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That the Manager would report in detail as to why the Saturday refuse collection service was discontinued for weekends where the Monday is a Bank Holiday as did occur in the case of the recent Easter Monday Bank Holiday? Also how was this communicated to the public and at what notice? This Committee requests the Manager to re-introduce the Saturday collection service for the May Bank Holiday weekend. This service was invaluable to many families, especially families that may have a number of children.
That this committee again calls on Dublin Bus to provide the bus shelters on Kennelsfort Road which were discussed at the recent meeting between this Committee and representatives of Dublin Bus.
That this Committee commends the Community Department for its promotion of the Arts and asks that consideration be given to a county wide campaign to encourage community and voluntary groups to coordinate their activities with the Council and to stimulate situations where such groups can avail of the facilities of Rua Red.
To ask the Manager if he will write to the person (name and address supplied) who according the Land Registry is the owner of a semi-detached house in Lucan (address supplied), which has not been occupied for some time, in which the main kitchen widow has been removed, which is a location for anti-social activity and which may be a health hazard due to full refuse bins and other litter, and request the owner to secure and make tidy/safe the house?
That this Committee confirms its support for the provision of a Community Centre in the Palmerstown Shopping Centre, recognises the frustration of community organisations and residents of Palmerstown at the long delay in bringing the Community Centre project to a conclusion, requests the Manager to make the completion of the Centre a priority project for funding from limited financial resources in 2009 and asks if he will make a statement on the matter.
That this Committee requests the Manager to write to the Minister for Education and Science to convey the view of the Committee that it is now a matter of the greatest urgency that his Department identify and purchase a suitable site for Esker Educate Together National School, which has been temporarily accommodated in Adamstown Castle Educate Together for two school years, and drawing the attention of the Minister to the problems which will arise for both Adamstown Castle and Esker Educate Together National Schools if this matter is not resolved soon.
That this Committee requests the Manager to agree to a Lucan Community Festival as a Pilot Project following local community consultation, the details of which will be presented to this area committee. As per previous representations, such a Lucan Community Festival could be held with local input that would not require a large financial investment by this Council, and that in the prevailing economic circumstances could have the potential of attracting greater interest by the local community.
That this Committee express solidarity with the plight that householders find themselves in coping with a sewage overflow due to the fact that a common manhole is located within their property. To compliment council staff who have been reported as being very helpful within their remit on such occasions, and to ask the Manager:
1 How many such incidents have been reported in the Lucan Palmerstown Area in the first 3 months of this year
2 If there are any estates/developments that have a higher than average number of incidents
3 To explain the role of the Council in relation to such incidents and if the Council has the staff and equipment to carry out its functions in this regard
4 Why it is that the service price charged by the Council for clearing such blockages is higher than private firms
5 If the Council has any waiver system in place for persons on a fixed income who find it extremely difficult to pay to have the situation rectified
Ø In the case of repair or remedial work having to be carried out between the manhole in private property and the public system why does the householders have to pay considering that they have already paid a hefty levy covering services.
That in view of the very substantial increase in the number of Lucan residents on the Live Register, this Committee welcomes the Manager's Intellectual Enterprise Zones initiative, and recommends to the Manager that he investigates the possibility of locating one of the "spaces" envisaged in the initiative in Lucan, and suggests that he consider approaching the VEC about the possibility of securing accommodation, on a temporary basis, for the initiative in Adamstown Community College, and suggests also that Ballyowen Castle Community Centre might be a suitable location.
That the Manager would report in detail on what cut-backs in staff overtime, if any, are being introduced. Such cut-backs will have a negative effect on the cleansing of the Lucan area, including Lucan village. In addition overtime cut-backs, especially at weekends would have such a negative impact on the appearance of the Lucan community, and could cause unnecessary pressures on all local civic minded individuals and groups, including the particularly successful Lucan Tidy Towns Committee.
"That the Manager examine, in light of recent accidents and continuous speeding along Edmondstown road and particularly in the vicinity of the Merry Ploughboy Public House, that the Council immediately sets about providing traffic calming measures north and south of this public house, taking account of road curvature and so on and that signage also be addressed."
Longford Town Council Motion on Rural Development Programme
That the Manager agrees to expedite the playground program to bring it back on schedule.
"To ask the Roads Dept., to re-surface the Old Ballycullen Road (Woodlawn P. Grove) Firhouse?"
"To ask the Manager to remove the graffiti from the walls adjacent to Knocklyon Utd adjacent to Glenlyon and Castlefield as it has been there for three years at this stage and some of it is of an offensive nature?"
"To ask the Manager to support the work of local residents in their annual clean-up, by removing the over-grown hedges on the Old Ballycullen Road , beside Woodlawn Park Grove, Firhouse, and the cleaning of this littered area?"
"To ask the Roads Dept.,to repair the pathway (beside Pole No 2) at the entrance to Pairc Gleann Trasna, Aylesbury?"
"To ask the Roads/traffic Dept., to examine the possible danger to motorists exiting Pairc Gleann Trasna, due to the parking of vehicles on the grass verge on Dalepark Road Aylesbury?"
"To ask the Parks Dept., to arrange the re-grassing of the areas of the green space at Homelawn down to Scoil Santain, destroyed by the bonfires?"
"To ask the Manager to repair and improve the footpath outside no. 20 Orlagh Grove where a tree has dangerously uprooted the footpath - this needs to be seen to urgently before someone is injured?"