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Cork City Council response to an AIE request

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Date 04th March 2013
Re: Request For Access to Information – Environment (AIE) Regulations, 2007-2011
A.I.E 01/13

Decision

A decision has been made to part grant your request.

1) All minutes, record notes (formal and informal), e-mails, diary entries and other
documents relating to meetings between Cork City Council representatives and/
or their agents, GAA representatives and/or their agents, Cork County Board
representatives and/or their agents.

This information is refused as it does not fall under the definition of environmental
information as set out in the AIE regulations.

2) All minutes, record notes (formal and informal), e-mails, diary entries and
other documents relating to that included any or all of the following organisations,
companies, their representatives and/or their agents: Redscape, OKRA, O’Connor
Sutton Cronin (engineers), Venhoeven CS (architects), Howley Hayes (conservation
architects), Fehily Timoney (environment and ecology), Modus Operandi (art
consultants), and Davis Langdon PKS (quantity surveyors) or any other members of
the Marina Park design team.

The report of Howley Hayes (Architectural Heritage Assessment) is attached.
Ecological, Drainage and Appropriate Assessment Screening reports are in
preliminary/draft form and are refused as they are classed as material in the course
of completion. These will be released to you on completion.

Other information is refused as it does not fall under the definition of environmental
information as set out in the AIE regulations.

3) All minutes of meetings that included any or all of the following organisations,
companies, their representatives and/or their agents: Malachy Walsh & Partners,
Consulting Engineers and Scott Tallon Walker Architects or any other members of
the Pairc Ui Chaoimh redevelopment team”

This information is refused as it does not fall under the definition of environmental
information as set out in the AIE regulations.

Right of Appeal

You may appeal this decision. In the event that you need to make such an appeal, you can do so
by writing to:

Ms. Valerie O’Sullivan,
Director of Services,
Corporate & External Affairs,
Cork City Council,
City Hall,
Cork.

You should make your appeal within 1 month from the date of this notification. The appeal will involve a complete reconsideration of the matter by a more senior member of staff of Cork City Council.

Yours sincerely,

________________________
NOREEN MULCAHY
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER

The recent Blackrock cleanup

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The numbers were significantly bolstered by Gregor and his colleagues from Big Fish Games. Hopefully we’ll see a few more residents next time.

We came across what is effectively a public dump at the entrance to the waste treatment plant (see images). Gregor and his friends were willing to wade in but we see this as a job for the Corporation as we’re neighbourhood watch, not an armed response unit.

To be fair the Blackrock line / walkway itself was pretty clean but there was still quite a few bags filled with rubbish.

We’re suggested a date of April 14 for next cleanup, we solicit feedback on areas of the walkway that are badly littered.

If any of the other community groups or anyone else has any ideas on how the group can broaden the brief and would like to get in touch, please do not hesitate.

cleanblackrock AT gmail DOT

com

 

Convergence – Greening our Communities

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The Green Communities Network is a joint initiative of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, the EPA and An Taisce to encourage the growth of green communities in Ireland.  The objective of the network is to radically increase the numbers of individuals and communities living, working and playing in a more environmentally sustainable manner to bring about real and measurable reductions in environmental impact in areas such  as waste, energy usage, water usage and carbon footprint.

But what are the hallmarks of a green community? There may already be communities in Ireland that are well on their way to being ‘green’ and environmentally sustainable.  This half day session will bring together community and environmental initiatives from around Ireland to enquire into what it means to be a ‘green community’ and explore strategies for our communities, in the broadest sense, to become green, smart and sustainable.

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