Agenda - Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting 19th January, 2022

Confirmation & Re-affirmation of Minutes of Meeting held on 15th December, 2021

• HI 1 Minutes of 15th December, 2021

"To ask the Chief Executive if it is possible to ensure that there is a uniform bollard design for Main St., in Clondalkin? Recently installed bollards are of a different design than the ones that have been there for a number of years and are thus not matching."

• Q 1

New Works (No Business)

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

LED Upgrade Report

• HI 5 LED Upgrade Programme Q1/2 2022

Correspondence (No Business)

"That this Area Committee welcomes the new concrete planters recently installed by a private contractor in liaison with Clondalkin Tidy Towns and South Dublin County Council on the footpaths outside the Tower Credit Union on Main St., Clondalkin and outside the Tower Shopping Centre, on Tower Road in Clondalkin, and agrees to install two more similar planters on the East footpath of the Ninth Lock Road at the Elmfield Court Apartment Block. The footpath at Elmfield Court Apartment Block is sufficiently wide that such planters would not hinder pedestrians and in addition they could also deter illegal car parking there."

• M 1

"That this Committee agrees that South Dublin County Council should carry out a study to ascertain if a traffic controlled junction is required at New Nangor Road and Cherrywood Crescent, to provide data showing frequency and type of road traffic accidents (RTA) and that the Chief Executive  report back to this Committee as soon as possible so that appropriate action can be decided upon."

• M 2

"To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the planning enforcement case that applies to lands at Boherboy in Saggart and is referred to in Members Reps. ID: 1685355?"

• Q 2

"To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the planning enforcement case involving the construction that has taken place on the New Road in Clondalkin on lands previously known as San Jose and referred to in Motion 14 of the September 2021 Clondalkin ACM?"

• Q 3

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)

"To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the Orchard Lodge project?"

• Q 4

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Committee recognising pandemic restrictions, request SDCC to liaise with Fáilte Ireland, the media, local hospitality partners and local entertainment/leisure/activity outlets to establish the 'Home to Clondalkin Campaign' to run from 1st June to 31st August each year (starting in 2022). This with a view to encouraging the Clondalkin diaspora to return home for the summer holidays, thereby enhancing inbound tourism in the area."

• M 3

"This Area Committee calls for an update into the ongoing process to provide an age-friendly facility at Orchard Lodge, and asks what can be done to escalate the matter if necessary."

• M 4

"That this Committee requests South Dublin County Council agree that the contemporary film of the parade, supporting the preservation of the Round Tower be displayed permanently in Brú Chrónain/Round Tower Visitors' Centre and that the name of the original filmographer be acknowledged as part of the copy on display."

• M 5

"To ask the Chief Executive to issue a report that explores ways to support and fund the Clondalkin Living History Group during the summer season and festivals going forward and to provide contact details for the group."

• Q 5

New Works (No Business)

Application for Arts Grants (No Business)

Library News & Events

• HI 10 Library News and Events
• statisitics

Correspondence (No Business)

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That South Dublin County Counci Libraries liaise with The Joe Williams Archive to ensure that the burial records are available online via South Dublin County Council website are accurate and easily accessible to people tracing their ancestors."

• M 6

"That South Dublin County Council Libraries and South Dublin County Council support local people to celebrate the history of the Mount St. Joseph Monastery (now gone) and also its contribution to Clondalkin's educational heritage and other aspects of our history.  Also to assist local people in promoting the celebration of the bi-centenary of the first burial in Mount St. Joseph Cemetery, on 19th June 2022."

• M 7

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)

"This Committee agrees that defibrillator stations should be established in all of our villages and centres of high social activity centres and that the Chief Executive should consider budgeting for such a programme on an annual basis."

• M 8

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)

"To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the tendering process for St. Cuthbert's Park and to inform this Committee of the criteria and parameters that has been established for the success of this project?"

• Q 6

"To ask the Chief Executive if he will outline the number of successful prosecutions for littering in the Clondalkin Area over the last three years and make a statement on the number?"

• Q 7

"To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the Public Realm works 2021 proposal for a new footpath in Corkagh Park linking the pedestrian entrance from Cherrywood Crescent to the pedestrian entrance to Corkagh Grange and the necessary consultation with local residents and An Gardaí Síochána with regard to the same."

• Q 8

"To ask the Chief Executive for a report that asks the Park Department to detail the current grass cutting for the Wildflower Meadows, in Rathcoole Park, in particular for the Annex habitat Lowland Hay Meadow? Also to provide advice and information to staff on the Annex habitat Lowland Hay Meadow, to regularly remind and update staff on South Dublin County Council wildflower policy and practice, and to provide a report on same."

• Q 9

"To ask the Chief Executive for a report into what was the outcome of leaflet drop that the Council did into the houses on Cherrywood Crescent  to find out whether residents were in favour or against the Council constructing a path from Corkagh Grange to the pedestrian entrance on Cherrywood Crescent? Also what works do the Council intend to carry out in the area opposite these houses in the line of tree cutting or landscaping and what is the time frame on these works being done?"

• Q 10

New Works (No Business)

 Draft Public Realm Improvement Works Programme 2022

• HI 15 Draft Public Realm Improvement Works Programme 2022

Correspondence (No Business)

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Area Committee calls on the Chief Executive to present a report on Mount St. Joseph Graveyard and how this can be preserved for the future and protected against destructive anti-social behaviour.

• M 10

"This Area Committee calls for an update on the agreed installation of reflection/memorial benches, and agrees that the Committee be consulted on final wording of any dedications or inscriptions, as well as locations."

• M 11

"That this Area Committee agrees to paint the boundary wall on the Watery Lane between the Castle View Road and Castle Park, (the wall which forms the boundary between Watery Lane and the gardens of Castle Close) a dark Ivy Green in order to reduce the appeal of the wall for graffiti tagging and to also match the colour of the foliage on the banks of the Camac River on the opposite side of the road and thus enhance the aesthetics of this road and create a green corridor."

• M 12

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)

"To ask the Chief Executive if the Council can provide data on level of mould and dampness in council properties, (particular attention should be given to age friendly accommodation)? To ascertain if there is a design flaw or if there is proper ventilation installed in properties that are deemed to be insulated and airtight."

• Q 11

"To ask the Chief Executive if he will outline the number of families and individuals on the Housing List based in the Clondalkin area?"

• Q 12

"To ask the Chief Executive to issue a report in what progress has been made in providing emergency accommodation (Homeless) as requested by several pass motions in the Clondalkin Area? Also to outline what attempts have been made over the last few years?"

• Q 13

"To ask the Chief Executive to issue a report into what part 8s are planned for the Clondalkin area for 2022.  How many houses these will provide by scheme and what timeframes are envisaged for each?"

• Q 14

New Works (No Business)

HI 18 Anti- Social Behaviour – Quarter 4 Report 2021

• HI 18 ASB 4th QTR 2021

Housing Supply Report

• HI 19 QTR Housing Supply report

Correspondence 

• Cor. 1 Letter to An Garda Commissioner M 72314
• Cor. 2 Reply from Sup, N. Featherstone M 72314

"That this Committee agrees that bed sits are inappropriate living dwellings for people housed by South Dublin County Council and it calls on the Chief Executive to upgrade the 6 day units in Mayfield to one bedroom apartments, excluding the facility used by the Clondalkin Men's Shed."

• M 13

"To ask the Chief Executive to present an approximate timeline for the fit out of the Community Meeting Space in the Orchard Lodge Apartment Block, for which planning permission was granted eighteen years ago (SD03A/0271)?"

• Q 15

New Works (No Business)

Deputations for Noting (No Business)

Correspondence (No Business)

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Area Committee asks the Chief Executive and Executive to consider how best to acknowledge 10 years of Clondalkin Tidy Towns in February 2022 and the great work they have done in those 10 years."

• M 14

"That this Committee calls for a report on the opening hours of the playground facilities at Clondalkin Leisure Centre/Clondalkin Park and the opening hours of the gate to Clondalkin Park on Mill Lane."

• M 15

"That this Area Committee agrees that the Chief Executive should set up a liaison system with the local Tidy Towns groups in the area to coordinate work e.g. litter picking, hedge trimming, weeding."

• M 16