Agenda - Tallaght ACM 1 Meeting- 19th February, 07

Minutes of Meeting of Tallaght Area Committee (1) - 15th January, 2007

• Mins

"To ask the Manager to state why despite previous requests to have graffitti removed from properties in Swiftbrook, De Selby, Montpelier etc ( please refer to previous questions) this litter offence has not been addressed?"

• Q1

"To ask the Manager to provide a schedule showing anticipated dates of roadsweeps per estate in the Tallaght South area for the forthcoming year?"

• Q 2

"To ask the Manager to arrange for a litter bin to be provided in the vicinity of the Citywise project on Fortunestown Way as requests have come from the management and users of the centre and the residents of the area with a view to the litter problem in the area being diminished or eradicated?"

• Q 3

"To ask  the Manager could he verify how the owner of the new house at 41a Alderwood Avenue got permission to hook up to the effluent system when it is well known that there is a problem with the system in the vicinity of that house?"

• Q 4

" To ask the Manager to have arranged a major clean-up of the hill area adjacent to Avonmore Park and will the Manager note that the dumping of rubbish at this location appears to be a recurring problem and what long term action can this Council take to resolve this issue?."

• Q 5

" To ask the Manager to have arranged contact made with the relevant retail units at Glenview Shopping Centre requesting that they arrange removal of the unsightly grafitti at the Shopping Centre?."

• Q 6

"To ask the Manager to erect bins on the Old Bawn pathway across the road from Ahearnes pub as litter gathers in Dodder Park as a result of having no way to dispose of it along this stretch of road, if the Manager could look at the possibility of placing a bin on each entrance to the park at this location and would he make a statement on the matter?"

• Q 7

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Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Committee calls on the Manager to have arranged the erection of litter bins at the pedestrian access/egress to Dodder Valley Park ( Old Bawn Road)"

• M 1

"That the Manager reports on how, when Oxigen fail to turn up to carry out a scheduled recycling collection in Jobstown and there is a significant amount of litter issuing from overturned or windswept bins it becomes the Council's or concerned residents responsibility to clean up the areas affected"

• M 2

"That this Committee discusses the on-going drainage problems in the Maplewood/Raheen area"

• M 3

"That the Manager initiates proceedings to require the owners of properties on * address supplied adjacent to the new Tallaght Leisure Centre to remove graffiti that has remained on their properties for a significant length of time as this is seriously detracting from the residential amenity in this area"

• M 4

"To ask the Manager to provide details in terms of numbers of houses purchased on the open market to replenish the Council's housing stock in the Tallaght area in the past 24 months - this figure to give a breakdown of houses that have sale completed and sale agreed to date?"

• Question 8

"To ask the Manager to provide a breakdown of the numbers of houses within the remit of each Estate Officer in the Tallaght area and likewise within the remit of each Anti-Social Team Officer?"

• Que 9

"To ask the Manager to outline to what extent information is freely available to Councillors as a result of the implementation of the the RAS scheme in this Council vis a vis the numbers of private rented houses in particular estates in Tallaght for example, compliance of Landlords to register tenancies with the PRTB, payment of taxpayers money ie Rental Supplement to landlords who are not registered etc?"

• RAS

"To ask the Manager to report on standard supports provided by the Council to new Traveller Specific accommodation developments in the Tallaght area?"

• Q (11)

"To ask the Manager to replace or repair as appropriate the damaged boundary gate at Brookfield Court which was erected for public safety reasons and which has not being possible to close for some time which has safety implications specifically for the children of the cul-de-sac?"

• Que 12

“To ask the Manager what action he intends taking to improve the condition of Kiltipper Way, particularly that section of the road and pathway which is on the left hand side of the road going from Ellensborough to The Square, and specifically, when he intends to repair the broken walls, remove rubbish, repair trees, and generally improve the condition of the streetscape along this section of the road, and if he will make a statement on the matter?”

• Qu (13)

Report on Housing Construction Programme

• H -I (4)

REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAVELLER ACCOMMODATION PROGRAMME

• H-I-5

Report on Quarterly Statistics for Anti-Social Behaviour

• H-I 6

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Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Committee calls on the Manager to arrange for the necessary measures to be put in place to prioritise housing transfer applicants who wish to downsize their homes from for example a three bedroom to a one bedroom in the interest of a more efficient use of the housing stock".

• Motion 5

"To ask the Manager to report on the progress of the proposed Ladies Keep Fit project due to commence from the recently refurbished Brookfield Community Centre?"

• Keep Fit Classes Brookfield

“To ask the Manager to outline the progress in terms of providing a Community Centre for the general Ballycullen area, if the existing funds which are in place to provide such a centre are going to be utilised over the coming year, given the failure on the part of all sides to resolve this issue and to agree a location, and if he will make a statement on the matter?"

• Que 15

Application for Grants (if any)

• Community Grants

Library News Events

• Library Events

Report on Nabco Centre - Donomore Park

• H-I 11

Part 8 St. Marks Youth and Family Community Centre

• H-I 12

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Cathaoirleach's Business

"To ask the Manager to report on the current status of the taking in charge of the green spaces in the Sundale Estate - to outline the delays in this process to date and to give an approximate date for the completion of this process? 

• Que 16

"To ask the Manager to report on the Dodder Linear Park (section from Mt Carmel Park to Oldbawn Bridge), with particular reference to pathways, promised access points, amount of monies expended to date since 1998, and can he indicate when, if at all, the viewing mound at Firhouse will become operational (given that the Council has permitted a construction compound to be located there)?"

• Dodder Linear Park

"To ask the Manager to have arranged the erection of wooden bollards at the green area at Ambervale (as done successfully in other areas of Cookstown/Springfield) in attempt to restrict illegal vehicular access at this location and the consequent burnt out vehicles left behind?"

• Que 18

" To ask the Manager to give consideration to having the boundary wall at Avonmore Road/Dodder Valley Park stone cladded which would be consistent with the other boundary walls along the perimiter of the Park in OldBawn and could this issue be a headed item for the next relevant Council meeting?."

• Avonmore Road Dodder Valley Park

"To ask the Manager if and when a playground will be provided in the new Ballycragh/ Ballycullen Park, so that younger children can play in the Park and use a facility which is desperately required, and given the fact that the nearest playground to the entire Ballycullen area is some two miles away, if he could expedite this request, and if he could make a statement on the matter?"

• Que 20

“To ask the Manager if the Council’s Parks Department can improve the boundary at the back of the houses at (Details supplied), given the fact that a wall has not been considered at this location, and given the general unsightly and ugly condition of the lands in question, if this work can be completed as part of the Firhouse Road Improvement Scheme, and if he will make a statement on the matter?"

 

• Que 21

“To ask the Manager to clarify for the benefit of residents who live on Verschoyle Drive in Saggart Abbey, the exact landscaping plans which are to be implemented before the new Citywest Shopping Centre is open, and specifically if he could outline what type of division will be erected on the open space between the houses on this road, and the area of the shopping centre which will take deliveries from early in the morning, if the Manager accepts the necessity to keep both developments completely separate, and that the landscaping work will be to the highest standard, and given the fact that this development is now completed, to outline when this landscaping work will commence, as the centre is due to open later this year, and if the Council have agreed plans to spend the €600,000 contribution to the local community in the area, and if consultation has occurred with local community groups in the area, and if he will make a statement on the matter?"

• Que 22

 "To ask the Manager to landscape and generally clean up the site at (Details supplied), given the fact that the Department of Education have now eventually completed the fence so as to stop incursions onto their land, and given a commitment that was given to local residents, that the Council would improve landscaping in the area, if this work can now be expedited, and if he will make a statement on the matter?"

• Que 23

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Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Committee calls on the Manager to arrange for some mature tree planting to be carried out in the Cushlawn Estate as there is a significant lack of mature trees in the Estate which results in a gloomy appearance to the area".

"That a draft plan for the proposed public park at Ellensborough be presented to the Committee for consideration as a matter of urgency, and that the consultative process commence thus enabling local residents to have a meaningful input into the outcome"