Agenda

That the Manager arranges for the playground that was removed from Ashington Park around 15 years ago to be reinstalled in order to encourage children in the locality to engage in physical exercise and outdoor play to help prevent obesity.

That the Manager begin the process of securing funding for a pedestrian footbridge crossing the rail line and canal at Ashington Park in order to prevent further accidents as people attempt to take shortcuts.

That this Area Committee calls on the Area Office to liaise with the Events Section in Dublin City Council  to organise a music festival to run in conjunction with the Finglas Festival in order to stage an event similar to the Canalophonic Music Festival using discretionary funding to assist with any funding needs.

That this area agrees to prioritise the roads and footpaths adjacent to the proposed site of the Liam Mellows memorial on Casement Road. An t-Ard Mhéara is due to open the Memorial before June 2018.

That the North West Area Committee requests the Manager to draw up a detailed plan for the provision of a number of Senior Citizen Complexes within the committee area which can be used for the purposes of the Financial Contribution Scheme which has been operated so successfully in the past and which is a sustainable solution to the housing problem. Also the Manager prepares a list by the end of the year with proposed suitable sites.  

That the Manager draws up a list of sites in the North West Area which are suitable for co-op housing and that he begins the process for the delivery of these.

This motion calls on Dublin City Council Management to make every effort to ensure that student accommodation in our area and in the City is regulated for the use it was established. That is: for the accommodation of students during the periods of 3^rd level semester and that during the few months of the summer break only international students or out of town students active on summer projects and summer  courses

Could Management endeavour, with the absence of a local area plan, ensure that some area improvements and environmental improvements be carried out in the Phibsborough area.

That there should be no reconfiguration of Albert College Park to place a cycle short cut from DCU through the park to St. Pats Campus Drumcondra. The park would only remain open between dawn and dusk as is.

That the Chief Executive carries out a feasibility study on a City Farm in Ballymun at the site of the old Balbutcher Lane blocks. The aim of the study would be:

            • Research best practice of UK/Irish and other City Farm examples overseas            with the   view to defining a preferred model for Dublin;

            • Evaluate sites (including their sustainability) available in Ballymun for the   City Farm;

            • Produce forecasted financial models for each model proposed - to include               profits  and loss, cash flow and balance sheet over a 5 year period;

            • Identify the preferred model and site for a City Farm in Ballymun and                       economic,   social, environmental and cultural impacts of same;

            • Prepare an implementation strategy to guide in delivery of a feasible City    Farm.

That the council removes the bike racks on Longdale Terrace to allow for more cars to park on the road. In the 15 years that I’ve been living next to Longdale Terrace I’ve never seen the bike racks used once and yet there are regular fights between neighbours due to the lack of car parking. A few extra spaces would reduce some of the tensions between neighbours on the road.

That the council clean up the green space at the wall between Shangan Green and Shanliss Way. This is an ongoing site for dumping, but several of the residents will help keep the site cleaned, if the council does a clean up.

That the Area Committee looks at the closing of Coultry Park due to consistent anti social behaviour at night time which is impacting severely on the lives of residents living there.   

That this Committee calls on the Chief Executive to provide information on the proposed cycle way that will come up through the Whitworth Road and what plan is in place to save the beautiful old trees that are there.