Agenda - Lucan-Clondalkin ACM (1) 17th February, 2010
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CONFIRMATION AND RE-AFFIRMATION OF MINUTES
Minutes of Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting held on 20th January, 2010
Development
Questions
To ask the Manager to give an update on the provision for a centre for the elderly in Clondalkin village?
To ask the Manager to outline the future plans for 16, Tower Road, (beside the Clondalkin Intercultural Centre), and the development of the Round Tower site, Clondalkin?
To ask the Manager, with regards to the recently completed disposal of a 7 acre site at Clonburris to the Minster of Education, if he would commit to ring-fencing the proceeds of this disposal for capital investment in the South Lucan area, on projects such as the long-awaited Lucan Swimming Pool; and to further request the Manager to arrange a special consultative briefing for the elected members on the matter of further possible land disposals in the Lucan area?
To ask the Manager to report on his meeting with representatives of Palmerstown Rangers FC due to take place on 26th January and to advise of any outcomes from this meeting?
Headed Items
NEW WORKS
No Business
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
No Business
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Manager presents a report on the vacant building site at the junction of the Main Street in Saggart and the Boherboy Road and addresses the following concerns:
(a) The current standing of the site and whether it is likely or not to be developed in the near future.
(b) Could the hoarding surrounding the site be moved back so that it no longer encroaches upon a very significant area of footpath and 2 parking spaces and could that footpath be reinstated for public use.
(c) Could the hoarding itself be beautified if people are going to be looking at it for a long time.
That the Manager would present a detailed report for discussion on the new proposals for allotment rentals. Would the Manager agree that the new charges are excessive and will he agree to reduce the charges to the previous levels.
That a report be brought to this Committee regarding when the Senior Citizens facility (Kelland) in the centre of Clondalkin will be ready for daily activities as promised.
That a report be brought to this Committee regarding house at entrance to St. Patrick's Road, Clondalkin. This house is vacant from the time it was built. In view of the problem over ownership of a section of the garden, could South Dublin County Council reduce the garden size to exclude the disputed section, to allow for sale of the house under the conditions agreed before the house was built.
Parks
Questions
To ask the Manager to erect a sign at the green behind the Esso station on Monastery Road, Clondalkin stating 'no golf' or similar wording? A resident has been playing golf on this green and has smashed a window of another resident's house.
To ask the Manager would he agree to convene an on-site meeting at the lands between Castle Riada and Moy Glas Estates, Lucan to discuss the range of issues having a detrimental impact on the quality of life of the local residential communities from these two estates, and that the meeting be attended by an official from each of the relevant departments, including Parks, Roads, Environment, Planning and Development, and that a representative of each of the two Residents Associations be invited to attend. That the Manager would agree that the mounting issues must now be resolved owing to many years of difficulties being experienced by the local residential communities?
To ask the Manager to further update on the current status of plans to develop a publicly-accessible park on lands previously handed over to South Dublin County Council as part of the Hermitage Clinic development; and to include in the reply a map illustrating both the boundaries and access points to the lands in question?
To ask the Manager to provide details of the operation, scheduled regularity and staff resources employed in litter-picking and cleansing in parks in the Lucan electoral area including in particular Griffeen Valley Park and Willsbrook Park?
To ask the Manager what additional measures, if any, have been taken to improve security on Glenaulin Park/Gaels field following the issues I have raised at this Area Committee on numerous occasion, and at the County Joint Policing Committee, and most recently in May and October 2009 and January 2010?
Headed Items
NEW WORKS
Proposed Cycle Race Track at Corkagh Park, Clondalkin
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
No Business
Motions
CATHAOIRLEACH'S BUSINESS
That this Committee recommends that the Manager:-
(a) Agrees to place lights in the corner of St. Cuthbert's Park between Melrose and Lindisfarne Estates, Clondalkin and
(b) Explains why there is such a discrepancy in the answers to my business on this matter between February 24th 2009, Motion No.2 and October 21st 2009, Question No.2.
That the Manager arrange that the footpath on the Fonthill Road from first entrance to St. John's Estate as far as the Old Nangor Road junction (Corkagh Park side), Clondalkin to have overhanging trees and shrubs cut back.
That this Area Committee requests the Manager to install paving at the grass verge on the Newlands Road, Clondalkin as the grass is growing excessively again and dumping is an issue. Also that the Council cleans / cuts the verge at Carroll's Motors on the link road; New Road - Fonthill Road.
That the Manager would agree to convene a special briefing session with senior Gardaí and relevant senior Council officials to discuss in detail the ongoing anti-social and dangerous activities taking place in St. Cuthbert’s Park, Clondalkin, including motor bike racing that is the cause of great danger as well as inconvenience to the local residential communities, and that this meeting would set out to draw up an action plan intended to resolve this chronic menace.
That the Manager outline what plans the Council has to continue the development of Waterstown Park in 2010 and to report on if the car park and the opening of the Park formally to the public has increased usage, to comment on the security on the Park including the commitment that was made at the County Policing Committee early in 2009 for greater cooperation between the Council Staff and the Gardaí and on how the Parks Department intends to promote this important part of the Liffey Valley.
That this Committee asks for a commitment from the Manager that in the context of review of the Five Year Playground Programme he will carry out a specific study, including consultation with Residents Associations about community involvement in the management of facilities, of the possibility of two projects to provide small recreation areas, with provision for child play and adult exercise in Willsbrook Park and Hermitage or other suitable green spaces in this are of Lucan.
That this Committee removes the grass verge on Newlands Road at the end of New Road, Clondalkin.
Planning
Questions
To ask the Manager
(a) To outline the extent of back land development behind the cottages on Knockmeenagh Road, Clondalkin (houses etc)
(b) Which of these (with ref. nos.) have been given planning permission
(c) To outline Planning Policy on the matter?
To ask the Manager, to agree to make further representations to the Minister for Education and Science on the issue of the Lucan South Secondary School, in noting the long-standing campaign, my earlier motions to the area committee, including my motion of April 2007 following public meetings I convened, which launched this campaign and following which the Lucan South Secondary School Action Group was formed, and now requests the Minister to indicate his intentions to open this local second-level school in September 2010 in the light of the previous local target date of September 2009 not been realised?
To ask the Manager to write to the Minster for Environment, Heritage and Local Government to ask if any funding is available from his Department for implementing provisions of the ‘Towards a Liffey Valley Park’ report, noting the reply to parliamentary question No. 88 of 26th November 2009 tabled by Leo Varadkar TD on my behalf, in which the Minster responsible for the Office of Public Works advised that “further progress on implementing aspects of the report at a National level is dependent on the provision of resources, particularly through the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.”?
To ask the Manager for an update on the taking–in-charge of Rossberry Estate, Lucan, the remaining areas of Tullyhall and Hayden’s Park Estates and the grass verge to the access road linking all 3 estates to Griffeen Avenue?
To ask the Manager provide a report on the general planning permission that pertains to Cherry Orchard Industrial Estate and to include in the reply:
- What the then developer applied for in the original planning permission, e.g was it for warehousing, or manufacturing or both
- A copy of the Planning Permission granted by the then Dublin County Council showing precisely the planning conditions imposed
- If the current activity at Unit 13 Cherry Orchard complies with the planning permission and conditions and/or if it an exempted development,
- If such a noisy and dusty activity as is being conducted at Unit 13 is acceptable being as it is less than 2m from adjacent residential back gardens and if he would comment on the position?
To ask the Manager if he will advise the Committee on the current status of the Planning Permission given to the IDA some time ago for a microelectronic fabrication facility at Grange Castle Business Park, including the date up to which the permission remains valid, and if there has been any discussion recently between the IDA and the Development Department to reactivate the promotion of the permitted facility with suitable international companies in the light of reports of anticipated investment in next generation manufacturing plants worldwide?
To ask the Manager if he will advise the Committee on the number of persons on the Live Register with addresses in the Lucan and Clondalkin Electoral Areas have been notified of the Council's Intellectual Enterprise Zones initiative, and how many of these have or are participated in the initiative?
Headed Items
NEW WORKS
No Business
Planning Files
A. Large applications under consideration
B. Files requested by members
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
No Business
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
That this Committee recommends that South Dublin County Council has discussions with those involved with geo-thermal energy work in our county to see if its possible to get a geo-thermal energy scheme centered in the most built up areas of our county up and running in the near future and that the council reports back to Councillors on the results of the discussions.
That the Manager presents an up to date report on the examinations of infrastructure done by South Dublin County Council in the Glebe Estate, Newcastle, County Dublin and outlines the procedure whereby this estate can be taken in charge by our County Council.
That this Committee expresses it's full support for any and all efforts to bring forward the development of key elements of physical and community infrastructure proposed under the Adamstown SDZ, as a means of supporting local job creation and delivering significant 'planning gains' for the residents of Adamstown and the Greater Lucan Area.
This Committee therefore requests the Manager to engage with the developers of Adamstown SDZ with a view to pro-actively examining all opportunities for community-led collaboration in expediting, in particular, the delivery of:
- A Community Sports & Aquatic Complex for the accessible use of all residents and families of Adamstown and the Greater Lucan Area;
- An Enterprise Centre to provide physical space such as 'hot-desks' and 'incubator units' for use by local entrepreneurs and business start-ups (including those involved this council's expanding 'Intellectual Enterprise Zone' initiative) as well as providing a base for Lucan Local Employment Services;
- Completion of the planned Loop Road No.2 so as to allow direct access from Dodsboro Road to Newcastle Road, removing rat-running traffic from Hillcrest Estate.
That this Committee requests the Manager to write to the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government and request an up-to-date report on this Council's earlier requests to extend the Special Amenity Area Order to the lands currently not protected by the SAAO between Lucan Bridge and Palmerstown, including St. Edmundsbury and Woodville, and further request the Minister to exercise his powers to issue this order without further delays.
That this Committee requests South Dublin County Council to develop an Intellectual Enterprise Zone at Grange Castle / Park West / City West etc; for start ups and waive the rates.
That the Area Committee notes the granting of planning permission for a major development on the Liffey Valley Town Centre lands, and if he will request a meeting of Councillors and Officials, at an early date with representatives of the developers, so that Councillors can be briefed on the intentions of the developers in regard to the provision of community facilities, including a Library.
That this Committee will under no circumstances allow private management companies to take control of existing / new residential housing estates in the Lucan/Clondalkin areas.
That this Committee now requests South Dublin County Council to ask the Irish Government, through the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, to begin the process of engaging with the owners of the lands at St. Edmundsbury and Woodville, Lucan, that would take these lands into state ownership so that the objective of this Council and that of the local community will be realised, and that these lands will become part of a Liffey Valley Park, and that as part of this new initiative this Council would make a presentation to the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism, demonstrating the potential tourism benefits as well as the historical, conservation and heritage significance of these lands.
That this Committee recommends that South Dublin County Council takes in charge the strip of land in Grangeview Estate, Clondalkin between the railings and the boundary wall of the Outer Ring Road.
That this committee requests the Manager to present a detailed report, for discussion, on efforts by the planning authority to monitor and ensure compliance with planning enforcement notices issued with respect to the unauthorised use of both No. 1 Liffey Road and No. 13 Liffey Gardens, Lucan for purposes associated with religious worship and instruction.
That this Committee notes the announcement by Irish Rail not to open Kishoge Station on schedule as repeatedly advised to Lucan and Clondalkin Councillors and, requests the Manger to make a statement on whether the decision not to open the station is in conflict with any of the conditions of the Adamstown SDZ, and whether it has implications for the start of any development of the Clonburris SDZ and the Kishoge LAP, and also if he will make a statement on the adoption by Councillors of additional development levy schemes relating to rail transport services, and if the adoption of such levies is legal in view of the decision on Kishoge by Irish Rail, and further requests the Manager to write to the Executive Chairman of CIE conveying the view of Councillors who have been supportive of the Kildare Route Project, and believe that the decision will lead to persistent traffic congestion in the area.
Roads
Questions
To ask the Manager to inspect and report on considerable traffic difficulties being experienced by commercial vehicles trying to access and exit Clondalkin Builders Providers from the main Ninth Lock Road. There is regular traffic parked on both sides of access road alongside original hotel building?
To ask the Manager, further to my two motions at the November 2009 meeting of this Area Committee, to report on what footpath improvement works are planned for each of Lucan Village and Palmerstown Village as part of the 2010 works programme?
To ask the Manager to introduce further appropriate road safety measures along Balgaddy Road between the Foxborough Road roundabout and the roundabout at Divine Mercy Church, to include completion of the footpath along the south side of Balgaddy Road between the old Lynches Lane and Tór an Rí, so as to improve safety for school-children walking to and from Archbishop Ryan JNS and SNS and for the residents of Buirg an Rí, Tór and Rí and Méile an Rí estates?
To ask the Manager to repair the safety barrier which has been damaged by collisions, at the Greenfort Roundabout on the Coldcut Road, Clondalkin?
To ask the Manager to erect clear signage on the N4 indicating clearly that the slip road for the M50, accommodates traffic for the M50 Southbound and M50 Northbound?
To ask the Manager if he will he agree to review and enhance the availability of taxi ranks for working drivers in the Clondalkin and Lucan areas?
To ask the Manager if the survey into road name plates, which was promised on foot of my motion last April, has been carried out and when will the missing road names in Palmerstown be replaced?
To ask the Manager when will the work as set out in my motion and passed by this Committee in October 2009 be carried out? Motion reads as follows: “That this Committee is dismayed at the way in which the Council has left both the boundary between the rear gardens of Hollyville, Palmerstown and the surplus ground between the N4 and the rear of these houses as a result of the M50 upgrade and calls on the Manager responsible to provide a proper boundary wall and restore the landscape on the open ground to its original levels. Many of the rear gardens have had their boundary interfered with to the extent that they suffer from both a lack of privacy and a lack of security. It makes no sense to have stopped the new high boundary wall in the middle of a back garden and to leave the rest of the gardens exposed. Secondly, the boulders and rubble that were pushed by the road builders to the edge of residents gardens resulting the creation of an unacceptable difference in levels between the two has also resulted in destabilizing some existing garden walls that had been erected by residents leading to a situation that is totally unacceptable and completely out of line with what one expects where publicly funded works for the common good is involved”? This motion was agreed by this Committee in October 2009 to be implemented. Residents live in fear at the lack of security to the rear of their homes and this Councillor contends that a private developer would not get away with the condition that this boundary has been left following publicly funded works.
To ask the Manager for an update regarding the proposed scheme to provide taxi spaces for Clondalkin Village?
To ask the Manager when traffic calming measures will be provided for the Castle Park area of Clondalkin?
To ask the Manager for a progress report on the Council's investigation, including consultation with An Garda Síochana, to provide an alternative taxi rank/ taxi waiting arrangements in Lucan Village which eliminates the inconvenience and annoyance presently experienced by residents, and does not interfere with the existing pay parking scheme in any way which would damage the retail and other businesses in the village?
To ask the Manager if he will make an updated report on the installation and making operational the MOVA system for the traffic signals at and around the new overbridge junction of the Adamstown Road, Lucan with the N4?
Headed Items
NEW WORKS
No Business
PROPOSED DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE PUBLIC ROADS
No Business
SIGNAGE AT LUCAN METHODIST CHURCH
NATIONAL ROAD GRANT ALLOCATIONS - 2010
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
No Business
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Manager presents a report on the following Roads issues in Saggart Village:
(a) That he confirms that there are no plans to introduce paid parking in Saggart as it would be strongly resisted locally.
(b) That he does a traffic count at the crossroads in Saggart Village and, if warranted, installs traffic lights at that location.
(c) That he examines Mill Lane and the area outside 1 & 2 Mill Road Saggart to see if it's possible to install car parking in those areas and reports back to the council members within 2 months.
That this Committee requests the Manager to present a detailed report for discussion on the methodologies and criteria used in assessing requests for the installation of signalised pedestrian crossings, including details of any statutory provisions and national or international best-practice guidelines etc. underpinning these methodologies and criteria. In reporting on this matter the Manager is further requested to make specific reference to the decision not to install a signalised pedestrian crossing on Griffeen Avenue at Oldbridge estate as per my recent request due to ‘a warrant not being reached’. The provision of a signalised pedestrian crossing at this location has been a long held objective of the local community in Oldbridge, Rossberry, Tullyhall and Hayden’s Park estates, from where many pedestrians, including hundreds of school children have to cross the busy Griffeen Avenue to access Griffeen Valley Educate Together School, Griffeen Youth Centre, the local shops and bus-stops.
That the Manager will report on the ongoing issue of cars being illegally parked on the pedestrianised area around Quinlan's/The Village Inn, Clondalkin.
That the owner be obliged to keep the footpath outside his shop free of merchandise at Main Street, Clondalkin as the situation is untenable, and that the usual answer of "might cause problems for other shopkeepers" is not acceptable. I have received continuous complaints regarding this premises and this Council is duty bound to act.
That this Committee calls on the Manager responsible to have the traffic gantry between Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown and the M50, which is totally out of place in a residential urban environment, and which I have brought to the attention of the Council on numerous occasions. Can it be replaced by a single pedestal type gantry as the current double pedestal gantry is both an attraction for serious anti social behaviour, and, a health and safety hazard that totally dominates the adjacent homes and residential gardens in a most unnecessary and intrusive manner.
That the Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee notes the Petition To Object To The Amendments to the Parking Bye-Laws signed by the owners and managers of 80 businesses in and around Lucan Village, believes the presence of such a wide range of commercial activity in Lucan is vital to the real sustainability of the whole community in Lucan Village and its surrounds, values the employment provided by the businesses, and rejects completely the proposal to introduce parking charges on Saturdays, and also rejects the proposal to increase the charge by over 50% at a time of negative inflation, and calls on the Manager to confirm to the Committee that he will not make a proposal to introduce a charge on Saturday, and that no proposal for an increase in the charge will be put to Councillors without full historical and current information on the income and expenses situation of the company operating the scheme being made available to Councillors; this Committee regards that the purpose of the parking scheme is to control and improve traffic management in Lucan, and that the scheme was not and should not be managed as a revenue raising scheme.
That the Manager urgently assesses the condition of the footpaths around the entrance to the Mill Centre on the Nangor Road, Clondalkin as far as Colaiste Chillian.
That the Manager arrange that one more bollard be placed at the walk through between Oakwood Grove and St. Patrick's Road, Clondalkin. This would stop motor bikes using this pedestrian facility (too much space between bollards), and that the agreed new bollards be placed on the pathway at 72 St. Patrick's Road similar to the ones placed already which will deter bullying gangs who gather at this site used for drinking and other nefarious activities. (Residents are all in agreement urgent action needed before bright evenings).
That this Committee requests the Manager to present a detailed report, for discussion, on any changes that have been implemented over the past 6 months with regards to the signal configurations of traffic lights along the Outer Ring Road in Lucan including at the Ballyowen/Willsbrook, Castle Road (Penny Hill) and Griffeen Avenue/Foxborough junctions; to include in this report the details and outcomes of any monitoring and analysis of tailbacks along the approach roads to the Outer Ring Road at these 3 junctions, to report on whether tailbacks on these approach roads have been alleviated in any way as a result of the implementation to date of changes to traffic light signal configurations; and if not, to outline what further steps are now being examined by the Roads Department to address the serious traffic congestion still faced by resident motorists using these approach roads and three Outer Ring Road junctions in particular since the closure of the N4-Esker Lane slip road.