Pleno April 2010

Resumé of Pleno of 27th of April 2010

Again a new big building project is taking its way. This time outside Orihuela, called “Molino de la Ciudad”. All opposition parties are against it. There is no building land in the suburbs of Orihuela (Torremendo, La Murada etc.), therefore young families who want their own housing do have to move somewhere else. This project will destroy the rest of the traditional “Huerta” (vegetable fields etc.) of the area. Also the promoting work will most probably be given to Grupo San José (yes, THE San José which is nearly bankrupt, but Councillor Barberá of Urbanism did say that having some financial problems does not mean that the company will disappear. But we from Los Verdes do not understand his position.

APPROVED WITH THE MAJORITY OF RULING PARTY PP.
All opposition parties against.


Request of the PSOE that the old Court Building (near the Town Hall) which belongs to the Generalidad Valencia should be handed over to Orihuela. At the present moment Orihuela Town Hall is paying large amounts on rent for official offices and on the other side this building is empty since the Court moved into the new building some years ago. It is requested that the Town Hall makes some pressure onto Valencia to obtain this building.
This story is 8 years old….

APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY


Los Verdes request that Mr. Jaume Matas and Mr. Luis Fernando Cartagena should not cover anymore the special duty on the Fiesta day of Orihuela as they both have been condemned.

All oppositon parties did approved.
APPROVED WITH THE MAJORITY OF RULING PARTY PP.


Request of Los Verdes to reserve land in the new planning for a cemetery in Orihuela as well as in Orihuela Costa.



Request of CLR to improve the very bad condition of the La Regia Park.
Councillor Aniorte insist that this park is not “abandoned” and “does not look to bad”, he shows pictures taken from far away. Los Verdes and PSOE do fully support the request of CLR. Aniorte insists that 26.000 € have been spend there (where?) in the last 3 years.
He also points out that more than 40 urbanisations have been build and some of them where handed over badly or left unfinished. The opposition parties do answer that they should not have permitted it if they cannot handle it. There is a heated discussion which is cut short by Monica Lorente as she agrees that “the park will be put in good conditions”. We will keep an eye on it.

APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY



Open questions from several other Plenos:

- Los Verdes applied for a list of the mobile phones and asked to view the bills:
o Still no answer. Answer will come in writing.

- I.E.S. School in Playa Flamenca: When will the construction carry on?

- Los Verdes do complain about the schedule of the mobile recycling system and also the fact that it is not put at knowledge of the citizens. The company responsible for the waste collection is permanently not fulfilling the contract conditions. Councillor Abadía as usual defends the company and says we can only complain and should make some suggestions. We will. We always wonder that councillor Abadía, who is paid with money of the citizens, defends the waste company instead of investigating if they fulfil or not…..

- Los Verdes do again ask about the budget for 2010 and the balance of 2009. Lorente says that the balance of 2009 is ready and “looks good”, so we all wonder why it is not presented at the Pleno…. We insist on the budget for 2010 as we are already in May.