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To ask the Manager to provide an up to date report on An Taisce’s Green School’s Initiative which includes the encouragement of walking and cycling to school and to indicate if this Council has done/can do anything to improve and extend it across the Palmerston and Lucan areas?
Cathaoirleach's Business (No Business)
Cathaoirleach's Business (No Business)
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES
(H5 no reports)
To ask the Manager to advise if there is any process open to Councillors to amend the Parking Bye-Laws so that the requirement to pay on Saturdays in Palmerston Village is cancelled, without going through the process of a full review of the Bye- Laws, as the Saturday payment in Palmerston is an obvious anomaly, an aggravation to residents and visitors and damaging to local traders and there are no park and ride issues on Saturdays?
To ask the Manager if there has been any contact with the owners, the Presbyterian Church, regarding proposals to develop and build sheltered accommodation at Primrose Lane, Lucan as provided for by way of a Local Objective in the County Development Plan?
To compliment the Mayor, Manager and staff involved in the promotion of the Tidy Towns Competition in the County and to ask for a report on the meetings which have taken place in the Lucan EA?
Cathaoirleach's Business (No Business)
Cathaoirleach's Business (No Business)
Cathaoirleach's Business (No Business)
Cathaoirleachs Business
(none received)
That this Committee requests the Manager to pursue enforcement proceedings to secure public access to lands along the River Liffey, handed over to South Dublin County Council as part of the Hermitage Clinic development, in line with the requirements of the Council and the conditions of the Bord Pleanála decision PL 06S.128044, noting that it is currently not possible to access this land due to the configuration of the road system provided by the hospital and the standard of road and pedestrian access constructed.
That in view of the emphasis placed on providing regular, ongoing engagement with unemployed people and reforming institutions to deliver better services to unemployed people, this Committee re-affirms its commitment to pursuing the achievement of suitable accommodation and facilities in the Lucan Electoral Area, where over 4300 residents are on the Live Register, to serve as a Social Welfare Office and Local Employment Service Office and requests the Manager to write to the Minister for Social Protection to urge her to give priority to securing suitable facilities for Lucan and copy this letter to the four Dáil Deputies representing the area.
To ask the Manager if he will request the Roads Department to investigate the possibility of improving the availability and design of disabled parking spaces in Lucan Village, with a view to providing more spaces perpendicular to rather than parallel to the footpath, and wider than the standard space?
That this Committee requests the Manager to engage with each of Lucan and Palmerston Boxing Clubs with a view to examining options for the provision of new facilities for the clubs, in particular ahead of the planned reopening of the Sports Capital Programme and further noting the stated commitment of the Minister of State for Sports to support amateur boxing.
Cathaoirleachs Business
(none received)
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Manager arrange that the traffic and pedestrian controls at Kennelsfort Road/N4 junction be examined and that measures and specific plans to resolve the chronic traffic chaos be put in place to make this critical crossroads safe for pedestrians, cyclists and motor vehicles. At present (1) vehicles stop “over” the pedestrian crossing on Kennelsfort Road Upper making it extremely dangerous especially for children on their way to school (2) vehicles coming from the Village turning right or going straight ahead are given very little “Green” time and there have been a number of near misses (3)the barriers on the median are not sufficient to deter or discourage pedestrians from surface crossing and need to be extended (4) it is impossible at present to get even a modest funeral from St. Philomena’s Church through the lights and it should be possible with the CCTV at this location to manage the traffic better (the promised bias towards traffic from Upper Kennelsfort Rd to the Village at -10.00am –daily Mass time and on week-ends especially Sundays does not appear to be implemented).
That the Manager provide a report on what assistance (in terms of administrative support, financial assistance, training and guidance) could be made available to residents in the area who wish to start-up a wide reaching community initiative and whether such a group could be facilitated through the deputation system or a similar structure, on a regular ongoing basis.
To compliment the Roads Department on the additional yellow lining at various locations in "the Cell" in Palmerston, in response to requests from residents and to ask if an approximate figure for the financial investment in these works over the past two years can be provided?
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Manager give a report on the cleaning of the laneways in Palmerston and that a discussion take place on how the scourge of fly tipping and dumping of household and other rubbish on these laneways can be eliminated as it is a health hazard, disgusting for those who have to use the laneways and a drain on Council resources.