COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
MOTION NO. 13
MOTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin
That this Committee agrees that the Manager brings a report to the meeting outlining the schedule of work over the coming 12 months on the entrance and car park at the Clondalkin leisure centre including the following works; cleaning the recycling facility; upgrading the lighting; resurfacing the car park; pruning and improving the trees & shrubs; improving the visual impact of the entrance; and any other matters that have been brought to the Council's attention following the negative commentary of this location from the National Tidy Towns report in 2013. The committee also agrees that the manager will provide monthly updates on this work in the form of a regular headed item at the area committee.
REPORT:
The following Table provides details of work undertaken and proposed at the Nangor Road Car Park at Clondalkin Park since the matter was reported on at the Clondalkin ACM in December 2013.
| Item | Description | Status |
| 1 | Removal of leaves, litter and debris from the grass area on the left side of the entrance | Complete |
| 2 | Removal of graffiti from the security cabin | Necessity to retain hut is being review. Option to remove is under consideration |
| 3 | Removal of graffiti from the walls in the car park | Completed |
| 4 | Replanting a beech hedge against the wall between the Nangor Road pedestrian entrance and the security hut | To be planted in late Autumn 2014 |
| 5 | Repair stone kerbing /dwarf wall around the perimeter of the car park | Vegetation removed from kerbing and reinstatement ongoing |
| 6 | Clean up base of shrubbery in the Nangor Road car park | Complete |
| 7 | Selective thinning of trees at the bottle bank end of the car park | Significant thinning complete. Area to be landscaped and bollards installed |
| 8 | Remove 3 ESB poles behind the wall in the car park | ESB contacted and requested to remove poles |
| 9 | Remove section of overgrown shrubbery on the left and right of the approach to the Camac River bridge | Shrubbery pruned. Roots to grub out. |
| 10 | Monitor condition of bring banks and dumping | Bring Banks removed |
| 11 | Pruning of shrubbery on river bank west side of bridge over Camac River | Complete |
| 12 | New section of railing to be fitted between Pitch and Putt Course wall and bridge railing (behind security hut) | Railing to be fabricated |
| 13 | Remark parking spaces in car park | Quotations to be sought |
| 14 | Upgrade vehicle entrance from Nangor Road | Scheme to be prepared |
| 15 | Lighting in car park | Assess current lighting to determine if work required |
| 16 | Signage | Review to be carried out |
The extensive range of work proposed will be carried out over the course of 2014. As a significant amount of work involves the input from third parties it would be preferable to present a further report in May, subject to the members approval, to allow sufficient time to progress the various items.