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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, September 13, 2010
MOTION NO.26
MOTION: Councillor E. Tuffy
That the Manager would provide the meeting with an updated report on the two projects, in Tallaght and Balgaddy, being undertaken as the Mayors Initiative.
REPORT:
BALGADDY
The Council will continue to work closely with the Balgaddy Working Together Group on a regular basis and is liaising with the newly formed Environmental Group in relation to their environmental issues.
The Mayor's Initiative continues successfully in Balgaddy and a number of productive meetings have been held with the Balgaddy Working Together Group.
Actions to date have included :
- a major clean-up day on May 8th, 2010 which proved very successful and planting training workshops which took place in the Rosse Court Training Centre in March.
- Residents used this training to carry out planting workshops with local residents in the estate on Saturday 12th June.
- On 15th August, 2010 a family funday was arranged for the Balgaddy area and was attended by up to 700 local people.
The Community Department have been working with the group to discuss grants available and to establish their constitution. The Council is also working closely with the Ronanstown Youth Service to draw up their licence in preparation for their staff to move into the unit in Tor An Rí. It is intended that they will be in a position to operate from this unit over the coming weeks.
The DOEHLG recently approved funding for a scheme to complete the public-realm works at Balgaddy. The scheme proposed will include –
- A multi-use games area (MUGA) for teenagers
- A children’s playground for younger children
- Trees and planting opposite the completed dwellings including the neglected space at Méile an Rí View in Balgaddy B .
- Paths, lights and planting to the edges of undeveloped sites.
A report on the Part 8 process for this proposal is being presented to this meeting under Headed item 10.
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McUILLIAM
The County Architect has also prepared a Master Plan for the development of the open spaces at Macuilliam Estate as part of the Mayors Initiative for the improvement of this new housing complex.
A report on the Part 8 process for these works is being presented to this meeting under Headed item 9.
The cost of the works will be financed from monies recently secured from The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on the basis that community facilities which were to be provided on completion of all phases of housing in Fortunestown were negatively impacted by the current economic slow down.
The Mayor convened a number of successful meetings in Macuilliam Estate earlier this year following which a number of environmental projects were successfully undertaken such as the execution of landscaping works, the provision of railings, the carrying out of estate cleanups and the holding of a soccer tournament to coincide with the world cup which drew on the diversity of nationalities resident in Macuilliam.