Agenda - Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting 19 January 2011

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Date:
19/01/2011 15:00
Location:
Clondalkin Office
Standing Orders:

Headed Items

H-I (1)
Submitted by:
Planning Not is use
Responsibility:
Planning Not is use

Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes

Minutes of Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting 1st December, 2010

Parks

Questions

Qu (1)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Delaney
Responsibility:
Bill Kearney

To thank the Manager and staff for the wonderful and hugely successful Christmas event recently held in Corkagh Park which apart from being greatly entertaining also showcased the park and facilities in all its splendour.

Qu (2)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Delaney
Responsibility:
David Fennell

To ask the Manager that the grass margin on the canal side of the Fonthill Road which has overgrown out on to the cycle/foot path is cut back before it undermines the tarmac surface?

Qu (3)
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
David Fennell

To ask the Manager to plant two trees at the entrance to Lindisfarne Estate, Clondalkin?

Headed Items

H-I (2)
Submitted by:
Parks Department
Responsibility:
Parks Department

New Works

(No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (1)
Submitted by:
Parks Department
Responsibility:
Parks Department

Correspondence

(No Business)

Motions

Mot (1)
Submitted by:
Councillor M. McDonagh
Responsibility:
Parks Department

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No Business)

Mot (2)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Ridge
Responsibility:
David Fennell

That the pruning of trees agreed with the Park's Department some time ago at Alpine Heights (requested by "address supplied") take place immediately as agreed some time ago.

Development

Headed Items

H-I (3)
Submitted by:
Development, Econ. & Transport Planning Dept.
Responsibility:
Development, Econ. & Transport Planning Dept.

New Works

(No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (2)
Submitted by:
Development, Econ. & Transport Planning Dept.
Responsibility:
Development, Econ. & Transport Planning Dept.

Correspondence

(No Business)

Motions

Mot (3)
Submitted by:
Councillor M. McDonagh
Responsibility:
Development, Econ. & Transport Planning Dept.

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No Business)

Mot (4)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Ridge
Responsibility:
John Browne

That this Area Committee calls on the Manager to instruct the owner of the semi-derelict cottages at the entrance to St. Brigid's Lane to restore or demolish same (access from slip road at the Naas Road, Clondalkin). 

Mot (5)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Delaney
Responsibility:
John Browne

That the Manager takes immediate action to force the owner/s of the end cottage on the city/N7 side of St Brigid's Cottages, Clondalkin to clean up and secure the house and boundary fencing which is in a highly dangerous and most unsatisfactory state of presentation.

Housing

Questions

Qu (4)
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
Paul Fleming

To ask the Manager to prune the bushes in Mayfield Estate, Watery Lane, Clondalkin?

Qu (5)
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
John Walsh, Patricia Doherty

To ask the Manager to give a report on the progress of Balgaddy Park including safety, seating and lighting?

Headed Items

H-I (4)
Submitted by:
Housing Administration
Responsibility:
Housing Administration

New Works

(No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (3)
Submitted by:
Housing Administration
Responsibility:
Housing Administration

Correspondence

(No Business)

Motions

Mot (6)
Submitted by:
Councillor M. McDonagh
Responsibility:
Housing Administration

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No Business)

Mot (7)
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
Paul Fleming, Hugh Hogan

That the Manager presents a report on how the request to block the through road at Méile an Rí Crescent, Balgaddy might be best achieved and the timescales involved.

Mot (8)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Ridge
Responsibility:
Paul Fleming, Margaret Horan

That this Area Committee request the Manager to seek a meeting with the Minister for Justice regarding the need to assign Gardaí on a continuous and permanent basis in the specific areas where tenants are harassed and assaulted by other tenants within residential developments in the Clondalkin area to the extent of living in fear and afraid to complain to the Council or the Gardaí.

Mot (9)
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
Hugh Hogan, Mary Hayes

That the Manager presents a report in relation to the Balgaddy area on the need to remove or flatten the grass mounds between Foxdene Estate and the wall alongside the Adamstown Link Road.

Corporate Services & Libraries

Questions

Qu (6)
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
C AC Meeting Administrator

To ask the Manager to write to Dublin Bus to request a decent bus service from Lucan to Clondalkin and on to Tallaght?

Qu (7)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Ridge
Responsibility:
C AC Meeting Administrator

To ask the Manager to write to Iarnród Eireann requesting a progress report on the Celbridge to Heuston Station commuter line with regard to the small number of trains on this line?

Headed Items

H-I (5)
Submitted by:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate, Libraries
Responsibility:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate, Libraries

New Works

(No Business)

H-I (6)
Submitted by:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate
Responsibility:
Georgina Byrne

Library News & Events

Correspondence

Cor (4)
Submitted by:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate, Libraries
Responsibility:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate, Libraries

Correspondence

(a) Email from Tesco Ireland regarding the stocking of compostable bags in their supermarkets (Item ID 24910)

(b) Letter from Aldi Ireland GmbH regarding the stocking of compostable bags in their supermarkets (Item ID 24910)

Motions

Mot (10)
Submitted by:
Councillor M. McDonagh
Responsibility:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No Business)

Environment

Questions

Qu (8)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Delaney
Responsibility:
Colm Ward

To ask the Manager for a clean up of the Woodford Hill and Road area as a matter of priority and give details on the recent clean up history if possible?

Qu (9)
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
Sheila Kelly

To ask the Manager to give an updated report on the sewage coming from 5 Orchard Road, Clondalkin - a problem which has been ongoing for three and a half years - and indicate

(a) why this problem was not resolved earlier and

(b) when it is going to be resolved?

Qu (10)
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
Colm Ward

To ask the Manager to make a statement on shortcomings in the green bin collection in the following areas of Clondalkin and how these shortcomings will be addressed:

1. Green Park.

2. Monksfield.

3. Floraville.

4. Westbourne?

Headed Items

H-I (7)
Submitted by:
Environmental Services
Responsibility:
Environmental Services

New Works

(No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (5)
Submitted by:
Environmental Services
Responsibility:
Environmental Services

Correspondence

(No Business)

Motions

Mot (11)
Submitted by:
Councillor M. McDonagh
Responsibility:
Environmental Services

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No Business)

Mot (12)
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
Sheila Kelly

That this Committee recommends that a survey of Rowlagh Estate, North Clondalkin be done to find out which houses had no water due to frozen pipes during the cold weather leading to a programme of works to re- lay the water pipes at a deeper level so that this problem does not recur.

Mot (13)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Gilligan
Responsibility:
Sheila Kelly

That this Committee strongly supports the identification of an independent source of water and water sanitation in the Clondalkin area.

Mot (14)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Delaney
Responsibility:
Colm Ward

That this Committee strongly objects to the lack of a street cleaning programme in Clondalkin Village over the entire Christmas holiday which resulted in litter bins overflowing with rubbish and requests that there is a schedule in place to cover holiday periods in future.

Community

Headed Items

H-I (8)
Submitted by:
Community Services
Responsibility:
Community Services

New Works

(No Business)

H-I (9)
Submitted by:
Community Services
Responsibility:
Willie Sheils

Application for Grants

Correspondence

Cor (6)
Submitted by:
Community Services
Responsibility:
Community Services

Correspondence

(No Business)

Motions

Mot (15)
Submitted by:
Councillor M. McDonagh
Responsibility:
Community Services

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No Business)

Roads

Questions

Qu (11)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Delaney
Responsibility:
Tony O Grady

To ask the Manager to repair or replace where necessary sections of fencing along the Fonthill Road between the Nangor Road Junction and the Railway Station?

Qu (12)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Delaney
Responsibility:
Tony O Grady

To ask for an updated report on the proposed inspection and cleaning out of the gullies in Cherrywood Park as per reply to this Committee in November 2010?

Qu (13)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Delaney
Responsibility:
Philip Murphy

To ask the Manager to clarify the Council's position on traders 'trading' on the public footpath in the Clondalkin area?

Qu (14)
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
Tony O Grady

To ask the Manager to repair the damaged footpaths in Dunawley Estate and that a timetable for the work be provided?

Qu (15)
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
Tony O Grady

To ask the Manager as a pilot scheme, to put grit boxes in a few Clondalkin Estates including Cherrywood Grove, Clondalkin, so that people can grit their own roads when they are icy?

Qu (16)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Ridge
Responsibility:
Tony O Grady

To ask when the large potholes at the entrance to St. Patrick's Estate, Clondalkin will be repaired?

Qu (17)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Ridge
Responsibility:
Tony O Grady

To ask the Manager to repair the damaged footpaths in Dunawley Estate and that a timetable for the work be provided?

Headed Items

H-I (10)
Submitted by:
Roads Department
Responsibility:
Roads Department

New Works

(No Business)

H-I (11)
Submitted by:
Roads Department
Responsibility:
Roads Department

Proposed Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads

(No Business)

H-I (12)
Submitted by:
Roads Department
Responsibility:
Thomas Curtin

Proposed Extinguishment of the Public Right of Way over Portion of Kilcronan Crescent, Clondalkin

H-I (13)
Submitted by:
Roads Department
Responsibility:
Tony O Grady

Review of Policy on Winter Gritting

Correspondence

Cor (7)
Submitted by:
Roads Department
Responsibility:
Roads Department

Correspondence

(No Business)

Motions

Mot (16)
Submitted by:
Councillor M. McDonagh
Responsibility:
Roads Department

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No Business)

Mot (17)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Ridge
Responsibility:
Tony O Grady

That a new sign be put in place at St. Patrick's Avenue to replace the former sign which has disappeared and cannot be found.  The sign should identify the numbers of the four houses situated in St. Patrick's Avenue.  This is to eliminate confusion to assist emergency callout services who find it difficult to find addresses without a sign.

Mot (18)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Delaney
Responsibility:
Tony O Grady

That the Manager will address the reinstatement of missing bollards, re-paint all of the bollards and lampstands and repair the dangerous footpaths in Main Street/Tower Road/Orchard Road Clondalkin. (See L/CACM1 Question & Answer 21442  20th January 2010).

Mot (19)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Gilligan
Responsibility:
John McLoughlin

That this Committee agrees to install a proper island (not a ghost island) at the T-junction at the entrance to Floraville Estate as recommended by the Road's Department at their meeting with residents a few weeks ago.

Planning

Questions

Qu (18)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Gilligan
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

Can the Manager inform the Committee if the illuminated sign on the Orchard Lane requires a planning application? The sign is directly opposite the new tiling shop and the hair dressers?

Headed Items

H-I (14)
Submitted by:
Planning Not is use
Responsibility:
Planning Not is use

New Works

(No Business)

H-I (15)
Submitted by:
Planning Not is use
Responsibility:
Planning Not is use

Planning Files

A. Large applications under consideration

B. Files requested by members

H-I (16)
Submitted by:
Planning Not is use
Responsibility:
Tony Shanahan, William Purcell

Taking-in-Charge Report

H-I (17)
Submitted by:
Planning Not is use
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

Draft Clondalkin Framework Plan 2011

Correspondence

Cor (8)
Submitted by:
Planning Not is use
Responsibility:
Planning Not is use

Correspondence

(No Business)

Motions

Mot (20)
Submitted by:
Councillor M. McDonagh
Responsibility:
Planning Not is use

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No Business)

Mot (21)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Delaney
Responsibility:
Irenie McLoughlin, Colin Ryan

That the Manager updates this Committee on SDCC'S proposals to secure Omer Lock House which is supposedly a protected structure as requested in May 2010.

Mot (22)
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan, Dara Larkin

That this Committee recommends that the process to initiate Village Design Statements for Rathcoole, Newcastle and Saggart be commenced.  (It is understood that practical assistance to develop these is available in Rathcoole).

Mot (23)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Gilligan
Responsibility:
Mairead Hunt, Sean O'Hara

That this Committee discusses in detail the planning application: Unit 4, Orchard Lodge, Orchard Lane, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 (SD10A/0366) for a gaming / amusement licence. 

Mot (24)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Gilligan
Responsibility:
Neil O'Byrne

That this Committee calls on the Manager to outline the planning permission situation and the building delay at the Old Saggart Arms/Garage site.