Furthermore this council agrees to the following measures to help address this; -
Ø Initiate a variation of City Development Plan to limit the number of hotels being developed.
Ø Initiate a review of the development plan to propose any other variations that can be made to urgently protect and promote nightlife and creative culture in Dublin.
Ø Write to minister for tourism seeking an urgent meeting with representatives of this council to address the increasing erosion of creative cultural life in the city.
Ø Write to minister for Culture seeking an urgent meeting with representatives of council to address the increasing erosion of creative cultural life in the city.
Ø Write to the minister for justice seeking policy and legislative changes to protect and promote nightlife in Dublin, and to seek a meeting on this issue with representatives
Ø Progress the appointment a night mayor for Dublin city, a role agreed in the Dublin Agreement that has worked well in other cities to promote the night time economy.
Ø Establish a special committee of council to discuss how we can deliver multi-purpose venues in the City to fill the rising deficit in space to foster and facilitate creative culture, as listed in the Dublin Agreement.
Ø To Encourage and support urban street art, the City Council to simplify the planning approval process for murals on external facades.
Signed by:
Lord Mayor Paul Mc Auliffe
Cllr. Rebecca Moynihan
Cllr. Claire Byrne
Cllr. Gary Gannon
Cllr. Patrick Costello
Cllr. Hazel Chu
Cllr. Donna Cooney
Cllr. Michael Pidgeon
Cllr. Janet Horner
Cllr. Sophie Nicollaud
Cllr. Caroline Conroy
Cllr. Lawrence Hemmings
Cllr. Neasa Hourigan
Cllr. Tara Deacy
Cllr. Catherine Stocker
Cllr. Patricia Roe
Cllr. Mary Fitzpatrick
Cllr. Kevin Donoghue
Cllr. Keith Connolly
Cllr. Mary Callaghan
Minutes:
Furthermore this council agrees to the following measures to help address this; -
Ø Initiate a variation of City Development Plan to limit the number of hotels being developed.
Ø Initiate a review of the development plan to propose any other variations that can be made to urgently protect and promote nightlife and creative culture in Dublin.
Ø Write to minister for tourism seeking an urgent meeting with representatives of this council to address the increasing erosion of creative cultural life in the city.
Ø Write to minister for Culture seeking an urgent meeting with representatives of council to address the increasing erosion of creative cultural life in the city.
Ø Write to the minister for justice seeking policy and legislative changes to protect and promote nightlife in Dublin, and to seek a meeting on this issue with representatives
Ø Progress the appointment a night mayor for Dublin city, a role agreed in the Dublin Agreement that has worked well in other cities to promote the night time economy.
Ø Establish a special committee of council to discuss how we can deliver multi-purpose venues in the City to fill the rising deficit in space to foster and facilitate creative culture, as listed in the Dublin Agreement.
Ø To Encourage and support urban street art, the City Council to simplify the planning approval process for murals on external facades.
Signed by:
Lord Mayor Paul Mc Auliffe, Cllr. Rebecca Moynihan, Cllr. Claire Byrne, Cllr. Gary Gannon, Cllr. Patrick Costello, Cllr. Hazel Chu, Cllr. Donna Cooney, Cllr. Michael Pidgeon, Cllr. Janet Horner, Cllr. Sophie Nicoullaud, Cllr. Caroline Conroy, Cllr. Lawrence Hemmings, Cllr. Neasa Hourigan, Cllr. Tara Deacy, Cllr. Catherine Stocker
Cllr. Patricia Roe, Cllr. Mary Fitzpatrick, Cllr. Kevin Donoghue, Cllr. Keith Connolly
Cllr. Mary Callaghan
An addendum was proposed by Councillor Moynihan:
“Where land is identified as being unsuitable for housing in the first instance it will be assessed for cultural /creative community use and a leasing arrangement developed”. This addendum was signed by the following : Cllr. Rebecca Moynihan, Cllr. Kevin Donoghue, Cllr. Jane Horgan-Jones, Cllr. Marie Sherlock, Cllr. Alison Gilliland, Cllr. Mary Freehill, Cllr. Dermot Lacey, Cllr. Joe Costello, Cllr. Claire Byrne, Cllr. Patrick Costello, Cllr. Hazel Chu, Cllr. Lawrence Hemmings, Cllr. Neasa Hourigan, Cllr. Caroline Conroy, Cllr. Donna Cooney, Cllr. Sophie Nicoullaud, Cllr. Michael Pidgeon, Cllr. Janet Horner, Cllr. Gary Gannon, Cllr. Catherine Stocker, Cllr. Mary Callaghan, Cllr. Tara Deacy, Cllr. Patricia Roe.
This was further amended to:
“Where City Council land is identified as being unsuitable for housing in the first instance it will be assessed for cultural /creative community use and where feasible a leasing arrangement developed”. This addendum was signed by the following : Cllr. Rebecca Moynihan, Cllr. Kevin Donoghue, Cllr. Jane Horgan-Jones, Cllr. Marie Sherlock, Cllr. Alison Gilliland, Cllr. Mary Freehill, Cllr. Dermot Lacey, Cllr. Joe Costello, Cllr. Claire Byrne, Cllr. Patrick Costello, Cllr. Hazel Chu, Cllr. Lawrence Hemmings, Cllr. Neasa Hourigan, Cllr. Caroline Conroy, Cllr. Donna Cooney, Cllr. Sophie Nicoullaud, Cllr. Michael Pidgeon, Cllr. Janet Horner, Cllr. Gary Gannon, Cllr. Catherine Stocker, Cllr. Mary Callaghan, Cllr. Tara Deacy, Cllr. Patricia Roe.
Prior to the motion being put, the Manager reminded the Councillors that the motion as proposed leaves the Council open to judicial review. Then the Motion was put and carried.
It was agreed to suspend standing orders to take a statement from the Assistant Chief Executive in relation to ticketing arrangements for the Dublin Homecoming.
The meeting concluded at 8.30 p.m.