Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes

Minutes of Meeting of Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee held on the 27th of February, 2007 

• minutes 27/02/07

To ask the Manager for an update on the availability of school sports halls in Palmerstown Community School for use by local groups.

• Sports Hall Palmerstown

To ask the Manager for an outline presentation on the concept of a Digital Hub and how it might apply in South Dublin?

• Digital Hubs

To ask the Manager if he will advise on the financial and other supports, advice etc., which might be available to Liffey Valley Park Residents Association to run a Summer Project in 2007 for children living in the estate, and if Ballyowen Castle Community Centre could be made available as a base for such a project? 

• Liffey Valley Park Res Assocs

To ask the Manager if he can indicate when the Council will bring forward proposals for the provision of Library Services, including a Regional Library, to serve the Communities of Palmerstown, Quarryvale, Rowlagh, Neilstown and surrounding estates in that part of Clondalkin, and if a public consultation process will be implemented to allow people to put forward their views on such issues as ease of access by public transport and on foot?   

• Library Provision

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Correspondence

 

 Application for Grants (if any)

• Community Grants

 Library News Events

• H - I 4

Cathaoirleach's Business

                                     (no business received)

To ask the Manager to what extent, if any, is there CCTV camera coverage in Corkagh Park?

• CCTV Corkagh Park

To ask the Manager to enclose the allotments properly in Corkagh Park?

• Corkagh Park Allotments

To ask the Manager for a timescale of completion as to when the low stone wall in Riversdale Estate, Palmerstown will be constructed?

• Riversdale Estate Low Stone Wall

To ask the Manager to consider the removal and closure of the small seated area in Sarsfield Park near the local Health Centre. This has become a drinking area late at night and has caused great concern to residents living nearby due to anti-social behaviour taking place here?

• Sarsfield Park Seated Area

To ask the Manager to carry out the re-instatement or alternatively the elimination of the grass margins in Cannonbrook Estate alongside the back entrance to St. Annes’ & St Thomas’ Schools?

• Canonbrook Estate

To ask the Manager for an update on the opening of Waterstown Park to the public and that a dedicated Park Ranger Service be installed simultaneously as the current arrangements with Rangers travelling from Lucan –given the traffic congestion- is neither cost effective or efficient?

• Waterstown Park

To ask the Manager if he make an updated report on the Council's response to requests to remove trees at Cherry Lawns, Hillcrest, and in Woodview and Woodviw Heights estates in Lucan?

• Tree Removals Hillcrest and Woodview

To ask the Manager for an updated report on the All-Weather Pitch Project ( with Weston Hockey Club) in Griffeen Valley Park, Lucan and if the recent fire at the site has caused a significant delay in the project?

• Griffeen All Weather Pitch

To ask the Manager for an updated report on the installation of railings along the Griffeen at the Village Green, Lucan?

• Griffeen Valley Railings

To ask the Manager for an updated report on the implementation of the Council's plans (already through the Part VIII process) to extend Griffeen Valley Park to the 12th Lock and if he can indicate when the proposed facilities, such as playing pitches, dressing rooms and playground will begin to come available for use? 

• Griffeen Valley extension 12 th Lock

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Correspondence

 

Cathaoirleach's Business

That the Manager presents a report on the provision of footpaths and lighting in the open green area between Oak Way and Willow Avenue, Green Park, Clondalkin.

• Oak Way Willow Drive footpaths and Lighting

That the Manager gives an update on the works to be carried out at Lucan Weir and if he could provide a timeframe for their completion?

• Lucan Weir

That the Council provides a pedestrian footpath across the open space from the rear of Kew Park to the Celbridge Road.

• Kew Park Pedestrian Bridge

That the Manager would report on what drainage works have recently taken place and, what drainage works are scheduled to take place in the near future, and within a time-scale, for the benefit of local Sporting Clubs using Griffeen Valley Regional Park and Willsbrook Park, including Lucan Sarsfields GAA Club.

• Griffeen Valley Drainage works

That this Committee recommends that lighting be erected along the path in St. Cuthbert's Park and especially on the section between Melrose Estate and Lindisfarne as one of the pedestrian gaps between these two estates has been removed.

• Lighting St Cuthberts Park

That the Manager would agree to planting longish trees between Mill Court Estates and the New Nangor Road in order to screen the estates from traffic noise.

• Planting Mill Estaes Old Nangor RD

To ask the Manager to clean the pedestrian lane between the Old and New Nangor Roads at the Telephone Exchange?

• Q 15

To ask the Manager for an update on a report requested from the Irish Aviation Authority in July 2006 regarding regulations on monitoring fumes and pollution emitting from jet planes?

• Irish Aviation Authority

To ask the Manager for a cleanup of the area, at the entrance to Lucan Demense, opposite Annadales Restaraunt as it has become a dumping ground for domestic waste as well as litter?

• Q 17

To ask the Manager to contact the management of the Statoil Service Station Palmerstown and to get them to keep the precincts of their premises litter free and presentable?

• Q 18

To thank the Management and Council staff for the clean-ups that have taken place in the back lanes in Palmerstown and to ask for a report on the matter including information on any prosecutions that have taken place in relation to fly tipping or littering of the laneways?

• Back Lanes in Palmerstown

To ask the Manager if he can make a report on measures taken to remove the recent severe littering/illegal dumping and remains of fires at Quarryvale Park, and if there has been any success in identifying and fining any of those responsible?

• Dumping in Quarryvale

 NEW WORKS

Report on Junk Collection 2007

• H-I 7

 Correspondence

Cathaoirleach's Business

That the Manager undertakes a major clean-up of Knockmenagh Lane from Monastery Road to Knockmenagh Road.

• M 8

That the Manager would agree to re-locate the Bottle Banks adjacent to Moy Glas estate to an alternative and more suitable location as per the request of the Moy Glas Residents Association and the Senior Environmental Health Officer, who in a report to the Moy Glas Residents Association reported that a request had been made to the Environmental Services Department "recommending that the bottle banks are moved to a more secure and supervised site."

 

• M 9

That a litter bin be provided at Oak Court Close Palmerstown in recognition of the fact that this area is used extensively by students from the nearby Community School during lunch break

• Litter Bin

That this Committee supports the request of residents of Castle Riada Estate, Lucan that the Environmental Services Department treat the extensive problem of graffiti on the surrounding walls of the estate and within the estate, and asks the Manager if he can make a report outlining the schedule of the Council over the period to the end of April 2007 to treat graffiti at severely affected locations in Lucan, including Castle Riada. 

• M 11

That the Manager would provide a detailed report on the time scale for the Council's Graffiti Removal Crew and the Contractor specialising in the removal of Graffiti to clean the existing Graffiti in the Lucan area, including the boundary walls at Castle Riada which have been on the list of scheduled works for some considerable time. 

• M 12

To ask the Manager how much social housing will become available in the Newcastle area within the next calender year?

• Newcastle Housing

To ask the Manager to report on the Housing Lists for families in Lucan, Clondalkin, and Palmerstown Areas and list those families by area who are wating more than two years for a house?

• 10423

To ask the Manager for a comprehensive report on the on going building issues relating to the house, (address supplied separately).

 

• Qu 23

To ask the Manager how reports of snags in the housing units at Meile an Ri, including poorly fitted glass in windows, poorly fitted window frames and dampness in the units are being dealt with by the Housing Department, and if he will provide a report on the matter?

• Qu 24

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on work done, or planned, on repairing or replacing defective windows in the Council's houses in Esker Drive, Lucan? 

• Windows at Esker Drive , Lucan

To ask the Manager for an updated report on the temporary Halting Site at Foxborough Grove, Lucan and if he can advise when the use of this site as a Halting Site is to end, and on the Council's plans for the development and landscaping of the site?

• 10435

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 Correspondence

 Report on Housing Construction Programme

• H-I (9)

Report on Implementation of Traveller Accommodation Programme

• 9657

Cathaoirleach's Business

                            (no business received)