- The local government apologizes publicly for not answering the questions of Cs for the lack of cleanliness and maintenance in the Windmill Archaeological Park
Citizens have asked for explanations today in the ordinary plenary in eleven matters of general interest:
Antonio Arévalo School
The Municipal Group of Citizens in Cartagena has requested explanations today from the Government of Cartagena for not yet fulfilling its promise of 2015 to convert the Antonio Arévalo school into a sociocultural center for the use and enjoyment of a multitude of collectives that are claiming municipal spaces to be able to perform various activities.
According to the spokesperson of Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, "since all these good intentions were announced in 2015 and the assignment was requested in 2016, we have not heard anything again, nor have we known that a euro has been invested, nor by the Community or by the City Council. "
"In our premises of the Town Hall, we receive every week a multitude of groups, associations and entities that remind us of this failed project, and ask us when it will be possible, the last to do so was TP Cartagena MM", said Manuel Padín.
The councilman of Culture, David Martinez, has ensured that the processing to extend the assignment was completed on April 30 and that at this time the municipal technicians are inspecting the space assigned to budget the tasks that will be necessary to prepare it.
Martinez has revealed that the Assembly Hall is not part of the transfer.
In a question of Manuel Padín, Noguera has admitted that he has not informed of the development of this cession to all the interested groups although he has planned to do so.
Business Incubator for Women
The orange training has been interested today to know if the Municipal Nursery of Companies for Women of Cartagena is already working at full capacity.
In the plenary session of July 2017 and questions of the orange training, the councilor of this area, David Martinez, undertook to open the facilities of the nursery and deliver the dispatches to interested businesswomen after that summer.
Despite this commitment, in December 2017, the socialist councilor, after ensuring that the deficiencies detected, such as repairing roofs and roofs, were already corrected, reported that there was only one person there doing their activity, but they expected that a As of January, more women will join in the autonomous regime.
Citizens wanted to know today how many offices have been delivered to the entrepreneurs and businesswomen interested since March 31, 2017, the monthly fee that is being charged, what tools are available and what exactly is the advisory service offered there .
Councilman Equality, David Martinez, has responded surprisingly that they have only received one application and that it has been denied, but there are four interested entrepreneurs who have contacted the Department in an unofficial way.
Martinez has admitted that the Vivero still does not work at full capacity and that there are three inactive offices.
Landfill of El Gorguel
The Municipal Citizens Group has urged the Government of Cartagena today to answer some questions that have been pending from March.
The spokesman for the orange training in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, today raised again the question regarding pollution in El Gorguel landfill, "that question was recorded in the month of March and was not answered in the ordinary plenary of that month, they assured us that they would answer us in writing but it was not like that ".
Citizens has recalled that these are "very serious" facts published by the newspaper La Verdad that said that the City of Cartagena did not react or alert anyone to a report of the UPCT that alerted in detail about the high risk of contamination in the landfill of El Gorguel.
"Although we know that direct responsibility is held by those who occupied then the local Executive, the MC party, it is the current local government (PSOE) that has to offer the necessary explanations, learn from what happened, and establish the necessary protocols so that something like that can not be repeated in this municipality. "
Cs recalled that the competencies in waste management and the requirement of compliance with the regulations is municipal, as well as the necessary investments to improve the system and to comply with European regulations and the regional plan.
"The Government's response has been amazing: first, after trying to blame MC, they say that the UPCT report has not been ignored but was transferred to Lhicarsa but that this company, since January 2017, has not raised a single only solution, this apparently is not enough for the City Council to take action on the matter, "said Manuel Padin.
Regarding the report of the UPCT, "although Mr. Torralba told us he would facilitate it, today he has said again that he will send it to us in a few days," said Padín.
Abandoned houses in La Palma
At the end of last January, Cs sent a letter to the Department of Quality of Life and Welfare, informing of the unfortunate state of the area between the streets Ebano and Antonio Serrano de La Palma, attaching photographs of the place and the unhealthy focus that constitutes, a few meters from a playground.
According to the spokesperson for Citizens, "in our letter we asked the responsible councilor to urge the owners to clean the area within a week, or to carry out these tasks, by the Government we were quickly responded that it had been sent the order to start a cleaning file, but more than four months have passed and we have returned to visit the area and the situation has not changed, or is even worse. "
The local spokesman of Cs has informed, through a question, that his Group is still waiting since the April plenary session, that the Executive will clarify the situation of the open file for the cleaning and the measures that will be carried out to eliminate this focus of insalubrity.
The councilor for Health and Environment, Obdulia Gómez, has informed that they requested the property that undertook the immediate cleaning of the area, and that after not doing so, they initiated on April 10 a subsidiary execution procedure but that could not be executed by an error in the competitions between municipal areas detected on May 29.
"Six months have passed since the complaint and these houses are still full of debris and garbage to the detriment of all neighbors because of an exasperating bureaucracy," the spokesman for Cs has lamented.
Cleaning on the Windlass
Ciudadanos has also regretted that the answer to the question about the cleanliness and safety of the Molinete Archaeological Park remains pending.
The Councilor for Citizens, Ana Rama, has asked for explanations for the security and maintenance conditions of the Molinete archaeological park.
The orange formation considers that the place "is in a state of complete abandonment".
Citizens councilor Ana Rama believes that "just walk around it to appreciate the lack of maintenance in terms of cleaning and gardening, graffiti and dirt found in their heritage remains, highlighting the interior of the mill and the Temple of the Syrian goddess Atargatis of the 2nd century BC ".
Cs has also asked about the operation of the security cameras, for the actions related to gardening and trees and for the protection measures for the mosaic located in the Atargatis goddess' aedicule, since the surrounding fence allows access to the same.
In addition, Cs wanted to know if the municipal government has raised the value of the perimeter of the San Cristobal mill, where the structures of castellum aquae are located and which was excluded from the archaeological park.
Finally, the mayor said that the past April 8 at 19.45 hours closed without notice the site.
"I want you to clarify why this happened."
The councilor responsible for the area of ​​Culture, David Martinez, has begun his response by apologizing to the Citizens Group for not sending their response in writing as they had been committed.
Martinez has admitted many of the problems detected by the Councilor for Citizens and has listed some projects and plans that are planned to solve them, including the landscape adaptation of the environment, the replanting of trees and native tree species, more security cameras, and protection systems for some of the elements that the park contains.
Regarding the schedule, Martinez explained that there has only been a specific but serious problem (several visitors were locked up) but that the responsible person has already been talked to so that it does not happen again.
As for expanding the windmill park, the Department is studying designing a project that currently has no capacity to finance.
Sebastián Feringán
On February 8, a meeting took place between the mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, the Councilor for Infrastructures, Juan Pedro Torralba and the president of the Commonwealth of the Canals of Taibilla, Adolfo Gallardo, in order to find ways to solve the problem. blocking situation of administrations in relation to Sebastián Feringán street in Cartagena.
At that time the City Council announced that an agreement had been reached whereby the municipal and Mancomunidad technicians would be allowed to work to analyze the deficiencies detected after the street repair and find solutions.
In this sense, the spokesman of Citizens wanted to know if it has materialized with the Commonwealth some possible solutions to the deficiencies that Sebastian Feringán street presents in terms of pavement, bike lane finishing, the missing sidewalk sections, lighting , gardening and road safety and in what state are currently the conversations with the Commonwealth, and when the Executive expects that the proceedings will be carried out on the Avenida Sebastian Feringán.
The mayor of Infrastructure, Juan Pedro Torralba has been limited to say that everything will be known "shortly".
FEVE
Citizens has asked the Government to explain why the collaboration agreement between the City Council and the Ministry of Development has not yet been signed to promote the abolition of the steps at El Abrevadero and Collado de los Pinos levels.
In addition, Manuel Padín has asked about the actions being taken by the Executive to carry out the suppression of the two steps at the level mentioned.
Councilman Juan Pedro Torralba reported that in May there was a meeting of municipal and Adif technicians to move forward in this regard.
In addition, Torralba has ensured that the third alternative for the arrival of the AVE can lighten the suppression of these steps at the level and those of La Palma and Pozo Estrecho.
Trees in Cartagena
The Citizens Group recalled today that in June 2017 it managed to take forward a plenary agreement to update the Catalog of Protection of Monumental Trees and Arboreal Ensembles of Cartagena, to initiate the procedures for the design of an ordinance for the protection and development of the monumental arboreal heritage local, and to place identification signs of the different arboreal species, shrubs and native species in the main parks of the municipality and throughout the old town.
The orange councilor, Ana Rama, asked a year later if the Executive has already finished the design of the ordinance and when it plans to place the posters.
The mayor of Government, Obdulia Gómez: has ensured to share with Citizens their concern for the trees of the municipality and has ensured that soon the design of the new ordinance will be completed, and that the updating of the trees is included in the new contract for parks and gardens that It will end up processing imminently.
On the signage, Gómez noted that they take note of the reminder of Cs.
Corporate Social Responsibility
It does nothing more and nothing less than almost three years, in October 2015, Cs defended in the Plenary a motion calling for the implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through the development of the so-called 'Sustainability Report'.
The motion, which was presented by the Councilor of Cs, Alfredo Nieto, was approved unanimously.
After several questions during the following years, the Councilor for the Interior, Francisco Aznar, admitted in 2017 the evident failure of the local government, and publicly undertook to prepare a CSR report in 2018. Because no municipal source has even mentioned the intention to start the procedures to have the report, the Group of Citizens has returned today to ask for explanations for this matter.
The person in charge of Security, Francisco Aznar, has not been able to give dates for the delivery of the report of sustainability and has let glimpse that has not begun to work in him.
Zebra Crossing in Charity
The mayor Ana Rama asked today if the municipal government plans to sign a zebra crossing in front of or next to the Basilica of La Caridad and another at the height of Caballero street, before the same, so that it is facilitated at a time the crossing of pedestrians and the exit of vehicles.
In this way, Rama clarified, it would be giving effect to the request that Cs raised to the Plenary on November 30 and that was collected by the Executive.
The Government has limited to answer that it is a residential area with the consequent special rules of circulation where the pedestrian has the priority and that the crossing of zebra is not necessary.
Electric transport
In the plenary session of May 2017, Ciudadanos defended a motion to encourage the use of electric vehicles through recharging point installations and modifications in municipal ordinances to encourage newly constructed buildings to have the necessary infrastructures to enable the recharging of batteries of electric cars.
This agreement also urged the local government to study the creation of specific parking lots for electric cars equipped with recharging posts.
In mid-May of this year, the councilor of the Infrastructure Area, Juan Pedro Torralba, reported the placement of two electric vehicle charging points, one on Paseo Alfonso XIII, in front of the Casa de la Juventud, and another in the Puerta de San José square, former Bastarreche square, in a parking lot for the disabled, which, however, is not yet operational.
The orange training spokesman asked about the criteria that have defined the location of the two electric vehicle charging stations and why they are not operational yet.
Juan Pedro Torralba, as Councilor for Municipal Services, has informed that the City Council plans to install three more recharging points, and that the location is marked by the M17 strategic plan.
Torralba has also announced that this month a mobile application will be presented to inform and assist electric vehicle drivers.
Regarding the possibility of preparing an ordinance to implement actions to promote electric transport, Torralba has ensured that work is being done in this regard and it is valued to provide free recharges and offer certain tax exemptions.
Juan Pedro Torralba has not answered the reasons why the recharging points installed are not operational
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena