Agenda - Lucan Area Committee Meeting 27th September 2011

Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes

Minutes of the Lucan Area Committee Meeting of 28th June 2011 

• HI 1

To ask the Manager for an update regarding the proposed road at the back of Dodsboro in the Adamstown SDZ raised by me previously in item 26440?

• Q 1

To ask the Manager to provide a detailed update on efforts to improve the boundary treatment of the unfinished part of the Paddocks building site and Tandy's Lane / Dodsboro Road as this area remains an eye-sore?

• Q 2

To ask the Manager for a detailed update on the proposed Permeability Project in the Griffeen area including my long-standing request for a signalised pedestrian crossing on Griffeen Avenue outside Oldbridge Estate?

• Q. 3

New Works

(No Business)

Planning Files

A. Large applications under consideration

B. Files requested by Members (No Business

• H-I(3)(A) Large Applications

Correspondence

(No Business)

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No Business)

That this Committee acknowledges the frustration experienced by the community in Adamstown and Adamstown Community College because of the lack of a school / community sports hall and that the Manager will report on the up to date situation.

• M 2

That this Committee requests the Manager, with respect to planning enforcement proceedings taken against residents of Oakcourt, Palmerston, Dublin 20 regarding development of new rear boundary walls encompassing lands adjoining the rear laneway, to revisit these proceedings in light of fresh information that the lands adjoining the rear laneway were NOT in fact habitually open to the public. A post and wire fence (albeit in poor repair) was in place indicating this area was not habitually open to the public. Therefore, development which would otherwise be deemed exempt under the planning regulations, should not be ruled non-exempt on these grounds.

Note - I will provide photographs of this fence at the meeting

• M 3

To ask the Manager to write to the Area Manager of Dublin Bus noting the revised routes for the number of routes serving Lucan and Palmerston and recommending that an additional bus stop be provided on the inward route near the entrance to the Islandbridge Memorial Gardens?

• Q 4

New Works

(No Business)

Library News & Events

• HI 5

Correspondence

(A) Reply from the Office of the Minister for Education & Skills regarding the review of the Special Needs Assistants Programme.  (Item ID: 28249)

(B) Reply from Dublin Bus regarding a meeting with the Members on the Network Direct Review. (Item ID: 28217)

(C) Reply and Newsletter from Iarnród Éireann on the current position of the Kildare Route Projects. (Item Id: 22569)

• (A) Item ID 28249
• (B) Item ID 28217
• (C) Item ID 22569 Newsletter

• M 4

That the Manager presents a report on the potential demand for a permanent library in Palmerston and if such a need exists to report on proposals to provide this service for the local community.

• M5

To ask the Manager what supports may be available for the Child Focus Therapy in the Rosse Court Centre in order to assist those giving a valuable service to a disadvantaged community?

• Q 5

To ask the Manager to outline what actions are proposed to make safe and secure the site at Coolamber, Finnstown given the repeated failure of the land-owner to maintain a secure boundary, in particular the failure to close gaps in railings at Finnsview; and to further outline progress in seeking removal of the remaining unsafe structures on the site which have become the focus of much of the local anti-social behaviour?

• Q 6

To ask the Manager if he will provide an updated report on the refurbishment of the Council's vacant house (at the address supplied) for letting and if he will indicate when the house will be allocated? 

• Q 7

New Works

(No Business)

Allocations Scheme

• HI 7

Report on Anti-Social Behaviour - Second Quarter 2011

• HI 8

Correspondence

(No Business)

Cathaoirleach's Business

That the Manager brings forward a report on anti-social hot spots that have been identified within this Area Committee and that a discussion takes place on the issues associated, on efforts to date to address them and on possible additional solutions.

• M 6

New Works

(No Business)

Application for Grants

• HI 10

Correspondence

(No Business)

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No Business)

That the Manager presents a report on the progress of the Palmerstown Community Centre.

That the Lucan Area Committee requests the Manager to provide an updated report on the Community Centre Project in Palmerstown, focusing on progress and works carried out since July, and if he will advise on the position in regard to the arrangements under which Palmerstown Community Council will manage and operate the Centre, and when it is anticipated that the Centre will be available for use by the public. 

• M 9

To ask the Manager if he will make a Report on the provision of Fire Brigade Services, including the Fire Brigade Ambulance Service, for Lucan and Palmerston?

• Q 8

To ask the Manager to allocate extra resources to the cleansing of laneways in Palmerston?

• Q 9

New Works

(No Business)

Correspondence

(No Business)

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No Business)

That this Area Committee requests the Manager, in line with the County Litter Management Plan, to present an operational plan to address litter black-spots in Lucan South and to further provide SDCC staff-support to lead the establishment of a Lucan South Tidy Towns initiative for 2012.

To ask the Manager to report on the maintenance of green areas in estates taken in charge in the Lucan and Palmerston areas since 2010?

• Q 10

To ask the Manager to supply details of trees scheduled for pruning and removal this tree pruning season in the Lucan and Palmerston electoral areas?

• Q 11

To ask the Manager for an update to my question at the June 2011 about the request for a dog section to be located in Griffeen Park?

• Q 12

To ask the Manager to update on the works to improve the public realm on the old Esker between the Moy Glas and Castle Riada Estates?

• Q 14

To ask the Manager, further to the emergency motion proposed by me and approved by the May meeting, to outline a firm date for the final taking-in-charge of Griffeen Glen Boulevard and Courtyard given that the excessively lengthy delays continue to cause significant annoyance among local residents?

• Q 13

To ask the Manager, further to the adoption of new parks bye-laws, to update on plans to provide a dog-run in Griffeen Valley Park?

• Q 15

• Q 16

To ask the Manager for a report on any progress made in finalising the taking-in-charge of the grass verges at the entrance from Griffeen Avenue to Rossberry/Tullyhall and Hayden's Park Estates and the Open Space on Griffeen Glen Boulevard Estate?

• Q 17

To ask the Manager for a progress report on measures being implemented by the Park's Department, in consultation with residents, to reduce anti-social behaviour in the area of the Moy Glas / Esker / Riada Embankment?

• Q 18

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on the project to relocate the Lucan Parks Depot to Griffeen Valley Park, on the site designated in the Part 8 proposal recently adopted by the Council, indicating the anticipated timeframe for completion of the project, and if he can advise when the Council will receive payment for the former Green Re-cycling Centre and Parks Depot site at Esker Lane, and provide a figure for the anticipated net profit to the Council, and if he will be open to proposals from Lucan EA councillors on how the money might be used by the Council?  

• Q 19

New Works

(No Business)

Correspondence

(No Business)

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No Business)

That this Committee requests the Manager to expedite the long-awaited taking-in-charge of the large grassed area along the access road from Griffeen Avenue to Rossberry, Tullyhall and Hayden's Park Estates.

That the Manager provides a report on the Council resources being used to tackle the ongoing antisocial issues in Glenaulin Park, the measures being considered for implementation in the Park and communications with Friends of Glenaulin Park and the Gardaí.

• M.14

That this Committee requests the Manager to present a detailed report, for discussion, to include:

• an update on the works carried-out to date and further planned to address the serious problems of anti-social behaviour at the old road embankment between Castle Riada and Moy Glas Estates, including works funded by the €90,000 allocated for this year under the Public Realm Transformation Initiative;
• details of any proposals being considered in conjunction with the Planning Department's scheme of permeability projects for this area;
• a response to the proposals contained in action plans submitted by both Castle Riada Drive Residents Committee and Moy Glas Residents Association on 9th September.

• M 15

That the Manager would work with local schools to deliver allotments in the vicinity of the new depot planned for the park next to Grange Castle.

• M 16

To ask the Manager to report on parking fines issued by the Council throughout Lucan and Palmerstown in the first half of 2011?

• Q. 20

To ask the Manager if the road lighting issue has been resolved on Cooldrinagh Lane, Lucan?

• Q. 21

To ask the Manager to report on the progress made to resolve the irregular footpath on Ardeevin Avenue, Lucan caused by protruding tree roots?

• Q.22

To ask the Manager, following the motion at the June ACM, if special attention will be paid to treating the sloped exit to Fforster Lawns in freezing conditions?

• Q. 23

To ask the Manager, further to my question to the June meeting, to prioritise footpath improvements to Lucan Road between Esker Lane/Woodville and Ballydowd Grove as part of the 2012 footpath works programme?

• Q. 24

To ask the Manager, further to my motion at the May meeting, to update on proposals to complete the footpath between Dodsboro Cottages and the Grotto, including a safe standing area in front of the grotto?

• Q. 25

To ask the Manager why the grass median and footpath verge on the N4 from the county boundary at Palmerston to the county boundary at Leixlip was not maintained over the summer months and why it was not maintained in the pristine condition that it was in for the visit of Queen Elizabeth?

• Q. 26

To ask the Manager if he will set out the procedures whereby a business owner in Lucan Village, retail or otherwise, can apply for a permit to place signage, including "sandwich boards" outside the premises, and if he will advise how many such permits are currently held?

• Q. 27

New Works

(No Business)

Proposed Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads

St. Loman’s Road – footpaths and services only

• H.I. 14 - St Lomans Road Map
• H.I. 14 - St Lomans Road Report

Correspondence

(No Business)

Cathaoirleach's Business 

That the Manager bring forward a report on the working and effectiveness of the 3 ton limit restriction that is in force on roads within this Committee's electoral area and to include proposals on how the objective of making such roads and neighbourhoods healthy, safe and environmentally satisfactory for local resident can be achieved and that a discussion take place on the matter.

• M. 17

That this Area Committee requests the Manager to prepare drawings and plans on the option of fully removing the existing Lucan Village taxi-rank and relocating it to the south side of the main Lucan Road between the junction at Courtney's and the bus-stop opposite Topaz; and to present such drawings and associated reports, advice and recommendations to the October Area Committee Meeting for consideration by the elected members.

That this Committee recognises that residents in Sarsfield and Vesey Terraces Lucan, and other residents in and around the centre of Lucan Village have endured disturbance and inconvenience, including noise, air pollution and other negative effects, arising from the practice of taxi drivers using the roadway outside their residences as a location to wait, often with engines running, and often late at night, for a vacant space to become available on the existing small Taxi Rank beside the Village Green, acknowledges that a number of retail outlets in Main street Lucan, close to AIB, would be adversely affected by a restriction in parking outside their premises in the period between 6 and 10 pm, and requests the Manager to bring forward for discussion at the Area Committee meeting a proposal for the provision of a single larger Taxi Rank on the Old Lucan Road, between the Newcastle Road junction and the Topaz Station, excluding the Dublin Bus Stop space.

• M. 19
• Sketch Layout

That this Committee acknowledges the concerns of parents and staff of Gaelscoil Naomh Phadraig and Coláiste Cois Life about the road safety hazard at the small roundabout at the entrance to the two schools and requests the Road's Department to make a report on measures which might be implemented to make the area safer for pedestrians, including pupils, and drivers.

• M. 20

To ask the Manager about the outcome of representations to Fingal County Council regarding the examination of a piece of land at the rear of Weirview cottages (SDCC area) owing to fears about the dangerous nature of the site?

• Q 28

To ask the Manager if all of the water pipes in Council management within this Area Committee's electoral area, that froze over during last winters big freeze have been attended to so that the same will not happen again should we have the severe winter expected again this year?

• Q 29

To ask the Manager if he will provide a report on the works completed on the water supply infrastructure in and around Main Street, Lucan Village, if he will outline any consultations that took place with local business owners before the work commenced, and if he will report on the costs of the work and the source of funding?

• Q 30

New Works

(No Business)

Correspondence

(No Business)

Cathaoirleach's Business

(No Business)

That this Committee calls for help to be given to Foxborough Maintenance Association with regard to tackling a problematic area located between the green space at Foxborough Road and the Outer-Ring Road.  That the Association will be met, the area examined and that a collaborative approach involving the Association, our Environmental Services Department and our Park's Department is agreed. The aim of this will be that the area can be maintained free from litter, graffiti, anti-social behaviour and illegal activity.

That this Committee acknowledges that the concerns of residents of Foxborough residents, and the Foxborough Environment Group, about anti-social behaviour incidents in the vicinity of the back of the field at Foxborough Road, asks the Manager if the Council has been involved in any discussions with residents and An Garda Síochána, about those problems, requests the Manager to present a report on problems at the location reported to the Council, and requests the Manager if the Council would be prepared to fund an increase in the height of the boundary wall.

That this Committee calls for lands in Palmerston located between the M50 and housing (Laburnam Walk) to be made available to the local community for maintaining gardening and vegetable plots.