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The Lord Mayor opened the meeting by expressing condolences on his own behalf and on behalf of the City Council to the family and friends of the following lately deceased:

·        Mr Billy Hederman

·        Mrs Mildred Dinnigan

·        Mr Daniel O’Farrell

·        Mr Jim Lee

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All stood for a minute’s silence as a mark of respect for all of the deceased.

The Lord Mayor then reminded the Members to complete their Donations Statements and Ethics Declarations by the due dates of 31st January and 28th February respectively. All Members had received the necessary forms and relevant information in the past weeks.

The Lord Mayor then referred to Item No 19 on the Agenda Paper, Report No. 39/2017 of the Joint Housing & Planning SPC -  Breviate of the meeting held on the 9th December 2016 and the three appendices to this report which were circulated to all Members on the previous Friday. He apologised to Members for the late circulation of these Appendices but said that as the topic was so relevant to the current housing/homeless situation, he was proposing that it be discussed under Lord Mayor’s Business to allow more time for discussion than might be available later in the meeting. The Members agreed to take Item 19 at that point.

Two amendments to this report were put forward – these amendment forms  can be found in Appendix A to these minutes. Amendment No 1 below was proposed by Cllr John Lyons, Andrew Keegan,  Tina MacVeigh and Hazel de Nortuin, and was defeated in a vote

“Noting the decision by the Assistant Chief Executive on Friday 6th January 2017 to withdraw the draft timescales for the three sites included in the Land Initiative Project due to the significant concern it caused for many Councillors and recognising also the following in relation to the Oscar Traynor Land Initiative Project:

- the consequences for future consultation, engagement and input by elected members and community stakeholders of allowing this project proceed to the procurement and tendering stage;

- the lack of clarity surrounding the establishment of the Local Consultative Forum, when it is to be established, its remit and its statutory power to inform and influence the future design stages of the project;

- the lack of consultation with the Gaelscoil Colmchille regarding its need for additional land for the provision of a two-stream permanent school with necessary amenity space;

this council calls for the Oscar Traynor Land Initiative Project report be set aside for one month to allow management to address the above issues satisfactorily”

Amendment No 2 below was proposed by Cllrs Gilliland, McAuliffe, Montague, Mahon, Reilly, Brabazon, O’Moore, Moran, T Keegan, MacDonncha, Doolan, Sammon, O’Farrell, Heney, Clancy, Carney Boud and approved by the City Council.

“to add the following to the last line of the Oscar Traynor Road Report, Appendix paragraph under the sub-heading Consultation on page  - but will include representatives of Lorcan Estate, Castletimon Estate, Woodlawn Estate, Aulden Grange Estate, Santry Court Estate and Gaelscoil Cholmcille. This forum will be consulted by those drawing up the statutory Master Plan. The Masterplan will then be presented to the City Council for approval”

Consequently, It was then proposed by Councillor J Boylan and seconded by Councillor M Flynn “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of submitted Report No 39/2017 of the Joint Housing & Planning SPC - Breviate of the meeting held on the 9th December, included Appendices A. B and C as amended”  The motion was put and carried.

The Lord Mayor then referred to his campaign which took place in the run-up to Christmas to raise awareness of the needs of local charities and said he was delighted to report that the charities reported an increase in donations. He thanked management for facilitating the display on the forecourt of the Mansion House and also thanked the citizens of Dublin for their generosity.