Agenda and minutes

Order: Noted

Order: Deferred to October South East Area Committee Meeting

Order: Agreed

      i.        Minutes of the Traffic Advisory Group Meeting held on 29/08/2023.

     ii.        Update on Bus Infrastructure Measures.

    iii.        Update on Sandymount Task Force – report to follow.

      I.        Minutes of the Traffic Advisory Group Meeting held on 29/08/2023.

Order: Noted

    II.        Update on Bus Infrastructure Measures.

Order: Noted

   III.        Update on Sandymount Task Force.

Order: Noted

      i.        Report on proposed grant of lease of kiosk and public toilets, junction of Adelaide Road and Leeson Street.

     ii.        Report on proposed grant of lease of Dawson Street Car Park.

      I.        Report on proposed grant of lease of kiosk and public toilets, junction of Adelaide Road and Leeson Street.

Order: Agreed to recommend to City Council.

    II.        Report on proposed grant of lease of Dawson Street Car Park.

Order: Councillors agreed this item could proceed to City Council for further discussion.

      i.        Report of Director of Services.

     ii.        Report on proposal to name and number a development at 153-153 Harold’s Cross Road as 1 - 35 Rosemount Gate.

    iii.        Report on proposal to name and number a development at 47 – 53 Keeper Road as 1 – 41 Brickfield Court.

   iv.        Nomination of Councillor Danny Byrne for Chairperson of Whitefriar / Charlemont Community Safety Forum.

     v.        Nomination of Councillor Fiona Connelly to replace Councillor Mary Freehill on the Dublin South City Partnership.

   vi.        Nomination of Councillor for Docklands Oversight Committee.

      I.        Report of Director of Services.

Order: Noted

    II.        Report on proposal to name and number a development at 153-155 Harold’s Cross Road as 1-35 Rosemount Gate.

Order: Agreed

   III.        Report on proposal to name and number a development at 47-53 Keeper Road as 1-41 Brickfield Court.

Order: Agreed

  IV.        Nomination of Councillor Danny Byrne for Chairperson of Whitefriar / Charlemont Community Safety Forum.

Order: Agreed

    V.        Nomination of Councillor Fiona Connelly to replace Councillor Mary Freehill on the Dublin South City Partnership.

Order: Agreed

  VI.        Nomination of Councillor for Docklands Oversight Committee.

Order: Cllr. Daniel Ceitinn selected for this role.

Motion 1 from Councillor Mannix Flynn

This meeting of the South East Area Committee calls on Dublin City Council, Housing Department and Approved Housing Bodies to address the issue of discrimination and inequality regarding Part 5 tenancies and the like, who are experiencing exclusion from amenities that are attached to the apartment complexes; further that a clear policy regarding pet ownership for such tenants be initiated so as to give clarity to rights and due process to affected tenants.  Also that a full audit of Part 5 tenants who have been excluded from amenities as a result of Dublin City Council initial agreement be initiated by the council immediately to address this issue of othering and inequality. 

Order: Agreed.

Motion 2 from Councillor Dermot Lacey

This Committee requests the Manager to include Rugby Road and adjoining roads on the next resurfacing programme (as detailed in the photographs and email submitted with this motion) and to report to the Committee on any aspects of this that may be relevant.

“I am contacting you about the state of Rugby Road (of which I am a resident) and the surrounding roads of Oxford Road and Mountpleasant Place (next to the Hill pub) in Ranelagh.

I attach photos of just my street (Rugby Road) to show how bad things have become after multiple construction jobs on the street over the last few years. The road is in a bad state and needs a complete resurface- not just a patch-up job which seems to have been the policy in the past and makes the street look worse.”

Order: Report to Councillor.

Motion 3 from Councillor Fiona Connelly

I would like to propose a motion that the Traffic Department examine the no right turn from the Lower Kimmage Road onto Aideen Avenue, as it is posing a danger to residents in particular children who are playing out as drivers use the illegal turn as a rat run.  Could the Traffic Department consider interventions that would create a safer space for all residents of Aideen Avenue and Aideen Drive?  This illegal turn impacts on many adjacent roads in the area as the cars continue east bound through the estate onto the Harold’s Cross Road.

Order: Due to Fórsa industrial action commencing 11^th September, this item has not been completed.

Motion 4 from Councillor Dermot Lacey

This committee thanks the many DCC staff for their work during and following Storm Betty.  In order to try and minimise future damage and destruction the committee requests a full analysis of those areas close to Sandymount Strand, including Marine Drive and Lea and Gilford Road and Avenue, that are prone to flooding, involving appropriate assessment of dangerous trees and blocked drains that add to the problems.

Order: Report to Councillor

Motion 5 from Councillor Fiona Connelly and Dermot Lacey

We have heard there are plans to move the Community Gardaí from Rathmines Garda Station to Terenure.

This would be a very serious retrograde step for the Rathmines Community and the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

Question to Chief Executive                                     South East Area Committee

                                                                                     Meeting 11^th September 2023

Q.1      Councillor James Geoghegan

To ask the Area Manager if the trees at details supplied could be inspected for possible pruning insofar as necessary or possible, as per the photos attached.

            Reply:

Arrangements will be made to serve a Hedge Cutting Notice to the property owner responsible for these trees.

Q.2      Councillor Dermot Lacey

To ask the Manager if he can supply a comprehensive response to the very serious issues relating to flooding in Dublin as detailed in the email submitted with this Question.

Reading through some recent reports on rising sea levels I'm somewhat concerned by the  lack of action by Dublin City Council to put in place solutions to lessen the impact of sea level increases projected to impact Dublin. 

Looking at the map showing what we could expect for 2030 (https://coastal.climatecentral.org/map/16/-6.2194/53.33/?theme=sea_level_rise&map_type=year&basemap=roadmap&contiguous=false&elevation_model=best_available&forecast_year=2030&pathway=rcp45&percentile=p50&refresh=true&return_level=return_level_1&rl_model=gtsr&slr_model=kopp_2014)  and taking into account how long it took Dublin City to deal with the Dodder river flood relief works I think it is safe to say we don't have much time on this one.

Note this projection is for 2030.

Looking at Dublin City’s “CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN 2019-2024” it seems a bit light on action that needs to happen ASAP.  It is 128 pages long so I could have missed some relevant bits.

The plan talks about an average 4 to 4mm rise, which is miniscule (unless I am missing something here)

But this article https://www.wired.com/story/an-abandoned-arctic-military-base-just-spilled-a-scientific-secret/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_brand=wired&utm_social-type=owned&utm_content=linkedin-newsletter would indicate a higher sea levels can be expected.

“Previously, scientists reckoned that Greenland iced over some 2.5 million years ago, and has been that way since. In 2021, Bierman and his colleagues determined that it was actually ice-free sometime in the past million years. Now, they’ve dated the tundra ecosystem captured in the Camp Century core to a mere 416,000 years ago—so north-western Greenland couldn’t have been locked in ice then.

Scientists also know that at that time, global temperatures were similar or slightly warmer than what they are today. However, back then, atmospheric concentrations of planet-warming carbon dioxide were about 280 parts per million, compared to today’s 422 parts per million—a number that continues to skyrocket. Because humans have so dramatically and rapidly warmed the climate, we’re exceeding the conditions that had previously led to the wide-scale melting of Greenland’s ice sheet and gave rise to the tundra ecosystem. “It's a forewarning,” says Utah State University geoscientist Tammy Rittenour, a co-author of the new paper. “This can happen under much lower CO2 conditions than our current state.”

That melting could be incredibly perilous. The new study finds that the Greenland ice melt 400,000 years ago caused at least 5 feet of sea level rise, but perhaps as much as 20 feet. “These findings raise additional concern that we could be coming perilously close to the threshold for collapse of the Greenland ice sheet and massive  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.