SAMRA AGM www.s .samra.i .ie January 15 th 2018 AGM AGENDA - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

SAMRA – AGM

www.s .samra.i .ie

January 15th 2018

AGM AGENDA

• Chairperson’s Address : Joan MacArthur
• Financial Report : Liam Handy
• 2017 Activities - overview : Dave Turner
• Key Areas of CURRENT Concern - overview: Dave Turner
• Discussion Q&A : SAMRA Lead / ALL

New items raised will be noted for follow up and inclusion in the 2018 SAMRA Agenda !

CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS – Joan MacArthur

• Introduction
• AGM Objectives
• Hi-level points from 2016 AGM
• SAMRA – Aims
• SAMRA – The Committee and how we are organised

Sandymount & & Merrion

Our Residency Areas

Merrion

AGM OBJECTIVES

• Reach out to as many local residents as possible – maximum

engagement

• Update
• with SAMRA activities
• SAMRA Status and key Areas of Concern and Current Priority Areas
• Offers of help
• New Committee members ?
• Promote SAMRA – use the website

❖To Protect the environs of Sandymount Village, Sandymount Strand & Dublin Bay. ❖To give the Residents a voice, empowering & leveraging collective representation ❖A platform to :

➢ Provide Visibility of proposals and development schemes ➢ Provide an integrated overview of schemes likely to impact the area ➢ Support key decision points and dates, enabling SAMRA input

❖To enable residents to develop key messages and make critical input to decisions

SAMRA : AIMS

SAMRA

• Committee Members
• Joan MacArthur (Chairperson)
• Liam Handy (Treasurer)
• Dave Turner (Secretary)
• Irene Lynch
• Lorna Kelly
• Paddy Dunne
• Finian Loftus
• Dave Madden
• Fergus Murray
• James Cassidy * Retired from SAMRA 2017
• Monthly Meetings
• Website
• www.samra.ie
• Funding –
• AGM Subscriptions & Donations / Raffle at Community Day / DCC / AVIVA Community Fund
• Payments via Pay-pal Linkage (website) OR Dropbox

Financial Status – Liam Handy

ACTIVITIES - 2017

1. SAMRA – organisational upgrade

• Website www.samra.ie

(*Aviva Stadium Community Funding)

• SAMRA Pamphlet and Leaflet Drop NEXT

2. Sandymount/Merrion/Blackrock corridor study – focussing representation on NTA emerging preferred scheme 3. Poolbeg Incinerator

• Emissions monitoring
• “Abnormal conditions readiness” (ie Emergency Response)

4. Poolbeg West Draft Planning Scheme

• An Bord Pleanala – Appeal Pending by SAMRA

5. Coastal Defence

• Support – Phase 1
• “Onshore drainage maintenance” – reinforcement of study July 2015 concerns
• OTHER THINGS ARISING
• Eg Thrashing Pylons

LEAFLET DROPS

SUMMARY : KEY AREAS OF CONCERN

• 1. Poolbeg Incinerator Monitoring and “Abnormal Conditions

Readiness” (Emergency Response)

• 2. Poolbeg West Planning Appeal
• 3. Merrion Road Traffic : Lack of Clarity on Planning Intentions
• 4. Sewage and Water contamination levels on Merrion/Sandymount

Beach areas

DISCUSSION SESSION

Questions / Answers / Debate :

• 1. Poolbeg Incinerator Monitoring and Abnormal Conditions Readiness : DT
• 2. Poolbeg West Planning Appeal : LK
• 3. Strand Road Traffic : DM
• 4. Sewage &Water contamination levels on Beach areas - DM

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How can you help ?

Your Membership IS VITAL ! We need new Committee Members We need Specialised Knowledge related to the Key Areas of Concern =======

CLOSE & THANKYOU ! – Joan McArthur

AGM OBJECTIVES – reminder :

• Reach out to as many local residents as possible – maximum engagement
• Update
• with SAMRA activities
• SAMRA Status and key Areas of Concern and Current Priority Areas
• Offers of help
• New Committee members ?
• Promote SAMRA – use the website

HOPEFULLY WE HAVE STARTED TO ACHIEVED THIS ! We have a list of new topics for the 2018 SAMRA work We have new names to follow up ! We will post this ppt file and notes of the AGM to the WEBSITE www.samra.ie

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