Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes

Minutes of the Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting 28th September, 2010

• H 1

To ask the Manager to report on the operation, activities and funding of the Adamstown Community Partnership?

• Q 1

To ask the Manager if the Community Services Department and/or County Sports Partnership have had any engagement with watersports or kayaking/canoeing clubs in the Lucan and Clondalkin electoral areas with a view to opening-up opportunities for children and young people to engage in water-sports as part of this council's ongoing efforts of to promote pro-social behaviour?

• Q 2

NEW WORKS

No Business

Application for Grants

• HI 3

CORRESPONDENCE

No Business

Cathaoirleach's Business

That the Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee resolves that, after years of unacceptable delays, it is a priority for this Committee to do everything it can to bring the Palmerstown Community Centre Project to a conclusion before summer 2011, requests the Manager to use all measures open to him, including the commitment of required Council financial and other resources and the planning enforcement powers, if appropriate, available to him to have the required construction and fitting out works implemented, and to ask the Manager to make an updated report on the matter at the September meeting of the ACM.

• M 1

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.

• M 2

That this Committee, noting the success and popularity of the market stalls during the Lucan Festival, directs the Manager to actively pursue and support the establishment of a permanent weekly outdoor market in Lucan Village in conjunction with local business interests.

• M 3

That this Committee re-affirms and will not give up on its commitment to the provision of a public Swimming Pool in Lucan, condemns unequivocally the decision, supported by all the Coalition parties and members including FF, Green and Independent Dáil Deputies representing Lucan, to abandon, after the relevant Government Department had led this Committee and the Council"up the garden path" for years, including the years of the dear departed Celtic Tiger,  by giving repeated written replies referring to the re-opening of the Swimming Pool Programme, the scheme of financial  support for Local Authority Swimming Pools, recognises that this betrayal of the Lucan Swimming Pool Project, combined with the collapse in Development Levy income to the Council makes it very difficult for the Manager to raise the necessary finance for a Swimming Pool Project, nevertheless requests the Manager to meet with Lucan EA Councillors to discuss and explore any options that might be open to the Council, and the community of Lucan, to bring a Lucan Swimming Pool project to fruition.  

• M 4

To ask the Manager to tidy up the locked area between 1 Lindisfarne Avenue and the Lindisfarne shop, Clondalkin?

• Q 3

To ask the Manager to provide an update on any consultations carried-out and any plans or strategies being progressed for both the redevelopment of traveller accommodation at Ballyowen Lane, Lucan and development of the adjoining vacant lands, adjacent to Droim Na Coille Estate, which remain the subject of dumping and anti-social behaviour?

• Q 4

To ask the Manager the number of people form the Lucan Area Committee who are on the Homeless List and for an up to date report on

(A) The Council Policy on the provision of services for Homeless persons.

(B) The strategy to implement the policy?

• Q 5

To ask the Manager for a progress report on the project to provide a public park with playground and MUGA area in Balgaddy?

• Q 6

NEW WORKS 

No Business  

Report on Draft Anti Social Behaviour Strategy

• H 5

Anti-Social Quarterly Statistics

• H 6

New Allocation Process

• HI 7

CORRESPONDENCE

No Business

Cathaoirleach's Business

That this Committee acknowledges that the concerns of residents of the Balgaddy area about the safety of residents, especially children, on the roads in the area, including Balgaddy Road itself and the immediate area around Méile an Rí View and Méile an Rí Crescent, are well based on experience of actual incidents including the recent one involving a child and a car, and requests the Manager to allocate the necessary resources, in the context of implementing the Mayor's Initiative, to implementing traffic management and other measures, along Balgaddy Road and by the installation of bollards to reduce the number of through rotes to Méile an Rí View and Crescent, following appropriate consultation with representatives of residents and An Garda Síochana, to improve pedestrian safety. 

• M 5

That the Housing Manager presents an updated report on physical improvements planned for the new housing in Kilcronan Court and also concerning the suggested closure of the gap between Kilcronan Court and Kilcronan View, Clondalkin.

• M 6

That the Manager presents a report to this Committee on the very low number of housing allocations in Clondalkin this year considering the huge numbers on the housing list. 

• M 7

That the Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee supports the Mayor's Initiative for Balgaddy, believes that the involvement of the Balgaddy Working Together Group and its associate Environmental Group is crucial to the success of the Initiative, and requests the Manager to confirm that the Initiative will continue as the basis for resource provision to Balgaddy, and requests him to provide an update report on actions already taken and a schedule for the implementation of other actions in the initiative.  

• M 8

That this Committee requests the Manager to make available a copy of any recent Housing Conditions Reports conducted by CARA Housing Association with respects to units at Méile an Rí, Balgaddy and to present a report to this committee in response to the matters raised in the CARA reports.

• M 9

That the Manager arranges to have the clay mound on the Foxdene/Tór an Rí side of the wall separating the Estates from the Adamstown Link Road removed.

• M 10

To ask the Manager to write to the Minister for Education & Skills to request that funding be made available to cover the cost of vetted escorts on currently unsupervised school buses serving Esker Educate Together NS so as to address the serious concerns that exist over child protection given that infant pupils, many of whom have little or poor English language skills, are collected and dropped-off at unsupervised public locations throughout Lucan South?

• Q7

To ask the Manager if he will write to the County Dublin VEC requesting information on the appointment of a Design Team for the approved extension to Lucan Community College?

• Q 8

To ask the Manager if he will provide an updated report on progress towards the provision of Library Services in Palmerstown and North Clondalkin?

• Q 9

NEW WORKS

No Business  

Library News & Events

• H 8

Scheduling of Pilot Meetings for the Lucan and Clondalkin Area Committee Meetings

• H 10

CORRESPONDENCE

Cor 3a) Letter from Local Health Office Dublin West regarding plans for future development of HSE services for Palmerstown residents and current status of Manor Road Clinic. Item ID 24890

Cor 3b) Letter from Dublin Bus regarding bus shelters on Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown.  Item ID's: 24898 and 22175

Cor 3c) Letter from Superquinn regarding stocking of compostable bags for brown bins.  Item ID: 24910

• Cor 3 a
• Cor 3 b
• Cor 3 c

Cathaoirleach's Business

That in view of the very high level of unemployment of young people, under 25 years, in the Lucan- Clondalkin Electoral Areas, the increased level of applications for places in Higher Education Colleges such as IT Tallaght  in 2010, this Committee believes the "cap" imposed on the number of PLC places in Further Education Colleges (e.g. Ballyfermot College of FE could accommodate an additional 200 1st Year students, if it were not prevented in doing so by the "cap") requests the Manager to write to the Minister for Education & Skills conveying the view of the Committee that the number of 1st Year PLC places should be immediately increased by 20% in 2010-2011.

• M 11

That this Committee recommends that a physical upgrade of Clondalkin Library be undertaken before the 100th Anniversary occurs.

• M 12

To ask the Manager to have illegally dumped rubbish removed from these locations:-

1.  Old Nangor Road cul-de-sac in the ditches adjacent to Scoil Mochua.

2.  In St. Cuthbert's Park opposite Oldcastle Drive.

3.  Inside the entrance to Grangeview Estate.

4.  The lane up to Clondalkin Sports & Leisure Centre from the Old Nangor Road?

• Q.10

To ask the Manager to remove the refuse dumped at the Fonthill Road/Newlands Cross Junction opposite Bewley's (N.E. corner)?

• Q.11

To ask the Manager to adopt a proactive policy of pursuing removal of all unauthorised advertising signs, banners and posters from along public roads across the Lucan electoral area, in particular in Lucan Village? 

• Q.12

To ask the Manager to provide a further update on the recent tender process for CCTV surveillance at recycling bring banks, including those at Ballyowen Castle, Moy Glas and Superquinn and to outline the timeframe for the commencement of services under any contracts awarded as result of this tender process?

• Q.13

To ask the Manager for a report on the Council's plans for the elimination of Bonfires this Halloween within the area of this Committee and that the Council write now to relative community groups advising them of the Council’s policy and seeking their positive support in stamping out this dangerous and expensive practice?

• Q.14

To ask the Manger for a report on the area between the Covert and Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown and specifically on what action has been taken (with or without  the Gardaí) to bring it into and maintain it in a manner that reflects the fact that this is a residential area and a passage way for pedestrians.  It is used as a hangout for anti-social behaviour including drinking parties and is perpetually strewn with empty beer cans, broken bottles, remnants of fires and general litter.  Despite the best efforts of dedicated workers from this Council the area is a focal point for graffiti and is anything but a pleasant place to have to pass through or to live beside.

• Q.15

To ask the Manager if he will present a report for discussion on the implementation of the Brown Bin system in the Lucan-Clondalkin Electoral Areas, since the introduction and in particular if he will provide information on the presentation rates of the Brown Bins?

• Q.16

To ask the Manager if he will provide a report on measures on recent work to remove illegally dumped materials and items in and around the Quarryvale Estates, particularly in Quarryvale Park and on the piece of land adjacent to the houses at the northern edge of Greenfort Estate beside the Coldcut Road on which serious incidents of illegal dumping reguilarly occur, and if he will consider installing CCTV cameras at this location? 

• Q.17

NEW WORKS

No Business

CORRESPONDENCE

No Business

Cathaoirleach's Business

That this Committee notes that comments and complaints have been made to Councillors over recent months, particularly when water levels in the river were low, about the extent of weeds and overgrown vegetation along the banks of the River Liffey, in the area upstream and downstream of Lucan Bridge, and requests the Manager to present a report on the measures taken by the Council to maintain the river bank along the course of the Liffey in South Dublin County, including  removal and control of litter, prevention of polluting discharges into the river and management of the bank itself including vegetation.

• M 13

That this Committee congratulates the Lucan Tidy Towns group on their result in the 2010 National Tidy Towns contest whereby Lucan Village’s overall marks increased from 269 last year to 276 this year and won the Dublin (South) County award.  However while welcoming the improved cleanliness of the Lucan Village area, this Committee again expresses its serious concern over litter problems in the Lucan South area and further to my motion at the April meeting, recommends that a permanent hand-cart service be introduced in the Lucan South area with a primary focus on the areas and roads nearest to the Ballyowen Castle local centre, the Griffeen local centre and Foxborough. This hand-cart service would be of significant benefit in assisting efforts to address the very serious and highly-visible litter problems blighting some of these areas and in particular would be of advantage in allowing for more regular removal of litter from landscaped areas not subject to the regular street-sweeping rota. This Committee therefore requests the Manager to present a detailed report for discussion on how we could progress this proposal with specific reference to the human resources and financial matters involved.

• M.14

That this Committee, noting the importance of involving young people in environmental issues, ask that the Manager install litter bins at strategic points and in close proximity to Pobalscoil Iosolde Palmerstown (as previously requested) and that their be contact made with the school authorities with a view to getting a greater involvement of the students in keeping the school environs litter free, and that business premises in the area that receive the patronage of students maintain the external public space round their premises litter free.

• M.15

That this Area Committee requests the Manager to treat as a matter of priority the removal of all unauthorised signs, postings, advertisings etc., in public places, including on road ways, traffic lights, public walls etc within the area of this Area Committee. The upsurge in these signs is the cause of serious environmental damages and is undermining the work of this Council and local voluntary groups including Tidy Town Committees, Residents Associations and Environmental Groups.

• M.16

That the Manager presents a report on the Mill pond adjacent to the Clondalkin Sports & Leisure Centre especially in relation to the following:-

(a)  Is it safe?

(b)  How can the leak from it be stopped?

(c)  Can the prevalence of rats in the area be tackled?

• M 17

That the Manager would address with a permanent proposal the ongoing problems with dumping at the old illegal traveller encampment on the Cloverhill Road between Palmerstown Woods and the M50 Bridge.

• M.18

That the Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee affirms its support for the Council's publicly managed household bin collection services, with its important features of a waiver system for low income households and no "flat fee charge", will support the efforts of the Manager and the Environmental Services Department to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the service, including measures to remove, as soon as possible, the inequality of service being experienced by households with a Monday Black/Brown Bin collection, and requests the Manager to make a report on the roll out of the Brown Bin Service in the Lucan and Clondalkin Electoral Areas, and advise on the anticipated situation for households in the area on the October Bank Holiday Monday.

• M.19

That the Manager would present a detailed report for discussion on my representations on behalf of the many Palmerstown residents who have been affected by stray and threatening dogs in Glenaulin Park, Palmerstown, including a detailed report from the Gardaí on such incidents. Would the Manager give assurances to the Palmerstown community that this matter is being given appropriate priority by this Council, and through representations, the Gardaí?

• M 20

In view of the fact that the level of dumping and fly tipping in the back lanes in Palmerstown, especially close to the Primary Schools, has reached crisis point, that the Manager bring forward a plan for consideration and the subsequent approval of this Committee so that this blight on the Palmerstown Community, which is also a drain on the resources of this Council, can be eliminated once and for all.

That this Committee requests the Manager to present a detailed report for discussion on the initiative proposed in response to my previous motions to examine the pollution content of stormwater outfalls to the Griffeen River and to address domestic misconnections in estates in the Griffeen River catchment area.

• M 22