Agenda - Lucan-Clondalkin ACM (1) 18th June, 2008
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CONFIRMATION AND RE-AFFIRMATION OF MINUTES
(a) Minutes of Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting (1) 21st May, 2008
(b) Minutes of Adjourned May Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting (1) 4th June, 2008
Roads
Questions
To ask the Manager for a firm date for the Headed Item on the proposed Western Route as per my motion in February 2008?
To ask the Manager that the heavy duty wire which has been torn away from the railings at canal bridge at Fonthill Road, Clondalkin be replaced and secured to prevent unauthorised access and accident?
To ask the Manager for the lights to be repaired outside 30 and 33 and opposite 24 Willow Avenue, Greenpark Clondalkin?
To ask the Manager if he will arrange for an evaluation of the operation and settings of the MOVA system controlling traffic signals in the vicinity of the N4/ORR junction at Woodies, the ORR/Ballyowen and St Loman's Road junction, and if the evaluation can address particularly the back-up of traffic along St. Loman's Road/Ballyowen Road which has worsened in recent weeks and now often reaches back to the roundabout on the Fonthill Road?
To ask the Manager if temporary measures to mitigate noise and preserve privacy can be implemented during the N4 improvements at the boundary of the N4 with Hillcrest Estate, backing on to Hillcrest Drive, as the removal of trees etc. and other work associate with the N4 contract is causing problems for residents, and if the Manager will make a report on when appropriate temporary measures could be implemented?
Correspondence
Correspondence
No Business
Headed Items
New Works
No Business
Proposed Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads
No Business
PART 8 REPORT ON SOUTH CLONDALKIN QBC EXTENSION
LUCAN VILLAGE HGV BAN
PROVISION OF SCHOOL WARDENS
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
That this committee, noting the patience and forbearance generously given in, the name of the common good of the residents of Hollyville, The Coppice, Glenpark, Heather Grove and Palmers Manor during the construction phase of the M50 upgrade at and around the N4 Palmerstown Intersection, note their ongoing serious concerns about the boundary treatment and unfinished remedial work, calls on the Manager responsible to address these concerns and mindful of the fact that this was/is a design and build project that he consult with the residents who have had their natural boundary demolished with consequent loss of security and/or who due to the raised contours of the road now suffer severe loss of privacy and/or who due to the design of the barriers are now exposed to vandalism and anti-social behavior and/or who have had their property dominated by huge gantry’s without any prior notice and/or whose open space and landscape has been left in a most unfinished manner, despite promises to the contrary including that it would be restored to full community use by June 2007 and which as of now is not fully restored, and that the Committee empathises with the residents concerned and acknowledges their contribution to progress and the common good while agreeing that there is a point beyond which they should not be expected to suffer.
That a site meeting be arranged at the wall between St. Patrick's Road and Oakwood Estate to review any possible methods of dealing with anti social activities, drinking and abuse of elderly residents.
That the Manager install ramps outside St Kevin's Community College, Clondalkin.
That this Committee recommends that South Dublin County Council introduces the Paid Parking Strategy into the lower part of Floraville Estate, Clondalkin.
That this Committee requests the Manager to take all actions, including implementation of statutory procedures, to ensure that a School Warden service, and other road safety measures recommended by the Traffic Management Section to improve road safety in the vicinity of Griffeen Valley Educate Together Primary School are in place for the start of the new school year in September.
That the Manager would report in detail on the boundary treatment to be provided on the N4 on the northern side, from the N4/M50 roundabout to the Deadman's Inn? Following my earlier representations, including to this meeting of 16th January 2008, where the Manager's Reply included that "A noise barrier 1.8 metres in height will be erected along the northern grass verge of the eastbound N4 Lucan Bypass carriageway from the Deadman's Inn to the Kings Hospital", when subsequently a long shuttered concrete wall has been erected opposite this location on the southern side of the N4 where there are no residents living. That this Committee requests the Manager to ensure that a wall is installed at this location on the northern side of the N4 from the M50/N4 roundabout to the Deadman's Inn.
That the Manager and all involved are congratulated on the successful completion of the new bridge on the Neilstown Road/Ninth Lock Road and to ask the Manager to assess the need for speed ramps or other safety measures close to the newly opened bridge on the Neilstown Road/Ninth Lock Road in view of reports of increased speeds along this stretch of road.
That the Manager would report in detail on how local residents will have their homes, garden walls etc., protected, who are in such close proximity to, yet deemed to be "outside the scheme" of the N4 Road Widening Works, including for example, Beaumont Cottage, Lucan.
That the Manager would report on the general policy on removing graffiti on main road signs within the County, given the impression it gives of the County with specific reference to a sign on the Lucan Newlands Road close to the junction with the Fonthill Road approaching Ronanstown Garda station which has been badly damaged by graffiti for some time.
Development
Correspondence
Correspondence
No Business
Headed Items
New Works
No Business
Round Tower Project
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
No Business
That the Manager presents an up to date report on the Round Tower site in Clondalkin including any recent works undertaken on the site.
Planning
Questions
To ask the Manager what zoning applies to the green space adjacent to 56 St. Patrick's Park, opposite 70 and 72 St. Patrick's Road, in view of the refusal of planning permission which stated the site was zoned open space/amenity?
To ask the Manager if there has been any progress in identifying a source of funding to finish the boundary walls in Foxborough Estate as was required in the Planning Permission, as referred to in the report on Motion 6 at the Area Committee meeting of 19 March 2008?
To ask the Manager if he can advise the Committee of the measures taken to ensure compliance with all aspects of the Planning Permission SDZ 07A/0001 at The Paddocks where the development backs on to Meadow View Grove, Lucan and if he will provide an updated report on the measures?
Correspondence
Correspondence
No Business
Headed Items
New Works
No Business
Planning Files
A. Large applications under consideration
B. Files requested by members (No Business)
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
No Business
That this Committee requests the Manager so seek the co-operation of the other relevant Local Authorities, including Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, and Kildare County Council, with a view to the four Local Authorities jointly pursuing a Liffey Valley Park, including requesting the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to make a Ministerial Order, under Section 202 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, to make further Special Amenity Area Orders to preserve the Liffey Valley Lands which would be of great benefit to achieving a Liffey Valley Park.
That the Manager would facilitate a discussion on recent developments by making a report on the Adamstown SDZ development, including information on numbers of housing units completed, numbers occupied, numbers under construction, numbers of Affordable Homes disposed of, number of Social Housing units allocated, and progress on civic and community facilities and a Health Centre.
That the Manager removes the caravans illegally parked on Station Road near Palmerstown Woods, Clondalkin.
That the Manager presents an up to date report on development plans for the S I A C quarry and on whether anything is in the pipeline at present.
That the Area Committee requests the Manager to arrange for an informal meeting, in Committee, of the Planning Department and other appropriate officials with Lucan-Clondalkin Councillors before the end of September and before formal work on the next County Development Plan has begun.
Corporate Services
Questions
To ask the Manager if there has been any correspondence from the Minister for Education and Science in relation to actions taken by the Department to secure a new site for St. Andrew's National School, Lucan, as referred to in Qu(3) of the Area Committee Meeting of 16 April 2008?
To ask the Manager if he will write to An Garda Síochana, Lucan seeking information on any ongoing measures being implemented in the Lucan area to enforce the law on the sale of alcohol to underage persons and on the response of An Garda Síochana to complaints from residents about alledged illegal sale of alcohol from off-licence premises in Lucan and how such responses are dealt with?
To ask the Manager if he will write to An Garda Siochana, Lucan seeking information on the deployment of foot/bicycle Garda Patrols in the areas in and around estates bordering Griffeen Valley Park, including Grange Manor, Hayden's Park, Tullyhall, Rossberry, Oldbridge, St. John's Bridge, Griffeen Glen and Elm Wood/Court etc..?
Correspondence
Correspondence
a) Letter from the Department of Education regarding Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada, Lucan
b) Letter from FáS regarding increasing numbers on the Live Register in Clondalkin
Headed Items
New Works
No Business
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Council writes to the Department of Education asking that the essential refurbishment of St Brigid's School in Palmerstown be carried out immediately.
That this Committee agrees to write to the Minister for the Environment asking him to ban the sale of glass bottles from off-licences, as broken glass causes so much damage to parks and football pitches.
That this Committee requests the Manager to write to the ESB seeking a meeting with ESB Officials to discuss proposals for the removal of overhead power lines and their placing underground.
That the Council conducts a plebiscite, or take other steps, to eliminate the confusion about the signposting of PALMERSTOWN as the name PALMERSTON is not acceptable to the people of this area and that this confusion be officially cleared up by January 2009.