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"To ask the Chief Executive to arrange for liaison wth the St. Brigid's Festival Committee, Clondaklkin?"
Is SDCC a member of REPAK (https://repak.ie/)? If not does SDCC have any commercial dealings with REPAK?
Can the Chief Executive confirm if the six action teams to be set up as part of the implementation of the Climate Action Plan have met since the plan was adopted last month? The implementation plan stated that 'It is proposed that each Action Team meet monthly for the first three months and revising to every second month thereafter.'
Action Team 1; Energy and Buildings
Action Team 2; Transport
Action Team 3; Flood Resilience
Action Team 4; Nature Based Solutions
Action Team 5; Resource Management
Action Team 6; Citizen Engagement
Is the councils target of 33% improvement in the councils energy efficiency by 2020 (Slide 4 of presentation given at September Council meeting) to be achieved by 1st January 2020 or 31st December 2020? How is this 33% improvement in efficiency to be measured e.g. is it relative to a baseline or business as usual scenario for total energy use?
PART 8 - HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON THE EIRCOM SITE AT NANGOR ROAD
"To ask the Chief Executive, following the incident in the Tallaght Wetlands on 20/9 & 21/9 and the acknowledgement from Council management on 23/9 that this was a dreadful error, what procedures will be put in place to ensure there isn’t an incident like this in future? e.g.
- Reviewing when Environmental Impact Assessments are done, how this is communicated to workers and the role of onsite ecologists with these teams.
- Including responsibility for communicating with any professional or academic groups, in particular those licensed by National Parks and Wildlife or similar groups, that are carrying out survey or preservation work as a core part of an officer’s job description."
"To ask the Chief Executive, following the incident in the Tallaght Wetlands on 20/9 & 21/9 and the acknowledgement from Council management on 23/9 that this was a dreadful error, what plans are being put in place to;
- Define more clearly that this full area will be preserved as wetlands as laid out in the Tallaght Local Area Plan?
- Regenerate the area impacted by the dreadful error?"
"That this Area Committee requests the Chief Executive to look at commissioning a canvass art project that could be called "The Faces of Clondalkin'' that would include well know people from Clondalkin like Jim Gavin, Mary Kennedy, Bernard Dunne, Aidan Turner, Mic Christopher, Kenneth Egan and Graham Norton etc. We also commend South Dublin County Council for the fantastic canvass initiative."
"That this Area Committee congratulates and commends Clondalkin Tidy Towns, Newcastle Tidy Towns, Rathcoole Tidy Towns and Brittas Tidy Towns and we thank them for all the incredible work they do. We commend the volunteers who work tirelessly to improve our villages and make South Dublin County Council a better county. We commit to writing to each Tidy Towns in The Clondalkin Area to commend their efforts."
"That this Area Committee calls on the Chief Executive to initiate a Local Area Plan for Rathcoole."
"To ask the Chief Executive to issue a report into when the Outer Ring Road in Newcastle will be built and has money been allocated for same to alleviate traffic congestion in the area as per Newcastle Local Area Plan?"
"That this Area Committee commits to writing to the NTA to investigate the possibility and viability of a flyover from Main Street to N7 in Rathcoole to alleviate traffic congestion."
To ask the chief executive for a report in to services in SDCC and how many of them are contracted out and what the cost is to the taxpayer via our property tax? (Grass cutting , Tree Pruning)
To ask the Chief Executive for a report in to fire safety in Council owned housing, specifically apartment blocks & traveller accommodation, to include how often assessments in regards to fire risk are done and what are the associated costs?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report in to how many additional emergency hostel beds SDCC intends to provide within SDCC for the next five year term and what the cost of this will be to the taxpayer?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into what new roads will be built in the next 5 years to ease traffic congestion within our towns and villages in the county and to provide a timeline and estimated cost for same?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report in to what SDCC pay to private bin company's to collect the County rubbish and what the cost is to the taxpayer via our property tax, to include as much information as possible?
''That this Area Committee ask the Chief Executive to issue a full and detailed report to explain why it has taken so long for 'repairs' into the Clondalkin Boardwalk. Bearing in mind this issue was highlighted by the Tidy Towns National adjudicator a few times and raised at previous ACMs. What is the delay and when will work be finished? What has been the costs involved in the Boardwalk and its repairs? Also that this Committee asks for a commitment timeframe of when the work will be completed?"
"To ask the Chief Executive for a full and detailed report into Clondalkin as a designated Architectural Conservation Area as per the South Dublin County Council Development Plan. What efforts are being made by South Dublin County Council to ensure Clondalkin remains as an Architectural Conservation Area? What buildings and walls are protected around the village area?"
To ask the Chief Executive whether any structure is in place to assist the first wave of couples who partook in the Affordable Housing Scheme (2009) to secure enlarged homes now that their families have predictably expanded.