either side of the entrance to Monalea Wood, and put forward a plan to improve this entrance and if he will make a statement on the matter?"

• Que 13

“To ask the Manager to outline what progress, if any, surrounds the possibility of providing a playground facility in Ballymount Park, especially for younger children in the area, if he would also consider placing a number of seats at various locations in the park, and if he would make a statement on the matter?”

• Que 14

New Works (if any)

Correspondence (if any)

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Committee calls on the Manager to reinstate the goalposts that were recently vandalised and removed from the G.A.A pitch in Killinarden Park".

• Motion 2

"That this Commitee is alarmed at the increasing numbers of serious crime developing within our parks in the Tallaght central area and calls on the Council to meet with Gardai, Residents and Elected Reps to come up with a strategy to eliminate this problem. This would address all aspects legal social and environmental"

• Motion 3

 "That this Committee requests the Parks Department to organise a "Clean-up-Day" of the section of the River Dodder at Old Bawn Bridge, this to be done in conjunction with local volunteers and environmentalists"

• Motion 4

"That this commitee calls on the Council to encourage NTL to remove/amend the service box located at the green space at Old Bawn way which is the subject of anti social behaviour"

• Motion 5

"To ask the Manager to state how many houses are currently vacant in the West Tallaght area and to give an explanation where possible for any significant delays in allocating any of these houses?"

• Que 15

"To ask the Manager to provide details of the operation of the RAS scheme in the Tallaght area?

• Question 16

"To ask the Manager, to indicate when the commencment of works on the damaged wall and railings at Cushlawn/ Kiltipper way will take place as the part 8 for these works were passed at full Council level months ago?"

• Que 17

"To ask the Manager, when will works on the proposed re-enforced wall at Donomore Park/Killinarden Park commence, as there is an ongoing child safety issue there as a result of the former wall being demolished".

• Que 18

"To ask the Manager, to arrange for the removal of the rotten wooden gate at the vacant/boarded up house at 39 Kiltalown Court and replace it with a suitable gate to ensure access is denied to the rear of this property by anti-social youths with a view to ensuring the peace and safety of neighbouring tenants?"

• 7441

 "To ask the Manager for an update on the new St. Muirins House and when construction will commence?"

 

• Que 20

"To ask the Manager for a detailed update on the Part 8 process for the proposed infill housing at Castletymon with specific reference to a recent meeting held with local residents and the consensus that accrued from that meeting and will the Manager outline a time-frame for this part 8 process and will the Manager make a statement on the matter?"

• Que 21

Report on Housing Construction Programme

• H I 8 - Construction Report

REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAVELLER ACCOMMODATION PROGRAMME

• H-I 9

Infill Housing Scheme at Castletymon

• H I 10 - Castletymon

New Works (if any)

Correspondence (if any)

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Committee calls on the Manager to arrange a site meeting to the rear of numbers one to twenty four Killinarden Estate, with a view to tackling the issues related to residents privacy, dumping and related anti-social behaviour".

• 7435

"That this committee requests an investigation of the fact that under the Tenant Purchase Scheme, Tallaght tenants could be paying significantly higher prices (to purchase their long term residences) than participants of other Council schemes such as the Affordable Housing Scheme"

• Motion 7

"That this committee condemns the significant delays in the allocation process of properties in the Deerpark and Fortunestown B developments and calls on the Manager to urgently address this unacceptable situation"

• Motion 8

"To ask the Manager to outline in detail the procedures that will be adopted by his Department to counteract illegal bonfires and illegal dumping over the period approaching Halloween, how he plans to deal with the inevitable aftermath of this illegal activity and what measures have been put in place to deal with high activity locations such as the usual green spaces in parts of West Tallaght that are only beginning to recover from the chaos of Halloween 2005?" 

• Que 22

"To ask the Manager to outline how and when the Litter Management Scheme as referred to in the West Tallaght Study (2003) will be implemented - despite the increase in cleanups in the Study area over the past six to eight months, does the Manager not agree that a more sustained approach is necessary such as a mobile handcart operative?"

• Que 23

"To ask the Manager that given the high level of littering of broken glass present on footpaths and areas that would not normally be cleaned by a standard road sweep in many of SDCC's own estates, is it possible to review procedures around this to incorporate additional cleaning given the danger that glass can present to residents and in particular children?"

 

• Que 24

"To ask the Manager for a comprehensive report on the recent blockage of drains at address supplied  and will he indicate the cause of the problem, why any design fault was not identified over the past 25 + years since the houses were constructed, and why, if bad design is the cause, same was not dealt with by the regulatory authority when the development was being constructed, and can he now provide assistance to the householders in dealing with the issue and an assurance that, if repairs are carried out, the problem will not recur?"

• Que 25

"To ask the Manager to provide litter bins to service address supplied?"

• Que 26

"To ask the manager, to arrange for the litter warden to investigate the ongoing problem of illegal dumping of waste outside of bin sheds in the Deerpark Estate, Kiltipper, with a view to issuing fines to those involved in this anti social behaviour?"

• Que 27

New Works (if any)

Correspondence (if any)

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this committee requests a report on the progress to date of providing apartment complexes in the Tallaght area with green bin services"

• Motion 9