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Letter dated 16th June from Kerry County Council regarding the VAT rate on the Tourism industry.
Correspondence dated 3rd June 2020 from AILG report on the Plenary Members Activities
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a detailed report on the permeability (pedestrian and cycle )projects for each area which have been approved by the NTA and other such funding organisations. To include in the report projects that will commence this year, and to include the two projects in Lucan/Adamstown(Embankment and Paddocks-Hillcrest)
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report on the solar bins which were piloted in the county sometime ago.
AUDIT COMMITTEE - APPROVAL OF EXTERNAL NOMINATION
That the possibility of a community garden at Griffeen Valley will be considered.
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to reconstitute the Commemorations Committee mindful of the series of historic landmarks which will occur over the duration of the Council to ensure to those events are respectfully memorialised and celebrated.
That this area committee write to National Transport Authority to request the Neilstown Road in North Clondalkin be included on the 2021 list for bus shelter installations.
This is particularly important now that we have a public library, playground and teen space in the area and the provision of adequate infrastructure in the public realm should be prioritised in North Clondalkin.
DRAFT CALENDAR OF MEETING DATES
This Council agrees to install two self-cleaning outdoor public toilets on the high streets of each of the seven local electoral areas of the county and to liaise with the City of Paris if any advice on the matter needed.
This Council calls on the Chief Executive, in the event of there being financial restrictions as a result of the Covid-19 or for any other reason, that the funds for the Traveller Accommodation Programme 2019-2024 for this County be safeguarded and that the planned programme be fully implemented and that in any associated discussions he or the Director of Housing have with Government Departments that they convey the determination of the elected members that the said Traveller Accommodation Programme be fully funded and resourced.
To ask the Chief Executive to report on the number of homeless households in the county including a breakdown between singles, couples and families?
To ask the Chief Executive to produce a report on outstanding development fees, including total amount outstanding and a breakdown per development?
To ask the Chief Executive if special measures are being put in place to collect and measure the volume of "nitrous oxide cylinders" which have become increasingly frequent in dumping around the county, and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Can the Chief Executive outline both how many outstanding planning enforcement cases are being investigated in the county and how many planning enforcement inspectors are employed? At the current rate, in what month and year would the Chief Executive expect the amount of outstanding planning enforcement cases to be below 25?
"Can the Chief Executive outline the cleaning regime in place for St Cuthbert's Park, Clondalkin? Users of the park claim that litter builds up in the park on a regular basis which makes it more difficult to carry out sporting activities there. The users of the park who have contacted me are sceptical as to what cleaning regime is in place for the park?"
Does the Chief Executive have plans to liaise with the NTA with a view to organising a full, up to date, presentation and briefing in relation to BusConnects for Councillors in each affected LEA and not just in relation to the SPC concerned, given the importance of the subject matter and the implications it will have for many of our constituents.
"That this Area Committee request that the strip of land between Fairgreen and Pairc Mhuire, Saggart be taken in charge by the Council, as it is lined with very tall trees that pose a health and safety risk to both estates."
This Council agrees to call upon the government to introduce a service award/medal to be granted to all those front line workers who risked their personal safety in battling the Covid 19 pandemic and that such an award also be made to those in transport and logistics who have been deemed to have gone above and beyond their normal work commitments. also in recognition of their sacrifice, that a compensation package be put in place for the families of those workers that have died as a result of contracting the Covid 19 virus whilst engaged in this work
To ask the Chief Executive Officer for an update on the content of the following motion that was agreed at the June Area Committee Meeting, and in particular can the planning permission for Brookvale Estate be located through searches in the Council and conditions checked to see if there was a condition to do with open space that would require taking in charge by the Council. Please not map showing the lands attached and the area marked HLC8 and SLO:1. The open space is part of this particular land that is designated open space in the County Development Plan.
MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/FONTHILL AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
MOTION NO. 2
MOTION: Councillor Joanna Tuffy
That the open space at the top of Esker Hill, be taken in charge by the Council, and that any necessary steps be taken to initiate this process immediately, and that this Area Committee be given a full and detailed report on what has delayed the taking in charge of this open space, what legal steps are required to take it in charge, including if it is the case that an owner of the land cannot be identified, an explanation as to whether there was any condition in the planning permission for Brookvale estate in relation to this land, and the need to protect long established public rights of way at this location