Agenda - Tallaght ACM (2) 26th November, 2007

Minutes from Tallaght Area Committee Meeting 22nd October, 2007.

• Minutes

To ask the manager to write to Coillte and ask them to address the fact that many users of Hellfire Club are being inconvenienced by the recent closures of the car parks due to antisocial behaviour.

• Question 1

"To ask the Manager to have made contact with Dublin Bus with a view to requesting the relocation of the bus shelter opposite Colaiste de híde, which in the view of many residents is creating a blind spot due to its proximity to Tymonville Road?"

• Question 2

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(A) Letter dated 23rd October, 2007, sent to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding a motion passed at the Tallaght Area Committee Meeting of 1st October, 2007, in relation to the offer of a site for a new Garda Station in Citywest/Fortunestown.

(B) Letter dated 25th October, 2007, sent to Dublin Bus regarding a motion passed at the Tallaght Area Committee Meeting of 22nd October, 2007, in relation to the need to re-instate a bus link between the Ballycullen area and Tallaght Town Centre.

(C) Acknowledgement letter dated 1st November, 2007, from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding a letter sent in relation to the offer of a site for a new Garda Station in Citywest/Fortunestown.

(D) Acknowledgement letter dated 5th November, 2007, from Dublin Bus regarding a letter sent in relation to the need to re-instate a bus link between the Ballycullen area and Tallaght Town Centre.

• Correspondence (A)
• Correspondence (B)
• Correspondence (C)
• Correspondence (D)

CATHAOIRLEACH'S BUSINESS

(none received)

"That this Committee calls on the Manager to arrange contact with the R.P.A in view of the apparent lack of maintenance of landscaping along the Luas line between Kingswood & Kilnamanagh."

That consideration be given to the establishment, in County Hall or in another appropriate building within the city centre of Tallaght, of a venue in which the civil registration of marriages may take place, given that the marriage provisions of the Civil Registration Act, 2004 have now commenced.

• Motion 2

To ask the Manager as a matter of urgency to reply to complaint S5030, which has been recorded with the Enforcement section since February of this year, yet to date the complainant has had no reply - the issues raised in this complaint are having a significant negative impact on the quality of life of residents in this area?

• Q3

• Q 4

"To ask the Manager for a detailed update on the issue of enforcement as outlined in question 1 (under planning) at the Tallaght Area Committee meeting of May 28th, 2007 and will the Manager please note that the fencing has not been removed and the issue of anti-social activity still remains?"

• Question 5

"To ask the Manager for a detailed up to date on the planning history of the site adjacent to Mayberry Park & the Shell Garage, Mayberry Road, Kilnamanagh?"

• Question 6

Planning Files

A. Large applications under consideration

B. Files requested by members

• H-I(4A) Large Applications
• H-I(4B) Files Requested

Report on the Taking in Charge of Estates

• H (5)

Report on satellite dishes

• HI 6

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CATHAOIRLEACH'S BUSINESS

(none received)

"That this Committee discuss the non-completion of both the Zip Project and the Plaza at Tallaght Village."

That this Committee calls on the Manager with regard to the fact that the extension of the LUAS to Garter Lane is a substantial public transport gain, it is proposed that a variation procedure be initiated to provide for the re-zoning as follows:

That the Golf Village development at Fortunestown Lane be zoned to permit planning applications to increase Class 1 Retails space by way of mezzanine floors, change of use Class 2 and 4 to Class 1, the reduction of restaurant areas and other minor adjustments - Plot M on Map.

These changes will not alter the already approved footprint of the buildings.

• Motion 4
• Motion 4 Map provided by Cllr. Daly

"That this Committee discuss the conservation and streetscape of Tallaght Village."

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CATHAOIRLEACH'S BUSINESS

That the Manager immediately investigates the visual impact and environmental impact of neighbourhood shops within Council estates with a view to assisting or requiring owners or tenants to significantly improve them.

• M.6

That this Committee supports the residents of Saggart Village in their opposition to the sale of the Village Green to facilitate the development set out in planning application SD06A/0636 which has been refused by SDCC Planning Dept but upheld on appeal to An Bord Pleanala recently.

• Motion 7
• Motion 7 Map of area at Saggart Village

To ask the Manager without delay to provide parking restriction markings in the vicinity of the Mary Mercer Centre along Montpelier Walk and Kiltalown Way as the current chaotic parking and regular obstructions of traffic including buses are leading to dangerous situations in this area and could lead to road traffic accidents?

• Q.7

To ask the Manager to immediately provide comprehensive road name signs at the entrances to the Allenton estate in order to assist access by Emergency services?

• Q.8

To ask the Manager to report on the view of cyclists that our cycle paths are unsuitable in that the lips are too high, and that cyclists using them must give way to other traffic, and can he also report generally on the making and implementation of policy on the encouragement of safe cycling as a mode of transport in the area of this Committee.

• Q.9

To ask the Manager to include Hazelgrove in a traffic calming cell.

• Q.10

To ask the manager to include pedestrian crossings on Kiltipper Road and Kiltipper Way especially in the vicinity of Marlfield Mall.

• Q.11

"To ask the Manager to have investigated as a matter of urgency the proposal for the installation of a filter light at the junction of Old Bawn Road and Mountain Park, as one travels from Tallaght Village, which would alleviate traffic congestion at this location and also reduce the number potential traffic accidents?"

• Q.12

"To ask the Manager to have arranged the removal of the temporary traffic lights at (the first round-about off the Embankment Road), as one drives on to the M50, as the existence of such lights appears to only worsen the traffic congestion at this location?"

• Q.13

"To ask the Manager for an update on the time-frame for the replacement of the mature trees along the M50 adjacent to Kingswood & Kilnamanagh (following the M50 roadworks), the type of trees to be planted, the maturity of the trees and will the Manager note that the removal of the trees, has created a noise pollution problem for many residents living adjacent to the M50?"

• Q.14

'To ask the Manager to consider the removal of the traffic counter at *details supplied as it causes major restrictions for the occupier of the house involved entering and exiting his home and will he make a statement on the matter?'

• Q.15

“To ask the Manager if and when South Dublin County Council would open the road from Daletree Road onto Oldcourt Road as a means of helping residents who live in the general Ballycullen area to access other roads in the general area, and given the limited options that exist for people who particularly live in the Daletree, Oakdale and Beechdale area, if consideration could be given to this initiative, and if he will make a statement on the matter.”

• Q.16

“To ask the Manager if he would consider planting some creepers on the new boundary wall on the Firhouse Road, which was recently established, opposite the entrance to Firhouse Community College, as a means of deterring those who would seek to deface this wall with paint etc., and if he will make a statement on the matter?”

• Q. 17

Proposed Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads

(none received)

Proposed extinguishment of public right of way at the side of Maplewood Park, Tallaght

• H.I.11
• H.I.11 Map

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CATHAOIRLEACH'S BUSINESS

That the Manager gives an update with respect to the problems surrounding the new sound barrier wall constructed as part of the Outer Ring road project in the vicinity of the Kilmartin estate - to outline what proposals he has in mind to address the issues raised by residents acknowledging that problems have already arisenfor the community because of this wall.

• M.8

"That this Committee discuss the recent changes in traffic calming measures on Castletymon Road with specific reference to the junction of Castletymon Road & Tymonville Road."

That urgent action be taken by Roads Dept to resolve outstanding issues in relation to the care and maintenance of the Firhouse Road area from Ballycullen Road to Scoil Carmel.

• M. 10

That this Committee supports urgent action by the Roads Department in relation to Ard Scoil Mhuire where ongoing construction work to the rear of the school is posing a serious hazard to the children attending it - this Committee calls for the immediate construction of a pedestrian pathway accross the green open space to allow children walk safely to school.

• Motion 11

• M.12

This Committee calls for measures to be in place to ease the traffic congestion in the Old Court/Ballycullen area before the completion of the old court development plan.

• M.13