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Lower Šančiai Community Charter
On the portal “What’s Happening in Kaunas” on Tuesday, a comment was made on stage about plans for the new street along the Nemunas. Paulius Keras, Deputy Director of Municipal Administration, confirmed in it that last year, when presenting street pre-design solutions in Žemuosi Šančiai, a number of suggestions and comments were received. According to him, street planning actions will be carried out only after a thorough assessment of the situation, taking into account the opinion and views of Kaunas residents.
After this speech, the Delfi editorial office reached the public address of the Žemieji Šančiai community with Paulius Keras and the head of the city administration department Aloyzas Pakalniškis with a request to answer questions from the community.
“April 28 this year. Ž. Activists from the community and the city of Šančiai, after reading the comments of the Kaunas city authorities in the article” What is happening in Kaunas “published in the article “Celebration in Žemučiai Šančiai: updated the absence of the street (updated)”, they were surprised by the statements about the publicly declared communication with, – written in a letter.
Community issues
“Currently, we continue to communicate with the Žemieji Šančiai communities: we collect information, listen to the opinions and arguments of the Ššančiškės people and evaluate them. It is a long but necessary process to obtain an optimal result that satisfies all parties, ”said Mr. Keras, the government’s cautious position in the article.
Following this speech, the Žemieji Šančiai community is asking for a public response to their questions regarding the assessment of the situation and the gathering of information.
1. Where and when did you meet with the Žemieji Šančiai communities regarding street design along the Nemunas?
2. By what means and methods was the information collected, how and when were the opinions of the communities sought or consulted?
3. When and how was the situation assessed and how could it be determined whether it would take place?
Mr. Kero’s responses to the questions asked
When Delfi asked Father Kero about these questions, he answers that the main employees of the municipality and part of Ž. The meetings of the Šančiai community members took place during the publicity of the project proposals and a little later in the Kaunas Municipality Meeting Room.
Taking into account the opinion and comments expressed by the residents during the publicity, the project proposals were not approved and no new solutions were proposed, therefore there was no object of discussion.
“Recently, especially during the quarantine period, there have been no meetings with the Lower Šančiai Community Association and the Aukštieji Šančiai community,” he says.
Communication is said to be done constantly.
Mr. Keras emphasizes that the community is treated not only as a specific legal entity, but also in a broad sense. According to him, communication with the residents of the city is carried out constantly: almost every day the residents receive suggestions both by calls, emails and other forms.
“We listen to their thoughts, we listen to them and we appreciate everything. We do not make hasty decisions, but we try to make sure that they respond to the opinion and expectations of the majority of the population.
When it comes to assessing the situation, this is not a final formal procedure, but a general approach to decision-making and execution. At this time, our goal is to summarize all available information. Many of them were received not only during the mentioned meetings, but also in writing, “he replies.
The community asks for facts
Aloyzas Pakalniškis, the head of the City’s Municipal Administration Department, said that a chaotic parking lot is being registered in this part of the city, drivers are driving where they want and how they want. In addition, there have been a number of cases in which local residents and companies operating there have arbitrarily seized state land, “the community letter cites an article from the news portal” What’s Happening in Kaunas. “
According to members of the Žemieji Šančiai community, the last sentence of the quote by A. Pakalniškis is considered possibly misleading, since the members of the community have a document from the National Land Service (NŽT) (registration date 05.12.2019)
“Please provide A. Pakalniškis with the facts of land grabbing. In his absence, we believe that making erroneous recognition errors would be one of the most appropriate responses here. Do not apologize if you do not want, unless you want …” Address community members.
It is planned to build a new street and equip a beach.
We remind you that the Municipality of Kaunas announced the pre-design proposals prepared for the street planned in April last year. The 2-lane, 6-meter-wide street, according to authorities, is intended for Kaunas residents so that they can more easily reach planned recreational spaces near Nemunas. It is planned to renovate the existing bicycle and hiking trail.
At that time, it was planned to build a recreational area called Napoleon Beach by the river between Kranto 13 and M. Sederavičiaus streets. The beach has volleyball courts, a children’s play area and disabled access to the water.
A petition was signed and a march organized.
We remind you that, for the first time, members of the Žemieji Šančiai community met on April 27, 2019 to have an open conversation about the Kaunas government’s intention to convert the Nemunas bank into a new recreation area with car access. . After intense discussions, a petition was signed and delivered to the representatives of the Kaunas municipality.
Representatives from various Kaunas districts and community organizations gathered again in the second half of July to march on the Nemunas Green Bank. Among the chant “People live in Šančiai!”, Which became the leitmotif of the campaign, comments from residents of Aleksotas and Lampėdžiai intervened, who also found no peace with the municipality.
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