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To ask the Manager for an updated report on the proposed Part 8 Public Consultation Process for a new Park's Depot in Lucan?
That the Manager report on the plans for this years Palmerston Festival and details the funding and resources being made available for this event.
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.
To ask the Manager if there has been any discussions between Esker Educate Together NS/The Department of Education and Skills, the Adamstown Developer and the Council on a temporary site for non-permanent buildings in the Adamstown SDZ area for Esker Educate Together NS, and if agreement is reached in regard to making a site available for a limited period, what Planning Permission procedures will apply and if he will make a statement on the matter?
To compliment the Heritage Officer, the Park's Department Staff and all those involved in the recent BioBlitz in Waterstown Park and to ask the Manager if he will provide a report, in non specialist terms, of the numbers of species observed under various headings such as birds, fresh water animals and fish, animals, insects, flowers and plants etc., and to ask if the Council might co-operate with Fingal County Council and Kildare County Council in having a biodiversity audit done on Lucan Demesne/St. Catherine's Park?
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Manager would arrange for an examination of graffiti, illegal dumping and other manifestations of anti-social behaviour in Foxborough Estate generally, and particularly in the area between the Foxborough Road Green Space and the Grangecastle Road (formerly the ORR), would bring a report to the Committee of actions/measures being taken or to be taken to counteract the problems and would advise if the Council is working with the Foxborough Maintenance Team.
Cathaoirleachs Business
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Cathaoirleachs Business
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Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Manager will address concerns of motorists entering and exiting the Palmerstown Shopping Centre during busy traffic times at the entrance/exit on Kennelsfort Green by putting a yellow box in situ and further that he will address the busy junction of Kennelsfort Road with Kennelsfort Green with regard to motorists gaining access to and from this area.
Cathaoirleachs Business
That this Committee calls upon the Manager to write to the Boards of Management of all schools in the Tallaght area to inform them of the procedure for applying for a finger sign, indicating the name of the school, and also outlining the cost to the school of the sign.
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Manager would present a report for discussion on recent meetings regarding anti-social behaviour in and around parts of Griffeen Valley Park, attended by Park's Department officials and representatives of An Garda Síochána, and any actions or measures taken or to be taken by the Park's Department to address the issues raised by residents.
That Management, as a matter of urgency, bring forward proposals for a public Taxi Rank (or ranks) for the Palmerston Area in the vicinity of Palmerstown Shopping Centre/Kennelsfort Road/Wheatfield Road and for the Village.
That this Committee calls for the sloped junction at the entrance/exit of Fforster Lawns to be addressed to avoid future possible accidents and to ensure ease of access during winter conditions?
Cathaoirleach's Business
That this Committee congratulates the Heritage Officer, Dr Rosaleen Dwyer, and the staff involved in the design, production and publication of the South Dublin County Heritage Plan, welcomes the acceptance of a number of well qualified persons with placements in SDCC under the FáS Placement Programme, and requests the Manager to advise the Committee on Actions in the Heritage Plan, which apply to the Lucan and Palmerston Electoral Areas, and are proposed for implementation in the period up to the end of 2012.
That the 3 Tonne Scheme on Kennelsfort Road be adjusted to the area between the N4 and the entrance to Woodfarm Acres and that a further 3 Tonne limit be installed on Wheatfield Road. Taken together these adjustments should ensure that all through traffic for vehicles in excess of 3 Tonnes is excluded while allowing a service route to both the Palmerstown Shopping Centre and Manor Road.
That this Committee requests the Manager to present a detailed report, for discussion, on the reasons why planning enforcement proceedings have recently been taken against residents of Oakcourt Drive and Oakcourt Grove, Palmerston who have sought to extend their rear garden boundary walls?
That the Manager will address the safety concerns at the pedestrian entrance gate to St. Lorcan’s BNS on Turret Road in Palmerston. These concerns arise from the availability of a dished pathway outside the pedestrian entrance/exit (an unintended result of recently carried out works at the school). Further that the Manager will agree to placing a barrier/railing to block children exiting onto the road at this location?
That the Manager would liaise with the four schools located on Station Road in Adamstown and with Castlethorn Construction with regard to considering measures that would in effect direct all of the school-time traffic in one-way to access the schools and in one direction to depart the area. This effect could be achieved by advantageously sequencing traffic lights at junctions and/or barring motorists from making turns at given junctions at school times provided it doesn’t disadvantage surrounding residents.
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.
That this Committee requests the Manager to direct the relevant developer to put in place an appropriate boundary treatment along the Dodsboro Road/Tandy’s Lane edge of the Paddocks building site as initially requested by Dodsboro Residents Association and further requested by me at meetings of both this Committee and the Adamstown SDZ steering group, given that the unfinished building site between the finished parts of the Paddocks development and Dodsboro Road/Tandy’s Lane has become a terrible eye-sore for the residents of Dodsboro Cottages?