Agenda - Lucan-Clondalkin ACM (2) 25th May, 2010
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Confirmation and Re-Affirmation of Minutes
Minutes of the Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting 27th April, 2010
Housing
Questions
To ask the Manager to raise the railings between Kilcronan Court and St. Cuthbert's Road, Clondalkin so that it becomes a more effective barrier?
To ask the Manager to report on the number of units, per estate, to be partially or fully refurbished in the Lucan area during 2010?
To ask the Manager to confirm that he has received correspondence, by registered mail, from the residents’ action group opposed to the proposed location of homeless accommodation in Liscarne Gardens, Clondalkin and to report on when he will be replying to this correspondence?
To request an update on the Mayor's Initiative as it relates to Balgaddy, Lucan?
To ask the Manager if he can advise the Committee on the number of Social Housing Units (as distinct from Affordable Units) which have become available to the Council, or to a Housing Association through the Council, under Part V in the Adamstown SDZ since it began, and if it is expected that any further Social Housing Units will become available in 2010?
Headed Items
NEW WORKS
Completion of Public Realm at Balgaddy Estate
Report on Quarterly Statistics on Anti Social Behaviour
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
(a) Letter issued to NABCO dated 11th March 2010 as a result of Motions 23 and 24 of Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee (2) meeting held on Tuesday February 23, 2010
(b) Reply from NABCO dated 19th March 2010
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
That this Committee recommends that South Dublin County Council liaise with NABCO to ensure that the new terraced housing in Kilcronan Court, Clondalkin is made vandal proof.
That the Manager outline if there are any fire / safety issues in the council houses in Lealand Gardens, Clondalkin due to the fact that there should be 600mm between bedroom windows and beds. Can this be rectified in the houses in Lealand Gardens? Does South Dublin County Council inform all tenants of grants available for work to be done / insulations?
That the Manager will detail housing in the Lucan and Clondalkin to be used in the Social Housing Leasing Initiative. Further that the Manager will estimate the cost and time that may be involved for SDCC in refurbishment at the end of the leasing period.
That this Area Committee would acknowledge with appreciation, the superb tidy-up carried out in the Balgaddy area on 8th May by the residents of the Balgaddy community, and supported by this Council and the Gardaí. Would the Manager also outline how further assistance and encouragement may be given to the residents of Balgaddy given this local commitment, and to help maintain this momentum.
That the Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee compliments the residents of Balgaddy, the members of Balgaddy Working Together, the CPLN and Council staff, An Garda Síochana, and all who worked on the Clean-up of the 8th May, and to ask the Manager for a report on the project and what supports can be given by the Council to a Balgaddy Environmental Group, if such a group is set up by Balgaddy Working Together and residents.
Corporate & Library Services
Questions
To ask the Manager if he will write to the Regional Manager of FáS requesting that a FáS official would meet with Lucan and Clondalkin Councillors (at a pre-Area Committee meeting) to brief Councillors and discuss measures being implemented by FáS to provide training opportunities for unemployed young people on the Live Register at the Clondalkin Office (including residents of Lucan and Clondalkin)?
Headed Items
New Works
No Business
Library News & Events
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
(a) Reply from the RPA regarding the Luas Park and Ride facility at the Saggart Luas Terminus - Item ID 21583
(b) Reply from ESB Networks regarding the safety of the pylon at 17/18 Kilcronan View, Clondalkin Item ID 22623
(c) Reply from Iarnród Éireann regarding the completion date for the Kildare Route Project and the planned opening of Kishoge Station Item ID 21744
(d) Reply from the Minister for Education & Skils regarding a second level school in the Kishoge area - Item ID 22804
(e) Reply (1) and Map (2) from ESB ecars regarding proposals to install electric vehicle 'juice-points' in the Lucan, Palmerstown and Clondalkin areas - Item ID 23012
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
No Business
That this Committee notes with concern that according to figures provided to the February meeting of the CDB there are 2387 unemployed people under 25 years old in Clondalkin (1657), Lucan (573) and Palmerstown (157), which suggests over 2500 in the whole of the Lucan-Clondalkin Electoral Areas, requests the Manager to recommend to the Department of Social Protection that information on these young unemployed which will allow a profile to be drawn up, in terms of qualification level and are, employment experience (if any), to enable agencies such as FAS, the VEC, IT Tallaght and CPLN to devise appropriate and relevant training/work placement programmes for the young unemployed in our area and that Government funding be sought to fund the immediate implementation of the programmes, and that the Manager copy his recommendation to the DSP to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. This Committee further believes that similar urgent responses are also required to meet the needs of all 5222 unemployed persons under 25 years old in the County, and deplores the failure of the Government to take seriously the increasing crisis of unemployment amongst young people.
That this Committee welcomes the bus route changes announced as part of phase 1 of Dublin Bus’s new ‘Network Direct’ plan which will mean more direct and faster journeys from the Lucan South and Adamstown areas to the city centre; however this Committee requests Dublin Bus to :
- Retain a direct morning 25X service from Newcastle Road/Hillcrest via the N4 (avoiding Lucan South);
- Retain Adamstown as terminus for the 151 service and to partially reroute the 151 to serve the Balgaddy area;
- Continue with further bus route reforms including greater connectivity between Lucan Village and Lucan South.
That the Manager to write to the Minster for Education and Skills and request that proper consultation would take place regarding the proposed location of the sites identified for the new primary schools in the Lucan area in the interest of good planning.
That this Committee requests the Manager to write to the RPA (Lucan LUAS Project Team) requesting information on its intentions in regard to the next phase of public consultation meetings in the Lucan, Quarryvale, Palmerstown area regarding the Lucan LUAS, and that the Manager conveys the request of this Committee that the RPA itself organise and implement its own public meetings.
That this Committee calls again on the Fianna Fail/Green Party government and in particular on the Minister for Tourism, Culture & Sports Mary Hanafin TD, the Minister for Environment, Heritage, Local Government & Green Party leader John Gormley TD and on the three government TD's representing the Dublin Mid West constituency: Minister Mary Harney TD, Minster John Curran TD & Paul Gogarty TD; to immediately reopen the Local Authority Swimming Pool funding scheme and to provide funding for the long-awaited Lucan Swimming Pool project.
Environment
Questions
To ask the Manager to arrange for the repair or replacement of the bin opposite Clondalkin Civic Office along the old Chartbusters wall on the Ninth Lock Road?
To ask the Manager to investigate and report on the sewage discharge coming from the shore in the driveway of no. 5 Orchard Road Clondalkin?
To ask the Manager what assistance South Dublin County Council can provide to residents associations in the Lucan area who wish to purchase and erect signage relating to littering and dog-littering in their estates?
To ask the Manager to install litter bins on the Outer Ring Road and Ballyowen Road adjacent to Larkfield Estate, Lucan?
To ask the Manager if he will arrange for the immediate removal of the large graffiti on the gable end wall of the apartment block at Foxford/Ballyowen lane, which is highly visible from the Outer Ring Road and other points, is a source of embarrassment to residents of the apartments, and to further ask if the Council knows how such a large graffiti display was put on an apparently inaccessible wall?
To thank the Manager and staff of the Environmental Services Department for organising a site meeting with Lucan EA Councillors to investigate incidents of litter and illegal dumping in the area of Ballyowen Lane, and in and in the area, including estates, in and around Ballyowen Castle Shopping Centre, and to ask what remedial measures have been carried out since the on-site meeting, or are planned by the Department?
Headed Items
NEW WORKS
No Business
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
No Business
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
That this Committee recommends that litter bins are erected on New Road and Convent Road, Clondalkin near the two entrances to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Clondalkin.
That the Manager arranges that the drain outside 24, St. Ronan's Gardens, Clondalkin be repaired. This has been an ongoing issue for some time now.
That the Manager will address the graffiti issues at Foxford, Ballyowen Lane, Lucan.
That this Committee requests the Manager to present a detailed report for discussion on what functions and powers the Local Authority and Environmental Health Officers have in relation to requiring owners or developers of vacant properties and of dormant and unfinished building sites to properly maintain these properties and sites so as to eliminate problems of vermin which can pose very serious public health risks to residents of adjoining properties and estates, with particular reference to problems being faced by residents of Tullyhall, Lucan who live immediately adjacent to the unfinished and now dormant building site south of the estate?
That this Committee requests the Manager to ensure that dedicated cycle-paths, such as those along the N4, are more regularly swept and cleansed with a specific focus on the need to more regularily remove broken glass which acts as an obvious disincentive to the use of the cycle-paths?
That the Manager would present a detailed report for discussion on the current upsurge in Graffiti in the Lucan/Clondalkin area? What provisions are in place to help combat this increased problem on an area by area basis.
That the Manager respond to the lack of action in removing the horse carcasses from lands adjacent to the Grand Canal (formerly Carey's Farmlands), Clondalkin.
That this Committee agrees to the clearing up the mound of concrete left at the end of Foxdene Avenue, Balgaddy (where it meets the outer ring road) as rats are now gathering.
That the Manager will detail possible projects and funding that the Lucan EA could realise as a result of the DOEHLG allocation of €1.5 million to assist local authorities to tackle graffiti and litter.
Community
Questions
To ask the Manager what plans there are to resurface the car park area in the Lucan Sports and Leisure Centre? This is the cause of great concern to local residents, particularly in wet weather when large pools of water cause great inconvenience. In addition would the Manager report on the drainage at the same location for the very same reasons?
To ask the Manager to update on plans for the provision of additional community facilities and recreational programmes in the Balgaddy area?
To ask the Manager to report on the financial and human resources being committed by South Dublin County Council to the Lucan Festival 2010?
To ask the Manager if it is still intended to introduce a Community Garden at Balgaddy/Rosse Court, Lucan and to outline what consultation is planned with local residents?
Headed Items
NEW WORKS
Proposed Extension to Rowlagh Community Centre
Application for Grants
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
No Business
Motions
Cathaoirleach's Business
No Business
That the Manager would present a detailed report for discussion on the long-awaited and planned Swimming Pool for the Lucan area. In the light of years of effort and representations by the Lucan community and Lucan Public Representatives, including many Motions passed by the Council and Area Committees in pursuit of this water leisure facility, and the Manager's efforts to provide a Swimming Pool for Lucan, that the Manager would report on his most recent efforts and discussions with the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport and the Department's response to our most recent request for funding through the Swimming Pool Programme, and what alternative initiatives, including possible joint ventures can be explored to deliver a Lucan Swimming Pool.
That this Committee acknowledges the support, financial and the work of staff of the Community Department, given to the 2009 Lucan Community Festival, is cognisant of the financial constraints on the Council in the present financial year, and requests the Manager to advise what financial support could be available to the Committee formed to run the Festival this year, and to confirm that the Committee is eligible to apply for one or more of the standard Community Grants which the Council has continued to provide to various community groups and projects in 2010.