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CONFIRMATION AND RE-AFFIRMATION OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of June Council Meeting - 8th June 2020
b) Annual Meeting Minutes - 26th June 2019
REPORTS OF AREA COMMITTEE
a) Rathfarnham – Templeogue – Firhouse - Bohernabreena Area Committee - 9th June
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Lbraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
(No report)
b) Clondalkin Area Committee – 17th June
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing,Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts,Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
(No report)
c) Tallaght Area Committee – 22nd June
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
(No report)
d) Lucan-Palmerstown-Fonthill Area Committee – 23rd June
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management.
(No report)
STANDING COMMITTEES ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE
(No Reports)
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES
(No Reports)
REPORTS REQUESTED FROM AREA COMMITTEES
(No report)
Questions
Does the Chief Executive have plans to liaise with the NTA with a view to organising a full, up to date, presentation and briefing in relation to BusConnects for Councillors in each affected LEA and not just in relation to the SPC concerned, given the importance of the subject matter and the implications it will have for many of our constituents.
To ask the Chief Executive how many housing maintenance requests are currently outstanding which have been requested longer than 6 months, can you give details on how long requests have been awaiting completion eg number of queries outstanding grouped into 6 - 12 months since submitted 12 - 18 months since submitted etc.
To ask the Chief Executive how many people are on the medical priority housing list who require wheel chair adapted properties can you break down by the length of time they are on the list. Is there supports available to these people in helping them find suitably adapted HAP properties while waiting to be housed
To ask the Chief Executive to produce a report on outstanding development fees, including total amount outstanding and a breakdown per development?
To ask the Chief Executive to report on the number of homeless households in the county including a breakdown between singles, couples and families?
To ask the Chief Executive if the Built Heritage Investment Scheme grants is to be run again next year?
To ask the Chief Executive how many applications have been received and paid to date on the Business Restart grant scheme and to give a breakdown of number and amounts paid. Also have any applications been received and rejected?
To ask the Chief Executive if special measures are being put in place to collect and measure the volume of "nitrous oxide cylinders" which have become increasingly frequent in dumping around the county, and if he will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive if there will be a deferral or reduction in pitch fees for sports clubs across the county, given that pitches have not been in use for over three months and that many clubs have not had access to cub subscriptions for that period.
Have any so-called Dog Behaviourists been employed or contracted by South Dublin County Council in designing how dogs are accommodated in the county's parks?
Does SDCC have grass cutting equipment to allow cut grass to be collected and thus removed from grassed areas under the maintenance of Public Realm, in order to allow long-term depletion of Nitrogen stocks in the soil so as to allow a proliferation of non-grass species e.g. wildflowers? If not, how can SDCC have a biodiversity action plan if it is unimplementable due to the lack of relevant machinery?
Can the Chief Executive outline both how many outstanding planning enforcement cases are being investigated in the county and how many planning enforcement inspectors are employed? At the current rate, in what month and year would the Chief Executive expect the amount of outstanding planning enforcement cases to be below 25?
To ask the Chief Executive to update members on plans to deal with the annual challenges of Halloween detailing actions to protect our Open Spaces and will he make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executiveto confirm actions being taken to deal with Homeless cases during these difficult times; will he detail numbers and make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive if he is concerned about the water supply levels to our County; what contacts has he made in respect of the matter and will he make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive to detail actions he is taking in respect of Climate Change and will he make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive how many houses he has purchased for allocation in 2019 and so far in 2020; will he give the details in respect of each Electoral area and confirm plans for further purchases?
To ask the Chief Executive, in terms of local authority tenants, for analysis of arrears relative to weekly rent charged, relative to the income of the household.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide an updated report on the findings from the pilot scheme for the solar bins, initiated sometime ago.
To ask the Chief Executive how many local authority, wheelchair accessible homes will be coming on stream in the next twelve months, including a breakdown of bedroom numbers.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into how a Tree Preservation Order can be raised by a Councillor and also how a Councillor can get it into the County Development Plan?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into wheelchair bathroom facilities in community centres and Council owned building and is this the normal and policy of SDCC? Is this in the County Development plan ? Also to comment on Changing Places and what the plan is for to roll than out throughout the county?
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report into a timeframe for the new County Development plan and to detail the stages and when Councillors can start submitting motions ? Also to outline the timeframe and stages in the development of the new plan ?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into what options are open to people in regards to being a RAS Tenant and what supports are available from South Dublin County Council? Is the Council considering if persons on RAS be included on Council housing list so as not to lose time on housing list and to access CBL?
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DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS
(No report)
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES
(No Reports)
MANAGERS REPORT
DRAFT CALENDAR OF MEETING DATES
AUDIT COMMITTEE - APPROVAL OF EXTERNAL NOMINATION
CORKAGH PARK PAVILION PART 8
KILTIPPER PARK PART 8
TEENSPACE PROGRAMME PHASE 2
CLONBURRIS AND ADAMSTOWN URDF APPLICATION
REVISED DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTION SCHEME (2021-2025)
FORTUNESTOWN/CITYWEST - DELIVERY OF INFRASTRUCTURE
CIVIC PLAZAS TALLAGHT
BELGARD AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL SCHEME
COMMUNITY GRANTS REVIEW
DUBLIN MOUNTAINS PROJECT – PLANNING UPDATE
Correspondence
Ministerial
Letter dated 9th June from The Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for Mental Health and Older People in response to Motion 2 fro the May 2019 Council Meeting (Services provided by Jigsaw)
Correspondence dated 3rd June 2020 from AILG report on the Plenary Members Activities
Letter dated 16th June from Kerry County Council regarding the VAT rate on the Tourism industry.
Letter dated 24th June from Westmeath County Council in relation to the 2020 Leaving Certificate Examination
Motions
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to reconstitute the Commemorations Committee mindful of the series of historic landmarks which will occur over the duration of the Council to ensure to those events are respectfully memorialised and celebrated.
That this County Council calls on the incoming Government to repeal the Private Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and to introduce new legislation to govern all matters relating to tenancies or other lesser interests in private land noting the current housing crisis and its impact on tenure.
That this Council, in line with the recently declared Climate and Biodiversity Emergency, calls on the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to remove the Shannon LNG terminal from the Projects of Common Interests List.
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to confirm actions he is taking to deal with the ongoing menace of Scramblers/Quads which remains a serious issue in many communities throughout our County; will he also confirm contacts he has had with Government in respect for the need of effective legislation in the matter and will he make a statement.
That this council requests the Chief Executive to examine the feasibility of SDCC opening a motocross track at a suitable location and to liaise with any motocross clubs established within the South Dublin area in achieving this goal.
That this Council calls for the establishment of a dog pound/cat and dogs home that is within this Council's control.
What funding is available for this ?
The Chief Executive to bring a report on the feasibility of achieving this.
Following the attached Sinn Féin motion that was passed in March of this year, This Council reaffirms it’s call to the Chief Executive to review the current waste collection services in conjunction with the other Dublin local Authorities and the Unions with a view to the remunicipalisation of the domestic waste service whereby the Council would take charge once again of the Service but this time in a more efficient and cost competitive manner than was previously the case
This Councils calls on the Chief Executive take appropriate steps to ensure that all litter prosecutions take place in the closest Courthouse to the community where the offence is alleged to have taken place, so as to maximise the deterrent effect of prosecution for litter offences.
That South Dublin County Council calls on the Irish Government Departments of Health, Justice and Equality and Children and Youth Affairs to recognise that Parental Alienation is “Substantial and sustained dissatisfaction within a caregiver-child relationship associated with significant disturbance in functioning” as coded by the World Health Organisation in the latest International Classification of Diseases version 11 and to implement recommendation 36 of the Report of the Reform of the Family Law System October 2019.
That this Council calls for the introduction of electronic booking systems for community centres in the County.
That the elected members of this council, recognising the importance of recycling in tackling the climate crisis, condemn increases in fees for recycling/green bins by local waste management providers, and re-iterate our support for the re-nationalisation of waste management provision which should be regarded as a public service.
That South Dublin County Council designs and implements a Residents Association Handbook for the County which would be a go to for all new and existing associations in the County.
That the members request the Chief Executive to design, install and organise for Plaques similar to the one in the photo to be placed in our parks in thanks to all our volunteers/hero’s that have helped out in so many ways during the challenging times of Covid19
That the Council will promote social distancing in the community and that in response to this motion an outline will be given as to what steps are proposed to ensure social distancing in our county in public spaces including in local parks, villages, community centres, and how the Council will help local businesses in adapting to providing goods and services while ensuring social distancing, and are social media campaigns planned.
That this Council ensures that all future contracts entered into with private contractors to carry out works on behalf of this local authority, will ensure that a clause will be included that states that glyphosate based products can no longer be used by them or the Local Authority, in relation to any work that is carried out on our behalf.
This Council agrees to install two self-cleaning outdoor public toilets on the high streets of each of the seven local electoral areas of the county and to liaise with the City of Paris if any advice on the matter needed.
This Council calls on the Chief Executive, in the event of there being financial restrictions as a result of the Covid-19 or for any other reason, that the funds for the Traveller Accommodation Programme 2019-2024 for this County be safeguarded and that the planned programme be fully implemented and that in any associated discussions he or the Director of Housing have with Government Departments that they convey the determination of the elected members that the said Traveller Accommodation Programme be fully funded and resourced.