Headed Items
FILLING OF CASUAL VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL OR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL VACANCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH S. 38 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2001
(circulated herewith)
CONFIRMATION AND RE-AFFIRMATION OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of Meeting of South Dublin County Council, 12th May 2008
(circulated herewith)
NOTIFICATION OF CASUAL VACANCY ON SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH S. 19 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2001
(circulated herewith)
REPORT OF AREA COMMITTEES
a) Terenure/Rathfarnham Area Committee (1) - 6th May 2008
Dealing with Roads (1 report - Extinguishment of Public Right of Way - laneway rear 1-14, Limekiln Green), Planning, Development and Corporate Services
(circulated herewith)
b) Terenure/Rathfarnham Area Committee (2) - 13th May 2008
Dealing with Community (1 report - Grants), Parks, Environment and Housing
(circulated herewith)
c) Tallaght Area Committee (1) - 19th May 2008
Dealing with Community, Parks, Environment and Housing
(no report)
d) Tallaght Area Committee (2) - 26th May 2008
Dealing with Roads, Planning (1 report - motion passed re Saggart Arms Public House), Development and Corporate Service
(circulated herewith)
e) Adjourned Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee (1) - 4th June 2008 (originally scheduled for 21st May)
Dealing with Roads (1 report - motion passed re boundary treatment on Outer Ring Road), Planning, Development and Corporate Services (1 report - motion passed re Special Amenity Area Order for Liffey Valley lands)
(circulated herewith)
f) Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee (2) - 27th May 2008
Dealing with Community, (1 report - Community Grants) Parks, Environment and Housing (1 report - Closure of Pedestrian Gap at Kilcronan)
(circulated herewith)
STANDING COMMITTEES - ADJOURNED ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, 5th June, 2008
a) Draft Calendar of Meeting Dates
b) Report on Conferences/Seminars
c) Filling of Vacancies on LTACC and VEC
d) Nominations to Community Linkage Fund Assessment Panel, and SDCC Heritage Forum
e) Report on OECD Review of Public Service
f) Report on Green Paper on Local Government
(circulated herewith)
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES
a) Environment Strategic Policy Committee
(i) Report of Meeting 7th May 2008
(ii) Minutes of Meeting 6th February 2008
(circulated herewith)
b) Transportation Strategic Policy Committee
(i) Report of Meeting 8th May 2008
(ii) Minutes of Meeting 7th February 2008
(circulated herewith)
c) Sports, Recreation, Community Development & Parks Strategic Policy Committee
(i) Report of Meeting 14th May 2008
(ii) Minutes of Meeting 13th February 2008
(circulated herewith)
d) Housing and Social Development Strategic Policy Committee
(i) Report of Meeting 15th May 2008
(ii) Minutes of Meeting 14th February 2008
(circulated herewith)
e) Arts, Culture, Gaeilge, Education and Libraries Strategic Policy Committee
(i) Report of Meeting 19th May 2008
(ii) Minutes of Meeting 18th February 2008
(circulated herewith)
f) Economic Development (incl Planning and Development) Strategic Policy Committee
(i) Report of Meeting 21st May 2008
(circulated herewith)
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES
(no report)
Questions
To ask the Manager how many Council houses are vacant in South Dublin at present, electoral area by electoral area, and how long, on average, it takes to fill them?
To ask the Manager, in terms of development levies, how much money would come to South Dublin County Council per unit per housing unit from the Clonburris SDZ/ LAP?
To ask the Manager how much in the way of development levies would South Dublin County Council get if 16,000 housing units were built in the Clonburris SDZ? LAP?
To ask the Manager how much in the way of development levies would South Dublin County Council get if 12,000 housing units were built in the Clonburris SDZ/ LAP?
To ask the Manager the number of vacant council houses in the county and to break down the numbers in respect of the area committees?
To ask the Manager how many householders have transferred to private contract waste disposal/collection and to make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Manager to outline the Council's policy in relation to graffiti and to outline details of proposals to help eliminate it?
To ask the Manager for a progress update on the development of the ten year Recreational Strategy for the Dublin Mountains, if the first phase of the consultant's work is completed, when he will be in a position to share this with members, how and when members views will be included and will he make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Manager to estimate how much additional revenue would accrue to South Dublin County Council by applying rates to commercial developments as soon as planning permission is granted and what proportion of the cost of providing free bus passes to all school children in the county such revenue would cover?
To ask the Manager for a report on the deployment and use of CCTV cameras to monitor council property and that the report would identify their number, location, purpose and operational management?
To ask the Manager to outline the total amount received by this Local Authority in Development Contributions since the scheme was introduced in 2004, the amount for each individual year since 2004, the amount per residential unit and the projected amount for 2008?
To ask the Manager to outline the average time-frame for the removal of grafitti on County Council property/walls etc from the date of a request for removal to the actual removal of grafitti?
To ask the Manager what is the value of the total water charges invoiced by South Dublin County Council to schools within its administrative area since the introduction of water charges to schools, broken down in each year since the charges were introduced and showing the amounts of these charges which have been paid, and if he will make a statement on the matter?
Headed Items
DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE PUBLIC ROADS
(no report)
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES
(all circulated herewith)
b) Proposed Land Exchange at Knockmore, Tallaght, Dublin 24
a) Proposed Disposal of Affordable Homes in Castlegate- Adamstown & Eaton Square-Rathcoole
g) Proposed Disposal of 2 Plots of Land at St. Mary’s Park/Village Green, Saggart , Co. Dublin to Des Nolan and Seamus Murphy
h) Proposed disposal of 19 acres to Takeda Pharma Ireland Ltd, Grange Castle Business Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.
c) Proposed Disposal of Fee Simple Interest at 4 Alpine Heights, Clondalkin, D22.
d) Proposed Disposal of Fee Simple Interest at 7 Alpine Heights, Clondalkin, D22.
e) Proposed Disposal of Fee Simple Interest at 38 Limekiln Avenue,Walkinstown, D12.
f) Proposed Disposal of Fee Simple Interest at 209 Balrothery Estate, Tallaght, D24.
i) Proposed disposal of plot of land adjacent to dwellings at “Suncroft” Ballymount Road and 41 Dunmore Grove, Dublin 24
REPORT ON PUBLIC CONSULTATION PROCEDURES UNDER PART 8 OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 2001 FOR THE PROPOSED NEW BUILD COMMUNITY FACILITY AT
(circulated herewith)
REPORT ON PUBLIC CONSULTATION PROCEDURES UNDER PART 8 OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 2001 FOR EMBANKMENT ROAD QBC
DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT 2007
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL LITTER MANAGMENT PLAN 2008-2011
(circulated herewith)
Correspondence
Ministerial
Letter, dated 20th May 2008 from the Office of the Minister for Children in response to South Dublin County Council's letter regarding motion passed inviting the Minister to discuss the rates revaluation for childcare/afterschool facilities.
Letter, dated 5th June 2008 from the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in reply to South Dublin County Council's letter regarding motion passed relating to €20 planning submission fee.
Other
Letter, dated 12th May 2008 from Dublin City Council calling on their Manager to end Dublin City Council's trend of failing to make use of the opportunities presented by International Women's Day to promote women's participation in the poltical, economic and social life of Dublin City.
Letter, dated 15th May 2008 from New Ross Town Council regarding motion passed calling on the Minister for the Environment to allow local authorities to decide housing policy in their own areas and to ensure that the acquisition of land banks for social housing be continued as a central plank of housing policy at local level.
Letters, dated 28th May 2008 from Macroom Town Council regarding:
a) motion passed calling on the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to change the law regarding the payment of refuse charges in private rented accommodation.
b) motion passed proposing that one of the public holiday Mondays be set aside as Famine Remembrance Day.
Motions
That this Council supports the provision of an ice rink in Tallaght.
That South Dublin County Council agrees to allocate an area for the use of mopeds and mini-motorbikes on condition that no insurance liability falls on the County Council.
That the Manager would report in detail on the arrangements associated with Management Companies taking charge of estates and apartment developments as distinct from the local authority taking charge of estates or apartment developments. In such cases residents are facing increasing service fees by Management Companies.
That this Council deplores the long delay on the part of the Government in re-opening the national Swimming Pools Programme or introducing a new programme of financial assistance for Local Authority swimming pools, and calls on the Government to re-open/introduce a Swimming Pools Programme immediately.
That this Council considers the Affordable Scheme in light of the downturn in housing prices generally
That the Manager undertakes to develop a section of www.sdcc.ie for children, to have links to this section of the site featured prominently on the homepage of www.sdcc.ie and to create as much interactivity as possible within it in order to engage, educate and encourage as much participation by children as possible as well as promoting active citizenship from an early age. This is to be created in addition to the development of the "Skids" section of the Libraries website.
That this Council request the Environment Strategic Policy Committee to review, and revise where necessary, the SDCC Procurement Policies to ensure that they minimise the Council's impact on the Environment in a manner that is consistent with legislation and that a draft revised policy be presented to the Council in 2008.
That the Manager would present a detailed report for discussion on what policies are being introduced by South Dublin County Council in the interest of sustainable and renewable energy sources. What joint efforts can be made by the four Dublin Local Authorities in the the interest of joined-up thinking to help progress this matter in the future.