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Cathaoirleachs Business
(none received)
To ask the Manager if Cherry Orchard Industrial Estate has been taken in charge and if the roads in this Estate are now public roads? If it has not been taken in charge, why not, and what options does the Council have on the matter given that this Estate is now some 30 years in existence?
That this Committee recommends that South Dublin County Council does all in its power to ascertain whether illegal substances are being burnt in the chimney in Neilsen's Coal Yard on Monastery Road, Clondalkin.
That this Committee calls on the Manager, in view of the genuine local concern at the proposed cut of the 150 and 54 Bus Service, to write to Bus Ath Cliath looking for additional information on their proposed changes to bus schedules that will impact on this area and expressing our total opposition to this proposed measure.
To ask the Manager to arrange the installation of proper ramps down St. John's Crescent along Corkagh Park, Clondalkin? Serious accidents have already taken place here.
Given the huge public interest and support and the unprecedented cross-grouping support amongst the elected members, can the Manager responsible set in motion the process for creating a new Liffey Valley SAAO as was provided for in the 2004 – 2010 CDP and is again contained in the 2010 – 2016 CDP recently voted on by the elected members, which would complement and protect the existing SAAO which was the first of its kind in the Country, and please indicate in the answer what options are open to the Council in the matter and how best can the objective of the CDP be furthered?
That the Manager presents a report on Collinstown Park, North Clondalkin dealing with the following issues:-
(a) Secure fencing and gates around the park with the aim of preventing access to motorbikes.
(b) Dealing with litter in the park.
REVIEW OF POLICY ON WINTER GRITTING
REVIEW OF POLICY ON WINTER GRITTING
New Allocation Process
That this Committee requests the Manager to present a detailed report for discussion on the matters to be considered in progressing implementation of Specific Local Objective 25 of the newly-adopted 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".
That this Committee requests the Manager to present a detailed report for discussion on the matters to be considered in progressing implementation of Specific Local Objective 25 of the newly-adopted 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".
This Council Committee calls on the Manager to give this Committee a report in view of the many unfinished and half built appartments in this area outlining what discusssions if any his/her Department has had with the Developers in relation to these matters and if these buildings have a finite period to be built before being declared derelict.
That this Committee, concerned at the state of many of the rivers and waterways in this County and in this Committee area, and with the increased wet weather and flooding causing problems in some areas last year, calls on the Manager to give a report outlining how often they meet with the relevant people in the ESB, Inland Fisheries Board and other agencies and who is actually responsible for removal of growing and fallen trees and other possible barriers that contribute to widespread damage and flooding.
To ask the Manager for a report on the maintenance of grass margins and road medians in both public roads and residential estates in the Palmerstown/Lucan area and to include in the report
(a) why the N4 median between the Dublin City Boundary and Kennelsfort Road junction has not been cut this year
(b) who was it that cut the grass and tidied the median and area around the N4 section of J7 between Kennelsfort Road and the M50
(c) what the cost of maintaining this stretch of median would have been (this is the only grassed median on the South Dublin part of N4)
(d) when the contract for grass-cutting in the Palmerstown/Lucan area is due for renewal
(e) given the high levels of unemployment in this part of the County, if any consideration had been given to maintaining grass margins and medians by direct labour?
As a follow up to the offer made by Management in the Report to my Motion (Ref ID 24108) at the September meeting, this Committee calls on the Manager to have “movement sensitive lights” and CCTV installed on Glenaulin Park where it bounds Culmore Road, Glenaulin Road and Glenaulin Green. Residents, many of whom are senior citizens, living in these areas have to endure a level of anxiety due to ant-social behaviour that results in constant worry, fear and disturbed sleep. In addition, park users including young children, are in constant danger from quads, broken glass and other fall-out from un-controlled vandalism. It is very much in keeping with the Council's policy of reducing “the cost of yesterday” that such a pilot scheme be introduced in a park that was developed during an era when the problems associated with such “back-lands” could not be anticipated. This Council owes it to its citizens that we protect them today from the trauma resulting from the effects of “yesterday’s decisions”.
That the Manager bring forward a report detailing how the bond for the Riversdale Estate was dealt with (Item ID 24704 at the September meeting), and in particular to explain what, if any amount, was retained in lieu of the failure of the developer to deliver on Condition No. 9 of the Grant of Planning Permission which stated inter alia:
‘The walls at the rear of the proposed houses numbers 2 to 24 and along the western boundary of the site shall be retained at their existing heights and shall, prior to the construction of any of the houses hereby permitted, be repaired, made good and improved, where necessary, with walling that matches the said walls…..’ and to explain why the Council did not use the bond to address the situation.
Furthermore, this Committee notes that the wall in question was not erected as a boundary wall for the houses that back onto it (as is implied in the Report presented at the September meeting) but is rather a heritage wall that bounds the park and which An Bord Pleanála stipulated had to be preserved. The wall in question is at least as much the responsibility of the County Council as the owners of Waterstown Park as it is of the neighbouring residential properties. Both parties were entitled to have it properly maintained as per the planning condition prior to or at the same time as both the Estate and the Park were taken in charge/into Council ownership.
This Committee recommends that the matter be referred the next full Council meeting with the objective of having the Council carry out without delay the necessary works to the wall that should have been done as set out by An Bord Pleanála on Condition 9 and at no expense to the residents concerned.
Cathaoirleachs Business
That in future when trees and landscaping are being planted as part of a development carried out under the auspices of the Architects/Housing Department that a definite plan around responsibility/grass cutting/pruning etc is put in place in order to avoid the neglect of expensive planting as has happened in the past.
Cathaoirleachs Business
(none received)
This Council Committee calls on the Manager to give a report in relation to the pruning of the huge trees on some of the roads in Elmcastle Estate area of Kilnamanagh and particularly ones on Elmcastle Green that have been requested to be pruned by residents for a number of years.