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CONFIRMATION AND RE-AFFIRMATION OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of Meeting of South Dublin County Council, 8th September 2008
(circulated herewith)
REPORT OF AREA COMMITTEES
a) Terenure/Rathfarnham Area Committee (1) -2nd September 2008
- Dealing with Roads, Planning, Development and Corporate Services
(no report)
b) Terenure/Rathfarnham Area Committee (2) - 9th September 2008
- Dealing with Community (1 Report - Grants), Parks, Environment and Housing (1 Report - Motion passed on Affordable Housing Scheme)
(circulated herewith)
c) Tallaght Area Committee (1) - 15th September 2008
- Dealing with Community (1 Report - Grants) , Parks, Environment and Housing
(circulated herewith)
d) Tallaght Area Committee (2) - 22nd September 2008
- Dealing with Roads, Planning,(1 Report - Initiation of Judical Review ) Development and Corporate Services
(circulated herewith)
e) Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee (1) - 17th September 2008
- Dealing with Planning, Roads - (1 Report - Motions passed re H.G.V. Ban), Development (1 Report - River Liffey walkway/cycleway) & Corporate Services
(circulated herewith)
f) Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee (2) - 24th September 2008
- Dealing with Community (1 Report - Grants), Parks, Environment and Housing
(circulated herewith)
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES
a) Environment Strategic Policy Committee
(i) Report of Meeting, 3rd September 2008
(ii) Minutes of Meeting 7th May 2008
b) Transport Strategic Policy Committee
(i) Report of Meeting, 4th September 2008
(ii) Minutes of Meeting, 8th May 2008
c) Sports, Recreation, Community Development and Parks Strategic Policy Committee
(i) Report of Meeting, 10th September 2008
(ii) Minutes of Meeting, 14th May 2008
d) Housing and Social Development Strategic Policy Committee
(i) Report of Meeting, 11th September 2008
(ii) Minutes of Meeting, 15th May 2008
e) Arts, Culture, Gaeilge, Education and Libraries Strategic Policy Committee
(i) Report of Meeting, 15th September 2008
(ii) Minutes of Meeting, 19th May 2008
f) Ecomomic Development (incl Planning and Development) Strategic Policy Committee
(i) Report of Meeting, 17th September 2008
(ii) Minutes of Meeting, 20th feb 2008
(iii) Minutes of Joint Housing and Social and Economic Development SPC
(all circulated herewith)
STANDING COMMITTEES - ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, 18th September 2008
a) Draft Calendar of Meeting Dates
b) Conference Report
c) Nominations to Tallaght Drugs Task Force
d) Sectoral & Councillor Vacancies on Environmental S.P.C.
e) Motion Passed regarding Freedom of the County for Ken Egan
(all circulated herewith)
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES
(no report)
Questions
To ask the Manager to give a breakdown of funding provided by Central Government and funding provided by South Dublin County Council towards the delivery of swimming pools to date in the county?
To ask the Manager if the Scheme of Letting Priorities could include single people, male and female to be permitted to go on South Dublin County Council's housing lists, thereby making the Scheme compliant with the Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2004?
To ask the Manager in view of the increased traffic using the new Outer Ring Road and the added environmental noise pollution effecting residents in Raheen, Kilclare, Whitebrook, Rossfield , Drumcairn, and Kilmartin Estates and will he outline what short and long term proposals he proposes to introduce to reduce and eliminate this unwelcome intrusion on residents and the local environment?
To ask the Manager will he give a report on the establishment of allotments in the South Dublin County Council area and will he include in the report the demand for such services and if he has any new proposals to encourage the proliferation and uptake of these facilities?
To ask the Manager in view of South Dublin County Council's carbon footprint and greater awareness and responsibities on companies and corporate bodies will the manager outline what proposals this Council has to meet its footprint and does his proposals include the planting of additional trees thoughout the county and how many will this entail?
To ask the Manager in view of obvious difficulties experienced compiling the electoral register in the run up to the last General Election particularly in the West Tallaght area where large tracts of voters were mysteriously initially removed, will the manager outline if any inquiry/investigation was held by this Council, if any new measures or procedures were agreed and can he give any assurances to reassure the electorate that there will be no repeat of these difficulties?
To ask the Manager in view of his latest report for new builds/housing accomodation in the South Dublin County Council area will he give a detailed report outlining the amount of applicants on the current housing list per committee area and projected timescale for when new applicants from these areas can expect to be offered accommodation under this existing plan?
To ask the Manager will he give a report outlining what step by step quality control criteria this Council operates under in regard to housing units for Council tenants?
To ask the Manager to again write to the Minister for the Environment asking him to meet South Dublin County Council (as requested by us in late 2007) in the near future to discuss the possibility of legislation in order to deal with the problems caused by a small minority of tenants in private rented accommodation?
To ask the Manager to outline whether or not spray-painting of cars is permitted within a residential estate and, if not, what can be done to stop it?
To ask the Manager, is it reasonable in cases where vacant houses' outdoor gas meters have been disconnected by Bord Gáis to expect the new SDCC tenants to pay €500 to Bord Gáis to reconnect the gas supply to their new home, ensuring these families are either put under significant financial pressures at the initiation stage of their tenancy or that they go without heating as a result of being unable to afford the reconnection fee and can the Manager make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Manager is there a strategy in place to reduce the costs of the post Halloween festivities 'clean-ups' and is there any evidence that the roll out of the annual junk collections prior to Halloween has a positive impact on the overall workload of the clean-up crews post Halloween?
To ask the Manager to outline what degree of success SDCC has had as part of the recent initiatives to tackle illegal dumping in the Dublin Mountains and can he/she make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Manager to outline where the Council's proposals in relation to the Brown Bin are?
To ask the Manager to detail the amount collected in parking fines this year and in 2007?
To ask the Manager to outline the sum collected in Litter Fines for the County and the number of prosecutions undertaken successfully?
To ask the Manager to outline the changes this year in the electoral register in terms of increases and decreases in numbers, by electoral areas?
To ask the Manager to outline progress/update report on graffiti eradication within the county and to make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Manager to outline progress in dealing with remedial measures to prevent flooding in areas affected by the recent and prolonged period of heavy rainfall within the county?
To ask the Manager how many abandoned cars have been collected in the county?
To ask the Manager how the priorities for resources of Fire Services, provided to SDCC by Dublin City Council, were established, through the unprecedented demands created by recent flooding, and would he make a statement on the matter to reassure residents that the needs of South Dublin County were not compromised by demand in the Dublin City area?
To ask the Manager if he will provide an updated report on the Question to the Manager tabled at the February 2008 Council meeting regarding making available to tenants of Council houses and flats/apartments interest free loans to finance (a) replacement windows and/or (b) replacement fitted kitchens, along the lines of the schemes operated by Dublin City Council and if he can provide information on that scheme and if he will make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Manager for an updated report on the Council's Community Arts Centre Project, including information on the arrangements being put in place for the management of the Centre and if he can provide information on the anticipated financial resources to be available to run the Centre?
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DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE PUBLIC ROADS
(circulated herewith)
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES
(all circulated herewith)
(c) Proposed Disposal of Fee Simple Interest @ 99 Limekiln Road Walkinstown D12
(b) PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF FEE SIMPLE INTEREST@ 195 BALROTHERY EST TALLAGHT D24.
(a) Housing-Disposal of Affordable Housing October 2008
(d) Proposed Disposal by way of Lease of Telecommunications Ducts at Grange Castle Business Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 to Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited
REPORT ON PUBLIC CONSULTATION PROCEDURES UNDER PART 8 OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 2001 - Neilstown Community Centre Incorporating the Neilstown Boxing Club, Neilstown, Dublin 22
(circulated herewith)
a) UNAUDITED ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2007
b) AUTHORISATION OF OVER EXPENDITURE
(circulated herewith)
NOMINATIONS TO DODDER VALLEY PARTNERSHIP BOARD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS TALLAGHT PARTNERSHIP)
(circulated herewith)
HOUSING DEMAND AND SUPPLY
NAMING OF STADIUM
(circulated herewith)
DUBLIN AGGLOMERATION ACTION PLAN IN RELATION TO THE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE
(circulated herewith)
REPORT & PRESENTATION ON INITIATION OF REVIEW OF COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
(circulated herewith)
Correspondence
Letter, dated 10th September 2008, from the Minister for Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government regarding the creation of a new Area of Special Amenity in the Liffey Valley.
Letter, dated 1st October 2008 from Monaghan Town Council regarding motion passed in relation to parking discs for vehicle used in the distribution of "Meals-on-Wheels".
Motions
Mayor's Business
That this Council calls on the Minister for Justice to provide a second Garda station in the Tallaght area.
Mayor's Business
That this Council endorses the 10 pilot actions arising from the Roma per Kyoto Conference held in Rome on 18th September 2008 and in doing so, notes the valuable role played by the Institute of Technology, Tallaght in supporting this process as a partner in an EU Life Program funded project. In addition this council invites Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to support this resolution and calls on the Minister for the Environment to ensure actions to protect taxpayers in this country from any additional excessive financial burdens due to non-compliance with the Kyoto protocol.
That this Council adopt a policy of restoring the boundary in a manner that meets the reasonable concerns of property owners where the Council or its agents interfere with existing boundary treatment and in particular the Manager responsible restore the boundaries that have been damaged by the M50 and or N4 works given that the current approach of “replacing like with like” is not a practical proposition for residents who enjoyed a hedge and trees that took some 40 years to mature and who now are exposed to air, noise and light pollution and who have their security and privacy breached both by the interference to the hedgerow and the new heightened contours of the road combined with the effects of increased volumes of traffic, higher speed caused by the free flow system which are not eliminated by the improved road surface or the proposed landscaping.
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.
In the event of an incinerator being granted permission to operate at Behan's Quarry, Rathcoole, this Council agrees that we would not use the facility.
That this Council while acknowledging the hard work of the Housing maintenance staff calls on the Manager to once and for all address the ongoing and increasing levels of vacant/boarded up houses throughout the County as a matter of priority to ensure the most efficient use of Housing stock while providing homes for families and returning a sense of pride to areas that have had to endure the presence of unsightly boarded-up houses scattered throughout their neighbourhoods for periods of up to two and a half years.
That the current practice of providing wide grass verges on new (and improved) roads be reviewed and consideration be given to utilising a maintenance free alternative, given the difficulties with maintenance of grass and the resultant unsightly appearance.
That this Council discusses the mapping of the SDCC (a) Roads mapping – new alignments; new road layouts; new speed limits; new lanes etc. in order to assist GPS mobile communications updating. There is currently over an 18-month delay on this information as there is no centralized facility in Ireland on changing infrastructure – and that this recommendation be forwarded to each council.
That the Manager report as to number of months it will take for Bord Pleanala to make a decision re proposal for Incinerator at Behans Quarry Rathcoole, and to ascertain if this proposal is in line with Government Policy i.e. what body or Minister sent planning application to an Bord PLeanala.
That the elected members of this Council request the National Roads Authority to withdraw their misleading advertisement in connection with the introduction of the Barrier-Free -Tolling on the M50. This on the basis that motorists are being mislead into registering for a free Tag, which in reality is costing them €12 per year. We demand that the NRA should abandon this €12 charge and refund the motorists who have registered to date.
That the Manager initiates the process to have a HGV ban put in place during the hours of 8.30am to 9.30am and 1.15pm to 3.15pm on the Lucan / Newcastle Road. The ban to incorporate the area from the N4 Newcastle Road junction and up to and including Newcastle Village in order to create a safer environment for children travelling to and from the local schools (a total of six).
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 the Council agrees on a policy of naming roundabouts in the County for ease of reference for motorists and commuters and visitors to each area.
That this Council calls on the Manager to investigate the establishment of an outreach service in conjunction with NGO’s and State Agencies to inform Senior Citizens from the South Dublin County Council area of grants and other entitlements that are available to them and many administered by this Council.
That this Council deplores the announcement by Minister Martin Cullen, in a written reply to a Dail Question on 24 September regarding the Government's Local Authorities Swimming Pools Programme, that "it is not intended to launch a new Programme at this time", condemns the delaying tactics used by the present Government in its responses to queries from this Council about the Programme, and requests the Manager to make a statement on the consequences for the Council's Water Leisure Strategy, and the Council's plans to build a swimming pool in Lucan, of the Government's decision not to launch a new Programme, in contradiction to repeated indications to this Council about the imminent re-opening of the Programme.
That this Council liaise with the three other Local Authorities in the Dublin Area to introduce (a) transitional accommodation for Traveller Families and (b) emergency accommodation for Traveller Families who for legitimate reasons find themselves in a homeless situation.
That South Dublin County Council supports the introduction of by-laws or other measures which would ensure that circuses which use wild animals are prohibited from performing in any part of South Dublin County, in light of the well-documented evidence of suffering endured by the animals involved and the serious animal welfare issues raised.
That this Committee recommends that single people, male and female, be permitted to go on South Dublin County Council's housing lists.
That this Council discusses mapping of the SDCC areas with particular reference to areas vulnerable to flooding and to state what action has been taken on this issue to date.
That the Manager investigates complaints regarding environmental pollution at Behan's Quarry off the N7, including:
(1) silt deposits from the quarry on to the N7 creating dust clouds across the carriageway, and
(2) dust pollution from trucks exiting the quarry where truck loads are not covered by tarpaulin or similar pollution preventing methods resulting in dust clouds across the carriageway.
This Council agrees to instruct the manager to treat as a priority, the resolution of the licence/ lease issue for Community projects in the South Dublin County Council area and can he give an updated and detailed report on the exact reasons, per project, for the long years of delay in releasing these vital documents.