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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

MOTION NO. 4

MOTION: Councillor E. Higgins

That the Manager presents a report on the progress of the Palmerstown Community Centre.

REPORT:

Construction works to complete the Community Centre at Palmerston began several months ago and a considerable amount of progress has been made.  Before and since the works began, the Community Services Department has met and advised the Palmerstown Community Council on a variety of issues such as planning requirements, fit out costs,staffing and management issues, and most importantly, the various activities and uses that would take place at the centre when it is completed.

At a meeting on 27th July, P.C.C. advised the Community Department officials present that a legal issue had been raised involving the management of the Shopping Centre and the owner of the building where the Community facility is located. P.C.C. were taking legal advice on how best to proceed and said that they would revert to S.D.C.C. in due course, when these issues had been resolved.  At a more recent meeting , PCC told us that they had managed to resolve the legal issue raised at the meeting in July, and were now ready to progress towards completing the facility. 

The Annual General Meeting of the Palmerston Community Council is scheduled to take place in the new community facility on Monday 24th October. The Community Council have indicated that they intend to ask for people to come forward as potential new board members for the new community facility and that they will be announcing their intention to set up a company to run the facility on behalf of the Community Council.

S.D.C.C. is keeping in close contact with the Community Council to help in any way it can.