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To ask the Manager to set out in detail the process, including the time-scale for the various fundings required for the provision of the Lucan Swimming Pool as clearly identified in the Revised Water Leisure Strategy recently adopted by the Sports and Recreation Strategic Policy Committee, including Government funding, details of preliminary discussions with Government Department Officials, pplication process etc., and the Council's budgetary process to provide Local Authority funding for the Lucan Swimming Pool, in advance of the Part 8 Planning Process sscheduled for later this year and the Tender Process scheduled for early next year.
To ask the Manager to provide a detailed report, including the time-scale for the installation of litter bins in Griffeen Valley Regional Park on a pilot basis following my recent representations and discussions on this important matter.
To ask the Manager to set out in detail a report on progress made on the provision of services earlier identified for the residents in Balgaddy, including traffic calming measures, secure playing facilities for local children, landline telephone services, cable television facilities, broadband services and other basic and fundamental services required to enhance the quality of life of the local community in Balgaddy.
To ask the Manager to report on details of estates, parks and open spaces where dog litter signs have been installed and report on which estates, parks and open spaces are scheduled for sign installation in the future, including time scales for these works.
To ask the Manager to provide an up-to-date report on the usage of Ballyowen Castle Community Centre, Lucan, including details of groups and individuals currently with occupancy, and how does he envisage developing the use of the Centre further in the future.
To ask the Manager to set out in detail as to how he proposes to address the serious health and inconvenience issues there are for local residents on Foxdene Avenue owing to the dust from the development at the adjoining lands affecting the health of the local residents and their homes. Would the Manager agree to arrange a site meeting to consider this serious issue as a matter of great urgency.
To ask the Manager to report on the assistance provided this year to Residents Associations, Environmental Groups, Tidy Towns Commitees and Individuals who have expressed interest in the Council's Tidy Districts Competition and what plans are being considered to further promote awareness of this project.
To thank the Manager for recently establishing the new Graffiti Removal Crew in the Council and for recently agreeing to include the Griffeen Avenue and Griffeen Road areas in the Graffiti Removal Programme of Works following my representation on the outbreak of graffiti in these areas. Would the Manager please give a time-scale for these works and also provide to this Area Committee Meeting a detailed works schedule for the Graffiti Removal Crew for the Lucan, Clondalkin and Palmerstown areas for this Summer period.
That the Manager would agree to revisit the issue of the lack of completed boundary fencing between Bewley Grove and Mount Bellew Way, an issue that I have made considerable representations on for some years now. The completion of the final section of this boundary fencing at the end of Bewley Grove is an objective of the local community in Bewley Estate.
To thank the Manager for agreeing to install new litter bins at bus stops on Griffeen Avenue and Griffeen Road following my recent representations in the interest of working to resolve our serious litter problems. Would the Manager agree that it is desirable to have a litter bin installed at each bus stop given the obvious advantages in having such litter bin facilities. In such circumstances would the Manager agree to undertake a survey of all bus stops in the Lucan, Clondalkin and Palmerstown areas during the Summer period and report back by way of a Headed Item at the earliest possible Area Committee Meeting in the Autumn on the amount of bus stops which do not have litter bins in these areas.
That the Manager would agree to put in place a feasibility study to provide a Youth's Cafe in Lucan. Lucan's 1st Youth Cafe has been identified as a priority facility by many young people that I have been working with in the Lucan area, including the Students at St. Joseph's College, Lucan, who highlighted the need for Lucan's 1st Youth Cafe in the Young Social Innovators Programme this year.
Part 8 Report on Proposed Junction Upgrade: Main Street/Johnstown Road, Rathcoole
Draft Ballyboden Village Plan
"That this committee recommends that the roads department gives an initial outline of new proposals for car parking in Pearse Brothers and Palmer Park as a result of the submissions and proposals put forward as part of the Ballyboden Village Plan consultation process. The three schemes proposed by the Roads Department two years ago were not acceptable to residents. There are now alternative layout/proposals submitted in the various submissions from Palmer and
"That this committee recommends that Whitechurch /Glenmore and Edmonstown Green area are included in the wider Ballyboden Village Plan as they have been omitted from the whole area to be included –i.e. as outlined in the submission made on behalf of the Bolton Hall Action Group - map submitted and to give details how and when this objective can be achieved."
"That this committee recommends that a crèche/preschool facilities will be included as part of the developments on Taylor’s Lane as well as local community facilities denoted by the 'star' on p. 22 of the draft Ballyboden Village Plan map.(b) that the developers be requested to provide a sculpture - art feature, for the Ballyboden/Taylor’s Lane in conjunction with the developments planned for those sites along Taylor’s Lane."