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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS AT MONTHLY MEETING OF THE COBH MUNICIPAL DISTRICT, HELD AT CARRIG HOUSE, COBH, ON THURSDAY 18TH JULY 2019. Present - Cllrs. P. O’Sullivan, A. Barry, C. Rasmussen, S. Sheppard, S. O’Connor and A. O’Connor Officials Present Mr. P. Lynch, Municipal District Officer Mr. G. O’Hora, Senior Executive Engineer Mr. R. O’Sullivan, Executive Engineer Ms. A. Walsh, Cobh Municipal District. On the proposal of Cllr. O’Sullivan, seconded by Cllr. Barry, it was agreed to proceed to items 5 and 9 on the Agenda first. 1. UPDATE ON PROPOSED BUS SHELTER INSTALLATION PROGRAMME: Mr. Jonathan Cahill, Traffic & Transportation Section, Cork County Council stated that 4 new bus shelters were proposed for Carrigtwohill, the Council were awaiting grant funding, but hoped to go to tender in August. Cllr. A. Barry stated that Carrigtwohill Community Council had serious concerns about the location of the bus shelter outside their premises and wanted it moved towards the side entrance and away from the window. J. Cahill replied that he didn’t envisage that this would be a problem. Cllr. Rasmussen asked for clarification on the criteria for bus shelters. G. O’Hora also queried the procedure and what works would be covered, for instance pull in bays for buses. J. Cahill replied that a programme was in place to replace existing shelters and provide new ones, anyone seeking the provision of a bus shelter should first engage with the local engineer and forward the proposals to the transportation section. The grant covered civil works only and were location dependent, J.C. Decaux provided the actual bus shelter in conjunction with the NTA. Mr. Cahill stated he had also been asked to give an update on the cycle route from Burys Bridge to Carrigtwohill, stating that the design was progressing and the Council continued to engage with the various stakeholders in the area and hoped that the Part 8 would be ready in mid or late August. 2. Part 8 Planning Application for Development consisting of Installation of Jack Doyle Statue at John F. Kennedy Park, Westbourne Place, Kilgarvan, Cobh, Co. Cork, in partnership with the Jack Doyle Statue Committee Cllr. S. Sheppard stated that she was concerned that if the project did not go ahead, then the proposed location would not be able to be used by any other group/project. Cllr. A. Barry sought clarification before next Monday on whether and how, a Part 8 proposal 1 may be revoked. On the proposal of Cllr. S. O’Connor, seconded by Cllr. C. Rasmussen, it was agreed to recommend the Part 8 Planning Application to full Council subject to the clarification sought. 3. DEIMHNIÚ MIONTUAIRISCÍ: On the proposal of Cllr. S. Sheppard, seconded by Cllr. C. Rasmussen the Minutes of Monthly Meeting held on Tuesday 7th May, 2019 were adopted. On the proposal of Cllr. S. O’Connor, seconded by Cllr. A. Barry the Minutes of First Meeting held on Thursday 13th June, 2019 were adopted. On the proposal of Cllr. C. Rasmussen, seconded by Cllr. S. O’Connor the Minutes of Special Meeting held on Monday 8th July, 2019 were adopted. 4. MATTERS ARISING: Traffic Calming/Signage, Cobh: G. O’Hora stated that the extra signs had been ordered and should be in place before the end of the summer. Carrigtwohill: G. O’Hora stated that a survey had been completed and he should have a drawing for the next meeting of the junction. Knockraha Village: G. O’Hora stated that he had met with the landowner who had requested low maintenance fencing and negotiations were ongoing. John O’Connell Street, Cobh: G. O’Hora stated that the road lining contractor was due to start in Cobh shortly and a yellow box would be put in at John O’Connell Street. Tay Road, Cobh: G. O’Hora stated that the recently completed upgrading of the junction at Cow Cross and Tay Road had included new kerbing and driver feed-back signs which had slowed traffic and would appear to be working well. Norwood School, Cobh: G. O’Hora stated that the traffic flow had been monitored over the last few weeks and was moving well, however he would continue to monitor the road in September. Cllr. Rasmussen stated he was concerned that problems would arise when the new housing estate was built, G. O’Hora stated that the Council would continue to monitor the situation. 2 Harpers Island: P. Lynch stated that a letter had been sent in relation to the concerns raised about ownership of the lands at Harpers Island, the response had been circulated to the members. Port of Cork Radar Installations: P. Lynch stated a response had been received from the Port of Cork in relation to concerns raised about the levels of non-ionising radiation and had been circulated to the members. Inis Alainn, Cobh: G. O’Hora stated that the extra signage had been ordered and would be put up before the end of the summer. West End, Carrigtwohill: G. O’Hora stated that the contractors were due to start this week. Rossmore, Carrigtwohill: G. O’Hora stated that the repairs were listed. Battery Strand, Cobh: P. Lynch stated that a letter had issued to Coastal Management and they had carried out a survey and would now submit an application for funding. Glassons Avenue, Cobh: G. O’Hora stated that a speed survey would be carried out at this location. Little Island: P. Lynch stated that a letter had been sent, he had received an acknowledgement of the correspondence, no further response had been received to date. College Manor, Cobh: Cllr. S. Sheppard enquired as to the up to date position with the issues at College Manor. R. O’Sullivan stated that the estate had not been taken in charge, which limited the actions that Cork County Council could undertake, however he had been in contact with the developer in relation to the fence and would follow this up. Port of Cork – Rights of Way: Cllr. A. O’Connor enquired when the meeting with Port of Cork regarding the rights of way would take place. P. Lynch stated that the Port of Cork had indicated at the time that the issue of the right of way would be dealt with when the Masterplan was presented, no further communication had been received since then. Cllr. Rasmussen explained that he had been in contact with representatives of the Port of Cork and a meeting is due to be held for residents in the affected areas in August. 5. CORRESPONDENCE: P. Lynch stated that no correspondence other than that already circulated to the members had been received. 3 6. Officer’s Reports: G. O’Hora circulated the Public Lighting Programme for 2019 to the members. He invited the members to submit suggestions for the 2020 programme to be received by the October meeting. Cllr. A. O’Connor asked if the programme was for new lighting or to replace existing ones. G. O’Hora confirmed that it was for new LED lighting. G. O’Hora also stated that a new CIS programme was being drawn up; under this programme any local or estate road may be improved or resurfaced following a 15% contribution from the residents. Any submissions should be made by the next M.D. meeting if possible. Cllr. A. Barry queried how the allocation was broken up across the county. Applications for LIS schemes were also invited. G. O’Hora also stated that he was proposing yellow lines at the entrance to Glounthaune Railway station to improve sightlines there, the Gardai supported this. Cllr. P. O’Sullivan asked if something else could be done if the yellow lines proved ineffective. Cllr. A. Barry requested that a letter be sent to the Gardai requesting that the double yellow lines in Carrigtwohill be enforced and also again raised the possibility of the traffic warden making occasional visits. However, he was informed that it was Council policy to only employ a warden where pay parking was in effect. Cllr. Barry refuted this, stating that Ballincollig and other areas of the County did not have pay parking, but did have the services of a traffic warden. P. Lynch confirmed that approval had been given in principle to employ an additional part time Traffic warden. Cllr. P. O’Sullivan stated that there was a proposal to extend parking from Fitzpatricks shop to the train station and that planters would deter people from parking in the area. 7. Nomination of member to the Council’s Traveller Consultative Committee: On the proposal of Cllr. P. O’Sullivan, seconded by Cllr. S. Sheppard, Cllr. C. Rasmussen was nominated to the Committee. 8. Municipal District Officer Report: P. Lynch circulated the Municipal District Officers report which outlined the total number of claims made to date under the General Municipal Allocation, the Town Development fund and various other schemes currently in operation. P. Lynch detailed various notices sent under the Derelict Sites and Dangerous Structures legislation, he explained that a site is only put on the registers if it is derelict and or dangerous and the owner refuses to engage with the Council. To date several responses have been received which included fencing off a dangerous site and applying for planning permission. 9. Allocation of Historic Community Funds: P. Lynch circulated a list of projects from groups based in Little Island and Knockraha, he suggested that the available funds should be divided equally between the two locations and leave it up to the groups to decide which projects to proceed with. On the 4 proposal of Cllr.