Headed Items
CONFIRMATION AND RE-AFFIRMATION OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of Meeting of South Dublin County Council, 14th December 2009
(circulated herewith)
b) Minutes of Annual Budget Meeting of South Dublin County Council, 21st December 2009
(circulated herewith)
REPORTS OF AREA COMMITTEES
a) Rathfarnham Area Committee - 15th December 2009
Dealing with Roads, Planning, Development, Parks, Corporate Services & Libraries, Community (1 report - Community Grants), Environment, Housing
b) Lucan Clondalkin Area Committee (1) - 1st December 2009
Dealing with Development, Parks, Planning, Housing, Roads (2 Reports -(i) 3 Ton Ban on Woodford Way, (ii) Review Survey on N4)
c) Lucan Clondalkin Area Committee (2) - 8th December 2009
Dealing with Environment, Community (1 report - Community Grants), Corporate Services & Libraries (1 report - LCACM agenda business)
d) Tallaght Area Committee (1) - 7th December 2009
Dealing with Environment, Community, Housing
(no report)
e) Tallaght Area Committee (2) - 16th December 2009
Dealing with Roads, Planning, Development, Parks, Corporate Services & Libraries
(no report)
STANDING COMMITTEES - ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
(No report)
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES
(no report)
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES
(no report)
Questions
To ask the Manager will he agree to give a report in the near future by way of a headed item to each area Committee in relation to his meeting/meetings held in relation to NAMA and giving a broad outline if he can on any lands or properties sited in each particular Committee area and the potential impact NAMA will have on development in this local Authority area?
To ask the Manager in respect to NAMA if he is he aware of any significant or potential impact and added value, that new planning applications to this local authority will have from NAMA lands and sites, if there are now added new responsibilities impacting on the Council and does he propose to introduce new structures or procedures at Council level to deal with this new situation?
To ask the Manager is he aware of any Community Development Projects in the local Authority area effected by negative financial changes in the recent budget and can he give a report on how these changes are impacting on these groups?
To ask the Manager will he give an update on proposals to roll out the homeless strategy for the County in the following year?
To ask the Manager to report on his new proposed waste collection charges for 2010, and when specifically will he introduce any such new charges for the collection of:
a. The Grey Bin, and
b. The Brown Bin?
To ask the Manager to provide an update on the recently concluded tender process for CCTV surveillance at Recycling Bring Centres and to report on the future operation and monitoring of this CCTV surveillance system?
To ask the Manager to provide an update on plans to webcast and video-archive meetings of the County Council online, and if he will advise the members of the free and low-cost options available in light of large sums expended by other local authorities on similar services?
Headed Items
DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE PUBLIC ROADS
(no reports)
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES
d) Disposal of site at New Nangor Road
b) Disposal of site at Prospect Cottages, Lot 1
c) Disposal of site at Prospect Cottages, Lot 2
a) Proposed Disposal of Affordable Dwellings
(no disposals)
PART 8 REPORT ON PROPOSED DANGAN/ SHELTON/ MUCKROSS/HILLSBROOK/ FERNHILL TRAFFIC CALMING SCHEME
REPORT ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO REAR OF 159/178 CASTLE PARK AND BETWEEN 164/165 AND 170/171 CASTLE PARK
Correspondence
Ministerial
Replies from Minister for Social & Family Affairs & from Taoiseach's office, regarding Carers Strategy
Ministerial
Reply from Minister for Children & Youth Affairs, regarding Adoption of Ethiopian Children
Correspondence from Drogheda Borough Council - Social Welfare Christmas Bonus
Reply from Dublin Bus, regarding Provision of Services
Reply from American Embassy, regarding Sean Garland
Motions
MAYORS BUSINESS
That this Council calls upon the Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney, T.D. to deliver a major programme to educate the public on how to reduce their risk of having a stroke. This Council also calls on the Minister to support a National Campaign to increase public awareness of the warning signs of stroke and to ensure that stroke is recognised as a medical emergency.
That the Manager would agree to carry our review surveys of major road widening projects in our county, which when completed, often following decisions made by An Bord Pleanála, leave homes in many areas in our communities at serious disadvantages owing to increased noise levels and loss of visual amenities, which clearly demonstrates that examination of such matters at the early planning stages can be inadequate or even flawed.
That the Manager outline the state-of-play regarding the new bin collection electronic system and also explain the delay in the introduction of the Brown Bin system
That this Council requests the Minister for the Environment & Local Government to extend the postal voting provision to citizens who are unable to be physically present at the polling station due to absence by reason of holiday or illness.
That the Manager will give a report on the situation where occupants of affordable housing within the county have negative equity in their property.
That this Council asks the Manager to introduce a minimum of 4 grass cuttings in every graveyard in the County during the grass growing season. The current situation of one cutting per year has resulted in graveyards being inaccessible, particularly to senior citizens, and is causing emotional distress to families who have loved ones buried in these graveyards.
That this Council, noting the need for savings in the provision of Council services, agrees to liaise with the Courts' Service and/or the Probation Service to ensure that those convicted of committing crime and having been given Community Service Orders rather than custodial sentences by the Courts, and in particular the District Court, be recruited for the duration of the hours specified in their sentence, in an anti-litter and/or anti-grafitti campaign in the parks and housing estates throughout the County.
That this Council, noting that four areas of our county (i.e. Lucan, Clondalkin, Newcastle-Rathcoole & Tallaght) have been publicly identified by the Department of Education as being among the areas of the state with the highest future school-place demand; and further noting correspondence dated November 20th from the Minister for Education to the Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee; requests the Manager to present a detailed report on discussions between officials of this council and the Department of Education regarding the use of GIS mapping systems for the forecasting of future school-place demand in our county; and furthermore requests the Manager to arrange with the Department for Education for a full briefing to be provided for the elected members of this council ahead of the next phase of our deliberations on the new County Development Plan, on the Department’s assessment of the future school-place needs of our county and their recommendations to this council in response to this assessed demand.
That the Manager detail the flood management plan in place for county, how this compares to previous years and to guarantee that flood prevention work will continue.
That this Council notes the paragraph on page 45 of the National Climate Change Strategy 2007-2012 : " As part of a comprehensive policy position on climate change, the Government is committed to developing a national adaptation strategy over the next two years. This strategy will provide a framework for the integration of adaptation issues into decision making at national and local levels." The Council requests the Manager to write to the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government urging the early publication of the "national adaptation strategy", so that individual Councils can develop locally relevant adaptation strategies and implementation plans, and in particular so that SDCC can, as the National Climate Change Strategy states " provide in the County Development Plan "that areas at risk of flooding may be regulated, restricted and controlled."
That this Council, noting that due to recent budget cutbacks, schools across South Dublin are now increasingly underfunded and unable to make ends meet, notes the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government decision to introduce metered water charges for all schools from January 1st 2010. The Council therefore asks the Manager to write to all school principals in the County informing them of the new metered water charges, and asks the Manager to inform all schools that they can apply to the Department of Education and Science’s Summer Works Scheme for funding to install water conservation measures in schools.
This Council concerned at the cuts in Education Budget and its implication on drug awareness projects and communities active against a rising tide of drug availability calls on the Government to immediately readdress this issue.
That the Manager outlines the Council’s current position regarding the redevelopment of the Square and the actions taken by this Council to assist in its commercial redevelopment to ensure future substantial job creation in the Town Centre.
That the Manager would present a detailed report for discussion on the Council's Water Leisure Strategy, including a detailed report on the remaining elements of the Water Leisure Strategy, and in the current uncertain economic climate, within what planned time-frame does the Manager envisage the remaining projects will be rolled out?
That this Council notes the extraordinary success to date of the Dublin bike scheme in the Dublin City Council area to date and undertakes to conduct a feasability study as to a similar application in the County.
That this Council calls on the NRA and M50 Concessions to rationalise, clarify and explain apparent material changes to landscaping, boundary and roadlines, among other matters,on the M50 as it relates to Orlagh Grove Estate, Beverly Court and Orlagh Park and the Scholarstown Interchange.