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Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Lucan Area Committee recognises the vital contribution of retail and other businesses to the vitality and sustainability of Lucan Village, and also their rates contribution to the income of the Council required to provide services, including environmental services, notes that a number of owners of retail shops in the village have recently been requested to remove "sandwich boards" from the footpath outside their premises (where the boards were not causing an obstruction and did not seem to be a safety risk) or face sanction by the Council under Section 19 of the Litter Pollution Act 1997, and requests the Manager to assess the approach of the Council in interpreting this particular Section 19 of the Act, with a view to a more reasonable approach to the application of the legislation, so that owners of retail shops, restaurants and public houses can use unobtrusive temporary signs to promote their businesses.
To ask the Manager to reconsider my previous request for installation of a signalised pedestrian crossing on Griffeen Avenue at Oldbridge Estate. The provision of a signalised pedestrian crossing at this location has been a long-held objective of the local community in Oldbridge, Rossberry, Tullyhall and Hayden’s Park Estates, from where many pedestrians, including hundreds of school children, have to cross the busy Griffeen Avenue to access Griffeen Valley Educate Together NS, the Griffeen Youth Centre, the local shops and bus-stops. The provision of a new signalised pedestrian crossing at this location could reliably be expected to increase the overall number of pedestrians crossing Griffeen Avenue and in particular to increase the numbers of children (and parents) walking to school; and therefore would the Manager agree that the fact that a traffic count warrant has not yet been reached should be disregarded as a reason not to install this importantly-strategic signalised pedestrian crossing?
Cathaoirleach's Business.
(None Received.)
To ask the Manager to prepare a report on Public Lighting in the Palmerstown area and in particular as to why up to nine of the Lights on the N4 at Palmerstown are regularly out and why when a new pole was put erected in Waterstown Avenue the light (as in the former pole) was not replaced.
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Lucan Area Committee requests the Manager to write to the Minister for Education and Skills conveying to her the view of the Committee that the appointment of a Design Team for the approved Extension to Lucan Community College and requesting her to immediately communicate permission to appoint a Design Team to County Dublin Vocational Education Committee.
To thank the Manager for persevering until he got the necessary funding to cut the grass on the N4 median at Palmerstown and to compliment the staff on the good job they did on the week-end of the 6th Nov and the community hope that this standard will be maintained in the future.
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Lucan Area Committee congratulates the staff of the Parks Department for their work, in collaboration with the Dublin Mountains Partnership, Coillte, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown CC and Dublin City Council, on the Dublin Mountains Way Project, and requests the Manager to ask the Parks Department to investigate those aspects of that project, particularly the work with user groups, which could be used in a project to increase public access to and enjoyment of the lands in the Liffey Valley.
That this Committee expresses its continuing disappointment at the manner in which SDCC bins are returned in the Lucan area by the waste management staff following them being presented for collection.
That the Manager provide a update on the masts on the Badminton Hall on Whitehall Road and that the Council will actively seek to reduce the number of masts at this location as part of the licensing process.
That this Committee expresses its continuing disappointment at the manner in which SDCC bins are returned in the Lucan area by the waste management staff following them being presented for collection.
Cathaoirleach's Business.
(None Received.)
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Manager would present a report on the number of requests received in 2010 from residents of Droim na Coille Estate, Lucan to examine and remedy faults, including dampness and mould growth on walls and inside cupboards/wardrobes, and provide information on the measures taken by the Council to remedy such faults, and if any expenditure by the Council on work to remedy faults has or can be recovered from the developer.
That this Council Committee calls on the Manager to provide a report on Killinniny Tower, what, if any, works are proposed and what action can be taken to remove the mound that is a source of nuisance to local residents.
That the Manager will give details about the extent of the post Halloween clean-up in the Lucan area.
That the Manager has all the roadside trees across the residential areas of Palmerstown examined and a report brought to this Committee before the next planting season showing how the Council intends to deal with those trees that are clearly unfit for purpose, e.g. some motorists have to “raise up” branches in order to get cars in and out of their driveways; pedestrians on many footpaths cannot use umbrellas; some trees block out sunlight from houses; other trees overshadow front gardens killing plant life and promoting moss; other trees drip sap onto parked cars and driveways; some trees have fruit (pears and cherries) that is both a danger underfoot for pedestrians and are being pelted by vandals at nearby homes. The general consensus across the community is that many of these trees are not suitable for an urban environment, would be fine in a park and that they have been let “get out of hand” to the point where pruning may not be the answer.
That the Manager would ensure that measures are taken to eliminate the anti-social behaviour taking place at the empty shop premises at St. Finian’s Avenue, Lucan.
Cathaoirleach's Business
(No Business)
That the Manager will explore initiating a scheme and supporting schools in the Lucan area to encourage cycling to school. As part of the initiative that a pilot school would be chosen to determine the effectiveness in providing: a) road safety education to cyclists b) education on the health benefits of cycling and c) practical facilities such as bike racks.
That this Committee calls on the Manager to repair the footpath and install dishing outside number *Address supplied . This is to facilitate ease of access for wheelchair users.
That the Manager would set out the schedule leading to the introduction of the agreed School-Time Heavy Goods Restriction on the Newcastle Road, Lucan, in keeping with Council Policy as included in our County Development Plan, as agreed with Council Management, and that specifically this new and agreed measure will be introduced on 1st January 2011.