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That the Manager report on Community Worker staffing levels for the Lucan and Clondalkin areas now and into the rest of the year.
That this Area Committee:
NOTING the ongoing and pressing need to identify and secure sites for the provision of permanent accommodation for both St. Andrew's NS and Esker Educate Together NS;
FURTHER NOTING that this Council, in response to my previous motions, is currently awaiting a report from the Department of Education detailing their GIS analysis of future school-place requirements, and that this report is likely to conclude that additional school capacity will be in required in the Lucan area in coming years, including ideally an Educate Together second level school as aspired to by the parents of children in Lucan's five Educate Together primary schools;
REQUESTS the Manager to examine and identify appropriate sites, irrespective of ownership, to be proposed for reservation under the new County Development Plan for educational use;
AND FURTHER REQUESTS the Manager, with regards to any identified sites which are in Council ownership, to write to the Minister for Education advising him of the availability of these sites and offering them for disposal.
That this Committee expresses it's full support for any and all efforts to bring forward the development of key elements of physical and community infrastructure proposed under the Adamstown SDZ, as a means of supporting local job creation and delivering significant 'planning gains' for the residents of Adamstown and the Greater Lucan Area.
This Committee therefore requests the Manager to engage with the developers of Adamstown SDZ with a view to pro-actively examining all opportunities for community-led collaboration in expediting, in particular, the delivery of:
- A Community Sports & Aquatic Complex for the accessible use of all residents and families of Adamstown and the Greater Lucan Area;
- An Enterprise Centre to provide physical space such as 'hot-desks' and 'incubator units' for use by local entrepreneurs and business start-ups (including those involved this council's expanding 'Intellectual Enterprise Zone' initiative) as well as providing a base for Lucan Local Employment Services;
- Completion of the planned Loop Road No.2 so as to allow direct access from Dodsboro Road to Newcastle Road, removing rat-running traffic from Hillcrest Estate.
That this Committee removes the grass verge on Newlands Road at the end of New Road, Clondalkin.
To ask the Manager if he will provide a report on the measures undertaken by the Council to treat roads in the Lucan/Clondalkin Electoral Areas with grit/salt during the recent period of cold weather, including information on any measures to make footpaths less slippy, and if he will make a statement on the inter-agency collaboration with An Garda Síochana and the NRA?
That the Manager would provide a briefing to Lucan/Clondalkin Electoral Area Councillors on submissions received from members of the public, businesses, landowners, national and local agencies and other organisations following the recent public display of the Draft County Development Plan.
That this Committee requests South Dublin County Council to develop an Intellectual Enterprise Zone at Grange Castle / Park West / City West etc; for start ups and waive the rates.
That this Committee expresses it's full support for any and all efforts to bring forward the development of key elements of physical and community infrastructure proposed under the Adamstown SDZ, as a means of supporting local job creation and delivering significant 'planning gains' for the residents of Adamstown and the Greater Lucan Area.
This Committee therefore requests the Manager to engage with the developers of Adamstown SDZ with a view to pro-actively examining all opportunities for community-led collaboration in expediting, in particular, the delivery of:
- A Community Sports & Aquatic Complex for the accessible use of all residents and families of Adamstown and the Greater Lucan Area;
- An Enterprise Centre to provide physical space such as 'hot-desks' and 'incubator units' for use by local entrepreneurs and business start-ups (including those involved this council's expanding 'Intellectual Enterprise Zone' initiative) as well as providing a base for Lucan Local Employment Services;
- Completion of the planned Loop Road No.2 so as to allow direct access from Dodsboro Road to Newcastle Road, removing rat-running traffic from Hillcrest Estate.
To ask the Manager for an updated report on the installation of traffic control signals at the entrance to Hillcrest Estate from the Newcastle Road, and if he will advise as to steps taken to address the concerns of parents about the moving of the pedestrian crossing on the Newcastle Road?
That this Committee will under no circumstances allow private management companies to take control of existing / new residential housing estates in the Lucan/Clondalkin areas.
That this Committee calls for practical support for the residents of Moy Glas, Lucan due to the distinct issues they are experiencing.
That the Manager arrange that the footpath between Palmerstown Court and Palmerstown Shopping Centre be repaired and restored to a safe and satisfactory standard as it has been let deteriorate to a totally unacceptable level.
That the Manager would make a full report on the measures undertaken by the Council during the recent cold spell to treat roads in the Lucan/Clondalkin Electoral Areas with grit/sand, and other measures to reduce risks to road users and pedestrians, so as to give elected members an opportunity at the meeting to convey their own views and representative views of their constituents on plans for dealing with similar weather conditions in the future.
That this Area Committee compliments Management and staff on the manner in which they dealt with the roads during the recent artic spell and to ask the Manager for a report on the matter and to state in the report if he is satisfied that the road and footpath network which is the responsibility of this Area Committee were serviced to the maximum level required, what lessons can be learnt from the experience for future action and that this matter be fully discussed.
That this Committee opposes any future attempts to further restrict parking in Lucan village.
That this Council excludes BK Trading from all future tenders due to health issues arising from Corkagh Fisheries, Clondalkin.
Report of November Meeting
"To ask the Manager, as a result of the passing of this years Council Budget,to outline the proposed budget for Graffitti removal in 2010 compared to 2009 and the impact this will have on graffitti removal in this ward?"
Garda Report
County Manager's Report