Headed Items
Minutes from Tallaght Area Committee Meeting (1) 18th March, 2008.
Housing
Questions
"To ask the Manager to report on the difficulties surrounding the persistent dumping at most halting sites/group housing schemes in the Tallaght area, to indicate how this will be overcome in a sustainable way going forward and will he guarantee an adequate level of management at all problematic schemes going forward - if this is not possible to ask the Manager to provide a headed item at each forthcoming area committee until the situations that have arisen and are tolerated to a large degree are resolved?"
To ask the manager for a breakdown of planned affordable, social and voluntary housing for the Brittas, Rathcoole and Saggart areas and how many of these will be delivered under Part v?
To ask the manager how many people are on the Council housing waiting list for the Tallaght South Electoral Area and what is the longest period of years that any one on the current list has been on the list?
To ask the manager how many people are on the affordable housing list for South of the Naas Road?
Headed Items
Report on housing construction programme
REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAVELLER ACCOMMODATION PROGRAMME
Report on Quarterly Statistics for Anti-social Behaviour
NEW WORKS
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
Motions
Cathaoirleachs Business
That the Manager produce the most current list of Vacant houses for discussion by this committee, to indicate reasons for the inconsistency in the provision of this data to date and to give a commitment that this information will be readily and consistently available to councillors going forward.
That the Manager outlines why when a tenant who doesn't qualify for a transfer due to the "two year rule" applies for a transfer that no record is kept of this transaction, does the manager accept that this data even though the tenant does not qualify for a transfer is valuable in terms of research and customer care. That data such as this can be used as a legitimate indicator of how well or badly a particular estate or area is scoring in relation to customer satisfaction, antisocial behaviour etc. is concerned. That this data along with the number of vacant houses and arrears can be indicative of problems within an estate and when such conditions exist that additional attention and resouces are drawn into the area to address any problems that may have escalated.
Community
Questions
To ask the Manager to report on the success of the Multi-Use Games Amenities that have been provided in the RAPID areas of Tallaght and to outline any plans to provide similar facilities throughout Tallaght South?
Headed Items
Application for Grants
Library News Events
NEW WORKS
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
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Cathaoirleachs Business (none received)
Motions
"That this Committee calls on the Manager to establish a working group/Committee headed by the Councils Community Department with responsibility for ensuring a St Patricks Day Parade in Tallaght takes place for 2009 and onwards as the current hit and miss arrangement is completly unacceptable to the people of Tallaght taking into consideration our strides towards becoming a city and the fact that the smallest of towns around the Country can organise Parades".
This committee asks the manager to resolve the health and safety risks at Brookview Estate Management Centre including a) the inadequate fire exit and b) the toilet facilities. This committee further requests that the manager report to the May Area Committee to detail actions taken.
That this Committee supports the establishment of a National Archery Range in Tallaght,, and urges the Parks Dept.,to assist the Greenhills Archery Club in their proposal to develop this facility.
"That this Committee calls on the Housing Manager to report in detail what progress has been made in relation to the re-development of the NABCO owned Community facility on Donomore Park in to Housing units and can he/she make a statement on the matter".
Parks
Questions
"To ask the manager if there is a plan to address the degradation of many open spaces in Allenton resulting from Vehicles unlawfully driving on these spaces?"
That the Manager indicate when the green-space in St. Maelruans Park, which was the location of a bonfire, last autumn,will be re-grassed.
" To ask the Manager to have arranged a major cleanup of the "Black Path" in Kingswood Heights, which is littered with broken glass, debris etc.?."
“To ask the Manager to provide a proper tarmacadam path on the open space in Kilnamanagh between Elmcastle and Tamarisk, adjacent to Tamarisk Lawns, as the existing pedestrian pathway becomes flooded once it rains, if this project could be included in this year’s programme, and if he will make a statement on the matter.”
Headed Items
NEW WORKS
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
Headed Items
Cathaoirleachs Business (none received)
Motions
That this Committe requests, in light of the Capital Programme, that an update be given as to the stance of the development of the public park in the Kiltipper area.
That the manager will provide an update on the measures taken to resolve the antisocial behaviour in * Details supplied
Environment
Questions
"That the manager outline what steps have been taken to tackle littering in the vicinity of the Aylesbury Shops as residents have to endure bonfires and the consequential anti-social behaviour due to litter building up around the shops and the take away in particular and will he make a statement on the matter?"
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
Headed Items
NEW WORKS
Motions
Cathaoirleachs Business
That the Manager undertakes to carry out a pilot project of environmental awareness/enforcement in estates that suffer persistent dumping and significant littering, this project to include the erection at key locations of "No Dumping" signs or signs that indicate littering is an offence. In addition to this that in estates such as the above literature is issued using the "Plain English" guidelines set out by NALA and other languages that may be of use to get the message across highlighting the impact and consequences of illegal dumping and littering on the community at large.
"That this Committee once again calls on the Manager to arrange for the nessecary works to be carried out on the sewer at 29 to 35 Knockmore Park as residents are continuously experiencing environmental health problems each time there is a blockage where toilet paper and raw sewage covers the entire Road causing a significant health risk to residents, this continues to occur despite agreement last April (2007) that the works would be carried out as a result of a motion tabled at that meeting.
That this Committee demands that the owner of the lands to the side of The Old Mill public-house, Tallaght, arrange for this site to be cleaned up, and to take steps to prevent the anti-social activity on this land.