Council Meetings - Agenda - Lucan Area Committee Meeting 18th December 2012

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Date:

18/12/2012 15:00

Location:

Council Chamber

Standing Orders:

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Headed Items

H-I (1)

Submitted by:

Roads Department

Responsibility:

Roads Department

Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes of Meeting of 27th November 2012

HI 1

Parks

Questions

Qu (1)

Submitted by:

Councillor W. Lavelle

Responsibility:

Michael Hannon

"To ask the Manager for a further detailed update on the taking-in-charge of open spaces at Griffeen Glen Courtyard & Boulevard and along the access road to Rossberry/Tullyhall/Haydens Park?"

Qu (2)

Submitted by:

Councillor W. Lavelle

Responsibility:

David Fennell

"To ask the Manager to reapply to the National Transport Authority and/or the Department of Transport, Tourism & Sports, at the earliest possible opportunity, to seek funding for extension of the Griffeen Valley Park green-route, including CCTV?"

Qu (3)

Submitted by:

Councillor G. O'Connell

Responsibility:

David Fennell

"To ask the Parks Manager when will the work on the laneway, and the hedgerow, between Palmerstown Ave and the N4, and leading from Kennelsfort Road onto Palmerstown Ave, (as agreed at the local meeting in 2011) be completed to the standard promised. It is now much more overgrown and attracts a lot of fly-tipping especially under the extensive undergrowth?"

Qu (4)

Submitted by:

Councillor E. Tuffy

Responsibility:

David Fennell

"To ask the Manager to confirm that the Council will again provide a Christmas Trees Recycling Service this year and if she can advise of the collection locations in Lucan and Palmerston?"

Headed Items

H-I (2)

Submitted by:

Parks Department

Responsibility:

David Fennell

2013 Arboricultural Programme

HI 2

H-I (3)

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:

Parks Department

Responsibility:

Parks Department

Cathaoirleach’s Business (No Business Received)

Mot (2)

Submitted by:

Councillor W. Lavelle

Responsibility:

David Fennell

"That this Area Committee recommends that the Manager makes provision in the 2013 Works Programme and Budget to secure implementation of Specific Local Objective 25 of the County Development Plan 2010-2016, i.e. to "facilitate completion of the boundary fence that separates Bewley Grove and Mount Bellew Way running eastwards as far as the Outer Ring Road” including associated measures."

Mot (3)

Submitted by:

Councillor G. O'Connell

Responsibility:

Michael Hannon

"As a follow up to Motion No 5 at the November Lucan ACM , in support of the good work done by Cllr Tuffy on this matter and reflecting the frustrations of the residents, that the Manager provide an update on the progress that has taken place since the November meeting in relation to the procuring the additional material connected with the Deed of Trust transfer for Rossberry/Tullyhall so that the taking in charge of the piece of land/roadside on Griffeen Ave and entrances to Haydens Park and Tullyhall Estates can be completed and to ask the Manager to give the meeting a firm date by which this matter can be concluded and the piece of land brought into Council ownership and maintained to a satisfactory standard."

Environment

Questions

Qu (5)

Submitted by:

Councillor W. Lavelle

Responsibility:

Yvonne Dervan

"To ask the Manager to outline permanent proposals (as envisaged in the 2011 Public Realm Transformation Initiative) to address the problems of anti-social behaviour and dumping on the waste lands south of Droim na Coille estate, in particular in the area abutting the rear boundary walls of houses at Droim na Coille?"

Qu (6)

Submitted by:

Councillor E. Tuffy

Responsibility:

Colm Ward

"To ask the Manger if she can advise the Committee on the up-to-date situation re: the rat infestation problem at the Steps, Sarsfield Park Lucan raised in Question 5 at the October 2012 Area Committee meeting?"

Headed Items

H-I (4)

Submitted by:

Environmental Services

Responsibility:

Environmental Services

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (2)

Submitted by:

Environmental Services

Responsibility:

Environmental Services

Correspondence (No Business)

Motions

Mot (4)

Submitted by:

Environmental Services

Responsibility:

Environmental Services

Cathaoirleach’s Business (No Business Received)

Mot (5)

Submitted by:

Councillor G. O'Connell

Responsibility:

Leo Magee

"To thank the Manager and staff for the ongoing work in removing fly-tipping from the laneways in Palmerston and to ask for an update on the servicing of Manor Road by the hand cart service as traders and residents complain of weeds, cigarette butts and other litter that never seems to be removed or cleaned."

Water & Drainage

Headed Items

H-I (5)

Submitted by:

Water & Drainage

Responsibility:

Dermot Finch

REPORT ON PART 8 OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 2001-2007

The Upgrade of the Existing Waste Water Pumping Station at QUARRYVALE

HI 5

H-I (6)

Submitted by:

Water & Drainage

Responsibility:

Water & Drainage

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (3)

Submitted by:

Water & Drainage

Responsibility:

Water & Drainage

Correspondence (No Business)

Motions

Mot (6)

Submitted by:

Water & Drainage

Responsibility:

Water & Drainage

Cathaoirleach’s Business (No Business Received)

Roads

Questions

Qu (7)

Submitted by:

Councillor W. Lavelle

Responsibility:

John McLoughlin

"To ask the Manager to report on what public lighting improvements are proposed to address the concerns of taxi-drivers and patrons regarding public safety at the Lucan Village taxi-rank, given the poor lighting of the area, in particular towards the end of the rank?"

Qu (8)

Submitted by:

Councillor E. Tuffy

Responsibility:

John McLoughlin

"To ask the Manager to request the Roads Department to consider installing another Loading Bay area near retail premises in the area of Lucan Main Street between the area near to Carey's Newsagents and the vegetable shop at the Liffey Bridge junction, and to thank the Roads Department for the installation of the new Loading Bay near the Church of Ireland?"

Qu (9)

Submitted by:

Councillor E. Tuffy

Responsibility:

Tony O Grady

"To ask the Manager if she can inform the Committee how much has been expended by the Council so far in 2012 on the repair and refurbishment of footpaths in the Lucan Electoral Area?"

Qu (10)

Submitted by:

Councillor E. Tuffy

Responsibility:

John McLoughlin

"To ask the Manager if An Garda Siochana has advised the Council or had discussions with the Traffic Management Section on additional traffic control measures that An Garda Siochana will be implementing to reduce traffic congestion in the Lucan EA during the pre-Christmas period, including locations in and around Liffey Valley Shopping Centre such as Coldcut Road, Kennelsfort Road, the M50/N4 junction and slip roads and in and around Lucan Village, and the Superquinn Shopping Centre?"

Q 10

Headed Items

H-I (7)

Submitted by:

Roads Department

Responsibility:

Roads Department

Proposed Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads (No business received)

H-I (8)

Submitted by:

Roads Department

Responsibility:

Roads Department

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (4)

Submitted by:

Roads Department

Responsibility:

Roads Department

Correspondence (No Business)

Motions

Mot (7)

Submitted by:

Councillor E. Tuffy

Responsibility:

John McLoughlin

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Committee notes the concerns of residents in Waterstown Lane, Palmerston about the road being used by car drivers as, in effect, a Park and Ride location and that the Manager would make a Report on measures the Roads Department has taken or proposes to address the problem."

Mot (8)

Submitted by:

Councillor W. Lavelle

Responsibility:

John McLoughlin

"That this Area Committee, NOTING:

Approximately 2,100 children attend St. Thomas NS, Scoil Áine Naofa & Lucan Community College, located on the Newcastle Road;
That another approximately 400 children attend Adamstown Community College, (due to rise to 1,000), many of whom currently reside in the Greater Lucan Area, east of the Newcastle Road;
There remains significant local concern among parents of children attending these four schools regarding pedestrian/cycle safety along Newcastle Road;
That local residents and parents have been campaigning for introduction of a school-time HGV restriction on Newcastle Road since 2008;
On foot of the elected members’ request during a discussion on a headed item report at the November 2010 meeting, the Manager wrote to the Garda Commissioner seeking his support for a school-time HGV restriction on Newcastle Road;
The Garda Authorities wrote to this Council in January 2011 advising that “An Garda Síochána supports the introduction of school time heavy goods vehicles restriction on the Newcastle Road, Lucan”;
That this Committee, at the March 2012 meeting, agreed my motion requesting “the Manager to conclude any remaining consultations with stakeholders so as to present a report to the May meeting of this committee for the purpose of consideration of the proposal to introduce a school-time HGV restriction on Newcastle Road.”

FURTHER NOTING:

Policy T30 of the current South Dublin County Development Plan;
The legal obligation flowing from section 15 (1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 which states that "It shall be the duty of a planning authority to take such steps within its powers as may be necessary for securing the objectives of the development plan."

RECOGNISING:

That in line with S.I. No. 331 of 2012, the design of traffic sign number RUS 015 which signify traffic management restrictions based on maximum design gross vehicle weight, is to change from October 1st 2013;

SUPPORTS:

The need for a separate parallel review to be carried out by the road Department and Transport SPC of road weight restrictions based on the revisions set-down in S.I. No. 331 of 2012;

Now REQUESTS the Manager:

to immediately proceed to initiate the required statutory process for introduction a school-time HGV restriction on Newcastle Road between the Nangor Road & N4 junctions; to initially involve the existing 3 tonne limit (similar to that in place at Old Lucan Road);
to provide that signage be updated in October 2013 to reflect the new legal requirement and the outcomes of the council’s review of road weight restrictions."

Mot (9)

Submitted by:

Councillor G. O'Connell

Responsibility:

Tony O Grady

"To complement Management on the good work done in refurbishing the footpaths in Palmerston Village and Old Lucan Road and to ask that the remainder of the footpath, at least from the Church to the end of the Cul de Sac at the western side where the houses are, be included in the 2013 programme of works, as this was promised when the second M50 bridge was built and again when the M50 was upgraded. Also, that the area around the M50 footbridge be tidied up as it has been left in an unfinished state and the lights leading on and off the footbridge have not been working for some time making the area very unsafe for both pedestrians and cyclists especially over these long, dark, winter evenings."

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Mot (10)

Submitted by:

Councillor E. Tuffy

Responsibility:

Thomas Curtin

"Noting the Report on Motion No.11 at the November 2012 Area Committee meeting, and noting that the matter of closing off the main laneway behind Wheatfield Road, Palmerston has been the subject of business at Area Committee meetings over many years, and that individual residents and resident groups have expressed concerns about many issues in these lanes, that the Manager would present a comprehensive Report for discussion at the meeting on all the obstacles, issues- legal and otherwise, that prevent the closing off of these particular lanes."

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Map

Mot (11)

Submitted by:

Councillor W. Lavelle

Responsibility:

John McLoughlin

"That this Committee calls on the Manager to adopt a single joined-up and realistic approach, in conjunction with the NTA, to traffic management and pedestrian/cycle improvements in the Willsbrook/Ballyowen/Hermitage area, which would seek in a single design scheme to encompass:

the proposed Willsbrook Road cycle track scheme,
measures to improve pedestrian and cycle activity along Grange Castle Road between Willsbrook/Ballyowen and Lucan Road junctions; and
measures to improve peak-hour traffic flow, such as the provision of two traffic lanes on each of Willsbrook & Ballyowen Roads approaching the
Grange Castle Road junction."

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Mot (12)

Submitted by:

Councillor G. O'Connell

Responsibility:

John McLoughlin

"That the Manager bring before this Committee proposals for the provision of a Taxi Rank in Palmerston as requested in my motion of June 2011 and in my question of January 2012 and that the matter be discussed."

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