Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes

Minutes of Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting (2) 22nd May, 2007

 

• Minutes 22nd May, 2007

To ask the Manager to replace broken and dead trees outside numbers 17 and 97 Esker Lawns, Lucan?

• Dead Trees Esker

To ask the Manager for an update and projected timescale for the installation of toilet facilites at Willsbrook Park, Lucan?

• Toilets Willsbrook Park

To ask the Manager for an update on the construction of playing pitches at the Grange end of Griffeen Park, Lucan?

• Playing Pitches Griffeen

To ask the Manager for a progress report on the open space between the Wheatfield Prison/Cherry Orchard and Whitethorn Estate that I requested at the April meeting?

• Open Space Whitethorn Estate

To ask the Manager if grass cutting in Whitethorne Estate and along the Cloverhill Road is included in the current schedule and if not, when will they be included?

• Whitethorn Estate Grass Cutting

To ask the Manager for a site meeting at the open space between Westbourne Park and Westbourne Green regarding the condition of same and the problems associated with the path into Lealand Estate.

• Open Space Westbourne

To ask the Manager to clean on a regular basis the large green area at Woodford Avenue/Road. Residents have been complaining about glass and constant littering.

• Open Space Woodford

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on work done to deal with subsidence and possible effects on the preserved trees along the old Main Road, Lucan, behind Esker Lawns estate?  

• Trees Main Road Lucan

To ask the Manager for a progress report on the implementation of the Council's Five Year Playground Programme including information on specific proposals for additional playground provision in the Lucan and Clondalkin Electoral Areas?

• Playground Programme

Correspondence

(none received)

New Works

(none received)

 

Report on Part 8 Proposed Athletics Track at Clondalkin Leisure Centre

 

• H-I 3

Report on Part 8 Proposed Upgrade of Car Park at Corkagh Park - St John's Road Entrance

 

• Car Park Part 8 Corkagh Park

Cathaoirleach's Business                  Cllr. R. Dowds

That this Committee recommends that a report be presented on the intended dressing rooms for Collinstown Park to be located in Collinstown Community College.

• Dressing Rooms Collinstown Park

That this Committee believes that Quarryvale Park has the potential to be developed as a valuable amenity for the residents of Quarryvale and as an attractive landscape at the entrance to the future Liffey Valley Town Centre and requests the manager to make a report on enhancement works planned for the park in the summer and any plans for the further development of the park. 

• Quarryvale Park

That a report be brought on proposals for repairing vandalised Collinstown Park playground.

That the Manager would report on the first nine months activity in the Skate Park in Griffeen Valley Regional Park since its opening on 23rd September 2006.

That this Committee calls on the Manager to remove the rubble which has been left within  Riversdale Park close to house No (details supplied),  to complete the removal of the tree at the same location, to restore the wall between the Park and the footpath and,  to meet with the householder to agree how the damage to the boundary wall and driveway caused by the roots of the tree can be remedied as a matter of urgency as this matter has dragged on for a number of years now and is a source of great frustration and stress to the householder in question.

That this Committee requests South Dublin County Council to re-surface the Oatfield F.C. soccer pitch and the surrounding area at the Wheatfield/Oatfield end of Collinstown Park as the present pitch does not drain properly.

That in view of the success of the Lucan Skate Board Park, are there any plans to provide the same in Clondalkin?

To ask the Manager to for an update and timescale regarding proposed new facilities in Lucan Leisure Centre?

• Lucan Leisure Centre

To ask the Manager for a progress report on the Lucan Youth Café Project?

• Question 11

To ask the Manager to provide an up-to-date report on the progress made in gauging the feasibility for a Horse Project in the Clondalkin/Bawnogue area in response to my on-goings representations and campaign for this facility?

• Question 12

To ask the Manager for a up-to-date report on plans to introduce a Slí Na Sláinte project for the Lucan area that I first proposed in 2006?

• Sli Na Slainte Lucan

To acknowledge the Manager's agreement to incorporate the agreed new Swimming Pool in a new Lucan Sports and Leisure Centre and to ask the Manager to present the proposed design, or if not yet available an outline design of the proposed facility for a preliminary discussion at this Area Committee Meeting?

• Question 14

To ask the Manager for an update report on the provision of a Library/Digital Hub at Palmerstown and Clondalkin.

• Question 15

To ask the Manger for an update on a location for the proposed Youth Cafe in Lucan and if he has explored the provision of a sizable premises (or number of premises) for Youth Services in Lucan.

• Youth Cafe Lucan

To ask the Manager for a report on the Community Centre facility at the new Griffeen Centre, at the junction of Griffeen Avenue/Road, when the Centre will be available for use by the community, and what range of activities will be considered for the Centre?

• Question 17

To ask the Manager if there has been any progress on my proposal that one of the rooms in the Ballyowen Castle Community Centre be used as an Art gallery/permanent Exhibition Centre, and if the County Arts officer has made any recommendation on the matter?

• Question 18

Correspondence

(none received)

New Works

(none received)

Application for Grants

(none received)

Library News Events

 

• Library Events

Community Grants Scheme Review

 

• H-I 8

Cathaoirleach's Business

That this Committee reiterates its support for the provision of a public library in North Clondalkin and asks South Dublin County Council to reiterate its support for that policy and to work towards implementing such a policy as soon as possible.

• Library Provision in North Clondalkin

That this Committee compliments the work done on the Youth Café in Lucan project by the students of St Joseph's College, Lucan and welcomes the support for the project from Lucan Youth Service and requests the Manager to make a report on progress towards securing a suitable premises in Lucan for a Youth Café.  

• Lucan Youth Cafe

That the Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee requests the Manager to bring forward proposals for the provision of a Regional Library and E-Learning Hubs to serve the people of Palmerstown and North Clondalkin and asks the Manager to make a statement on the matter.

• Regional Library and E-learning hubs

That the Manager would present a detailed report for discussion on the progress made arising from the local consultation process I requested and that the Manager would now present his plans, including details of a suitable venue for a Youth Café project, including a time-scale, in the vicinity of Lucan Village.

• Youth Cafe Lucan

To ask the Manager to have the footpaths and grass verges of Neilstown Road between Finches and the Coldcut Road cleaned and cleared especially of glass.

• Q 19

To ask the Manager to investigate the sewage smells on the mid section of the Old Naas Road adjacent to Green Park, Clondalkin and to report on the matter?

• Q 20

To ask the Manager for an update on the proposed closure of laneways at Esker Park between house numbers 56/57 and 70/71?

• Q 20

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on a recent discharge of sewage into the Griffeen River, near Arthur Griffith Park/the Nursing Home, allegedly due to failure of a Council pumping station, and provide information on a reported resulting fish kill, and if he will consider providing financial support to Lucan Salmon and Trout Anglers Club to re-stock the river? 

• Overflow from Esker Pumping Station to Griffeen River on 5th June 2007

To ask the Manager for a report on plans to accept plastic in the Green Bins and increase the frequency of collection in the Lucan Electoral Area?

• Q23

Correspondence

(none received)

New Works

(none received)

Dublin Region Water Mains Rehabilitation Project.

 

• HI 10
• Presentation H-I 10

 

Proposed Extension of the Green Bin Recyclable Collection

 

• HI 11

Cathaoirleach's Business

(no business received)

That the Manager removes the bin from outside 12 Tower Road and that the Manager explains why it is not a standard that Dublin Bus must supply a bin with each bus stop granted.

• M 12

That a full report be given regarding possible access for local residents to the new mains for water/sewage provision for the group housing at Tay Lane Newcastle/Rathcoole.

That the Manager would report in detail on the work of the Graffiti Removal Crew in recent months in the Lucan, Palmerstown and Clondalkin areas. In particular what works remain outstanding in these areas and what are the time-scales for these remaining works?

• M 14

That the Council provides additional litter bins at identifiable "litter spots" e.g. between the Statoil Station and the Community School in Palmerstown and that the Council launches an anti-litter campaign that can raise public awareness and supports the work of our hard working litter wardens.

That the Manager addresses the issue of the sewage in the laneway in Alpine Heights

To ask the Manager to investigate the possiblity of incorporating waste ground at the back of houses on Droim Na Coille Avenue into resident's gardens. It is constantly used as an area for illegal dumping activities requiring clean ups every two months? This procedure is already taking place on the opposite side of Droim Na Coille Avenue.

• Item ID 11547

To ask the Manger to report on the present position regarding the Social and Affordable housing which were to be delivered as part of the housing planning application at  the Cold Cut, Palmerstown

• 11535

To ask the Manager when the bungalows at the rear of Lealand Gardens will be built? 

• Lealand

To ask the Manager for an updated report on the second phase of the Refurbishment Programme in tenant houses in Greenfort and Shancastle Estates?

• Question No 27

Correspondence

(none received)

New Works

(none received)

 

Report on Housing Construction Programme

 

• Construction Report

Report On Implementation Of Traveller Accommodation Programme

 

• 11107

Report on Public Notification Procedure under Part 8 of the Planning & Development Regulations 2001 – 2003 for the Proposed Construction of a Sheltered Housing Development at Valhalla, Watery Lane, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin. 

• Drawing Valhalla
• Drawing Valhalla
• Part 8 Report Valhalla

Cathaoirleach's Business                          

That this Committee recommends that the lane between Collinstown Community College and 47 Neilstown Drive be ceded to the owners of 47 Neilstown Drive.

• Item ID 11361

That a report be brought regarding a solution to the problem caused by the position of the ESB substation adjacent to Lindisfarne Green, Clondalkin 

That this Committee recommends that the County Council raise the dividing wall between the St. Brigid's Road houses and the new senior citizens dwellings off the New Road by two blocks to ensure privacy upstairs in the St. Brigid's houses.

• Cherryville Wall

That this Committee requests that the Part 8 for Valhalla, Watery Lane, Clondalkin be moved at the July 2007 County Council Meeting.

• Part 8 for Valhalla