Mayor complaining about not 
be vacated in March building
Advisory Council chaired by Maria Soledad Tohá intendenta agreed deny the transfer of the property tax Aníbal Pinto 442. Upset is the
Mayor of Concepción, Jacqueline van Rysselberghe, the rejection he received from the Intendant Maria Soledad Tohá to transfer tax to the municipality building on the Plaza of Independence, which will be vacated in March next year.
In a letter signed by the National Property SEREMI, Mauricio Ortiz Solorza was informed that the Consultative Committee of that body (Chair Tohá) in its meeting No. 42 "has assessed the merits of the antecedenes and agreed to deny your application, based primarily on the fact that the property is not available as there are administrative acts in force in favor of the Ministry Interior and other public services in the central state administration, who currently occupy those offices. "
's commitment to transfer that property was made when the project began Civic District, during the government of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, who was made explicit to the then mayor of Concepcion, Ariel Ulloa.
With three months to be moved to the Administration building of the former Railway Station, located on Avenida Arturo Prat 501, whose renovation at a cost of nine million dollars, the Municipality of Concepcion know the decision that it is not returned to its historic location, facing the Square Weapons. Van Rysselberghe
Mayor requested the Regional Government to be told "if this rejection is final and may be revised once the property becomes vacant."
For community leader is unusual for a governmental commitment is unknown as absurd as the Intendant Maria Soledad Tohá.
raised concerns what will happen with the building of the Administration since March 2007 and said the city considered to be sorry sell it for private purposes.
Repurchase at the bank
The current seven-story building occupied by the Municipality of Concepcion at the corner of O'Higgins Rengo and is owned by a bank that is through a lease-back is being "bought back" by the municipality, which pays more than $ 300 million a year over 10 years. With these resources are paid the compensation to a group of teachers who went to court.
The historical building of the municipality penquista off the Independence Square, at the corner of Barros Arana and Aníbal Pinto, was destroyed by the earthquake of 1939. The mayor said it would be a gift to the city that the city recover there after 70 years.
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MOP Ex "? Mayor Jacqueline van Rysselberghe said with regret that the Administration building the same thing happen with the building of four floors and 4 thousand square meters occupied until last March the Ministry of Public Works, on Calle San Martín in Concepcion.
The building in the heart penquista, steps away from the diagonal Pedro Aguirre Cerda, was transferred to the Ministry of National Heritage has today completely abandoned, with its dirty windows, furniture stacked and dry grass.
In February the then National Property SEREMI, Maria de la Luz Gajardo, had announced that building would go to the Seremi of Education, which would vacate the building Chacabuco 618 and give the Lyceum Enrique Molina the space needed to implement the full school day.
The mayor said the building is owned municipal Chacabuco and has never claimed "weight" to the Ministry of Education by your lease.
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* Daily, Saturday, November 25, 2006. Transfer from Quartermaster
Mayor and SEREMI
per building face Seremi Mauricio Ortiz said there are three public entities, in addition to the municipality, they are requesting the property tax.
The Municipality will move in March to its new headquarters in the former Railway Station, so the building will Aníbal Pinto 442 unoccupied.
By Nello Rolleri Veloso.
What will happen to the most important public building Conception?. The question has no answer yet as recognized by the National Property SEREMI, Mauricio Ortiz Solorza, who explained that although the transfer of the Administration is imminent, the new Civic Quarter will be ready in March, is not yet defined its target and therefore it responded negatively to the request of Mayor Jacqueline van Rysselberghe.
This is because there are some utilities that are installed in office building Aníbal Pinto 442, but that will not be transferred, as the Planning SEREMI.
Ortiz explained that in addition to the Municipality of Concepcion there are three other public entities that are seeking to use the building, built in 1942, the provincial government, the Internal Revenue Service and the National Institute of Statistics.
At four entities are negative response to their requirements, he said, so the issue will be resolved once the transfer will materialize. Said that the four entities have physical space requirements and the same right to request the property and indicated that the decision will be purely technical.
"I would take the drama to this," said Ortiz, for the claim of the municipality penquista.
consulted by the government's promise to the former mayor Ariel Ulloa, Ortiz said, "I have no record of any compromise" and that it is only a word from the mayor.
regard Jacqueline van Rysselberghe lamented that "not respecting one's word is" because the community is satisfied that when they designed the Civic District promised the building of the Administration would become the seat of the county and return to the place historically held until the earthquake of 1939. Politicization
consulted by the risk of politicization of decision, only because the community is head of the UDI, the SEREMI Ortiz replied that "by contrast, who is trying to politicize the issue is the mayor, to involve the Intendant Maria Soledad Tohá in the matter."
The National Property SEREMI said a committee he chairs and members of other officials of this division will make the final decision on the building of Aníbal Pinto 442, and that the Intendant will not be consulted on the matter.
also clarified that the former building MOP Concepción Calle San Martin is not "abandoned", but will be busy counting March 2007 by the Seremi of Education.
"I am not satisfied" Jacqueline van Rysselberghe The mayor said he would not be satisfied with the decision of a SEREMI and asked that the city organizations, represented on the Board Urban ruling on the issue.
said he regretted that the SEREMI Ortiz as a "son of a deputy from Concepción, do not have a special sensitivity about what this building to the city."
"This is not a personal matter, not even in the interest of the City," said the mayor, but is returning to the city place historically held the government of the city, and give a destination that deserves dignity of this building.
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* Daily, Friday, December 1, 2006. Building equity
Directors disagree on fate of the Administration only support representatives of the Alliance's approach to transfer to city mayor.
Although all reject the politicization of the issue, a brief consultation was enough to see that only the regional directors of the Alliance for Chile lined up behind the mayor's request for the government transferred to the municipality penquista vacate the building that the Administration for next year.
The directors of the coalition were not a unique position on the fate that should have this heritage building, located at number 442 of Aníbal Pinto.
Oscar Ferrel, DC director, acknowledged that it had formed an opinion about the subject and felt that it was natural to ensure first because officials of the Administration, and that his impression was that they all fit in the renovated former Railway Station.
For the former National Director of Transportation needed a public debate on how this transfer should take place and who should take over the building Aníbal Pinto. "I depoliticize the debate and call for opinion leaders, representatives of the community, to comment on this. "
Although the Civic District is already a reality in Prat Avenue, Ferrel stated that the issue is still controversial and asked to review other similar experiences, like those of Iquique, which have not been as favorable than expected.
Councilor Eduardo Araya Poblete (PS) recalled that when he raised the Civic District project agreed on the need to sell public buildings in the center to finance this operation. Councilor Daroch
Avendaño Bernardo (PPD) rejected the possibility of delivering the property to the City because are services such as Planning Seremi not have room in the Civic District.
He argued that the characteristics of the property it is best to allocate to the Provincial Government, is currently leasing office on Calle Barros Arana.
"Absurd" RN To the Minister Claudio Eguiluz which raises the SEREMI of National Property, that would transfer the existing building of the Administration Internal Revenue Service, the National Statistical Institute or the Government is " absurd "because none of these institutions is important for the city with the Municipality of Concepcion. Eguiluz said he felt bad that if the government were willing to transfer the property to the former mayor Ariel Ulloa because it was socialist, not the mayor are now van Rysselberghe is only because of the UDI.
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* Daily, Sunday, December 3, 2006
Editorial. Tuesday December 5, 2006.
the Administration Building The mayor of Concepción, Jacqueline van Rysselberghe, has insisted in recent months the need to define the transfer to the municipality of the Administration building, located across from the Plaza Independencia, considering in March, the seat of executive power building will move to regional remodeling of the former Railway Station, on Avenida Arturo Prat.
SEREMI The formal response of National Property, Mauricio Ortiz, has been negative, as has been indicated that not all government offices will be relocated and that other departments involved in the property tax as the Internal Revenue Service, the Registry Civil and the Provincial Government of Concepcion.
addition, the former mayor Martin Zilic said Hrepic actually there was no formal commitment, in writing, with the mayor Ariel Ulloa Azocar for this transfer once the Civic District to materialize, however, recognized that this was the approach was formulated.
the mayor's arguments point to the need to keep your word, regardless if you signed a paper or not as separate people and political differences that may exist among them, a militant of the UDI, with government Concertación, the permanent interests of the city.
The problem of transfer would be almost irrelevant if you were talking about a property tax more, but it is not. This is the main public building far from the center of Concepción, where the community identifies who is the center of political power.
It is also an old English tradition, inherited from the conquerors, that in the parade grounds are located, facing the church and town hall. Plaza de Concepción
load also the entire history of the city on his shoulders.
The location was chosen after the earthquake of 1751 which led to be moved from Penco. Earthquakes have been responsible for destroying the original cathedral and the old building of the municipality, which also was located on Calle Aníbal Pinto, but in the corner of Barros Arana. Discussion
The building was built in 1942 as part of reconstruction after the earthquake of 1939. It is a modernist building which reflects the spirit of an era intended to overcome the adversities of nature.
Today the city can not afford again to erase its history and send this building to a destination less important than being the seat of political and administrative power, if not the region, at least in the city.
It is inexplicable that a middle-ranking public official who announces that it will make the decision, but until now has heard the voice of authority of the Head of State representative in the region.
Less understandable is that even considered that this property can be sold to the private sector to allocate to real estate or commercial purposes.
The building of the former Railway Station y la Intendencia son contemporáneos, ambos representan la misma época. El avance que para la ciudad representa que el primero sea restaurado y revalorizado no puede significar, simultáneamente, un retroceso de dejar sin un destino digno al segundo.
Los hombres y mujeres que tomarán esas decisiones trascendentes deben poner en perspectiva sus diferencias políticas y compararlas con el destino común que nos une en esta ciudad.
Rechazo a petición de alcaldesa
Intendenta dice que Gobernación ocupará segundo piso de edificio María Soledad Tohá explicó que seremis de Hacienda y Planificación se mantendrán en tercer y cuarto floor.
of the Administration Building was built in 1942. Its first floor is for commercial premises.
The Intendant Maria Soledad Tohá yesterday cleared the doubts about the fate of the building currently occupied by the Regional Government in the Plaza Independencia de Concepción, at number 442 of Aníbal Pinto, explaining that only the second floor will be free to transfer next March at the Civic District, so it was assessed that it is best to cede that space to the provincial government.
The authority said that they had indeed received requests from four facilities to occupy these units, including the City Concepcion, however, explained that continue to operate in the third and fourth floor offices of the regional ministries of Finance and Planning, so it will not be available the entire building. An additional factor, he added, is the fact that in 2007 the provincial government should vacate the office of the Department of Immigration has in the Gallery Alessandri, due to remodeling of the mall, so not to occupy part of Municipality building should rent elsewhere. The Intendant Tohá
expressed hope that in March 2007 could be realized the move to the new Civic Quarter, to occupy the former Railway Station Design-in number 501 of Arturo Prat Avenue, however, a problem of space and resources, not all services operating in the center could be relocated. Retrieved
Governor Rodrigo Diaz Wörner, said not knowing that decision, however explained that the governing body requires more space, both for the care of about four thousand foreigners a year, and for coordination meetings with municipalities, what they had made a formal request to occupy the building of the Administration. Ulloa
denies engagement Former Mayor Concepcion, Ariel Ulloa Azocar said yesterday that it is effective at holding the Mayor Jacqueline van Rysselberghe that any commitment of the then government of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle to deliver the building free of charge. Ulloa
recognizes that in the middle of the last decade, when planning the Civic District, one of the arguments in favor of the move was that the building of the Administration could be vacated for the municipality, but warned that there was no formal commitment. What was planned at that time, Ulloa said, was the need to sell the building to finance the move. Architect
Baeriswyl: Municipality must take its place " Baeriswyl Sergio Rada architect, advisor to the Municipality of Concepcion and UBB academic says he was present at the meeting at which the former housing minister Frei, Sergio Henriquez, was engaged to Ariel Mayor Ulloa then to transfer the building of the Administration to the municipality. To Baeriswyl "does not stand much analysis" that is the municipality which must be in the Plaza Independencia and not the Government, for reasons of historical tradition. Felt that the building Aníbal Pinto 442 could be restored, including the openness of its interior space, to recuperate this space assets.
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* Daily, Wednesday, December 6, 2006. Destination
fiscal Building Trades
intendenta critical decision Tohá
rejected the possibility that the building of Aníbal Pinto 442 is not intended for the Municipality of Concepcion.
The Municipality now occupies the main public building of Conception, but evicted in March next year, when you move to the renovated former railway station.
By Nello Rolleri Veloso.
The decision of the Intendant Maria Soledad Veloso Tohá that he will leave office next March, on the second floor of the building facing the Plaza Independencia in Concepcion, are aimed at the provincial government and not the municipality, as requested by the Mayor Jacqueline van Rysselberghe, was rejected by the unions of the city. Despite
government level that does not recognize the existence of any commitment to transfer that property to the municipality, between the unions there is a reminder that when the city introduced the idea of \u200b\u200bbuilding a Civic District, just a decade ago, before the fear that the center would suffer, it was argued that the council would return to its original location, which had since the founding of the city.
The SEREMI National Property, Mauricio Ortiz, a negative response to requests from the four entities requesting use of this property tax: City Hall, the Internal Revenue Service, National Institute of Statistics and Provincial Government.
However, few days later announced his decision intendenta give this last distribution only the second floor, keeping floors three and four to the SEREMIS of Economy and Planning, which are currently installed.
The reaction of the mayor Jacqueline van Rysselberghe was to request a ruling by the Urban Board, which brings together organizations representing the city, will meet next Friday. However, yesterday spontaneously three of these entities commented on the issue and in the same direction, which corresponds to a non-political decision, but looking at the interest of the city to deliver the building to the Municipality of Concepcion.
Yesterday, Maria Soledad Tohá not referred again to the subject. However, the Administration sources say the decision is "firm" and that will not change despite pressure from the Mayor Jacqueline van Rysselberghe or community.
Year 2008 will be emptied another building In March 2007, will be emptied complete the second floor of the Administration, with the transfer to the four floors has the former Railway Station, renovated with an investment that skirted the $ 9 million.
However, over the next year will begin construction of two buildings of the Civic District, the twins now occupied by the MOP and a similar investment, which will be allocated to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.
This will be vacated by 2008 fiscal another building downtown, which has three floors, on the corner of O'Higgins and Rengo, which previously occupied the Central Bank.
consultant planner for the Municipality of Concepcion, Baeriswyl Sergio Rada inconceivable that the Regional Government complains that he has no choice but to remain at the Administration will be freed when another "super building" in the heart of the city.
The architect indicated that there were doubts about the damage to the property tax could mean that transfer, said the municipality would receive the building as a loan with a commitment to keep the offices of Planning and Economy SEREMIS which are in the third and fourth floor until they build the next stages of the Civic District are planned.
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must invoke tradition"
Jorge Jimenez much you should weigh this decision is not political considerations or out in the community with more or less power, but take care to preserve the identity and tradition of Concepción, in which the main public building in the main square from colonial times, was occupied by the municipality. Retrieve it, according to this dealer, means progress in presentation and rescue center.
"No political issue" Claudia García Lima The architect asked not to confuse this with a political issue. He stated that it would be unfortunate because the mayor is a party (UDI) and the Intendant other (PS), has made a decision that goes against what the historical tradition says Concepcion. The professional, a Brazilian national, asked to have a little more love for this city, to consider what is best for her and forget the political situation.
"Hopefully agreement is reached" The architect Waldo Martinez said "I hope that the authorities agree" on this subject, to put aside political differences and think about what is best for the city Concepcion. Asked to compare what happens in the main square of Santiago, where the building of the municipality is an architectural symbol that anyone would think that would be occupied by another lower-level institution.
"Property is secondary" advisor to the architect of the Municipality of Concepcion, Baeriswyl Sergio Rada, the issue of ownership of the building by Aníbal Pinto 442 is secondary. He argued that if the Ministry of Interior did not want to transfer this asset to the municipality may make a contract of bailment. They also can continue working without any problems SEREMIS Planning and Economy in the upper floors. If there will can find a solution to these problems, he argued.
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* Daily, Friday, December 8, 2006. Trends
. Sunday December 10, 2006
The dispute over the building in the Plaza Independencia fiscal
Why Tohá Soledad said no to Jacqueline van Rysselberghe? in March 2007 will be delivered the main building of the Civic District located in the former Railway Station, which will be transferred to the regional government headquarters. And who will stay with units in Anibal Pinto? If the municipal believed that the decision was settled, the Regional Intendant ordered to shoot down the dreams of the mayor.
Nello
Rolleri V.
If anyone thought that having two women occupying leading positions of political representation in Concepcion would be synonymous with a "new style" of government, the end of the collision and the debut in a "feminine" approach to conflict is flatly wrong. Jacqueline van Rysselberghe
and Maria Soledad Tohá this week appeared to disagree openly about a problem that appeared perfectly predictable from the beginning of the decade: the fate of the main public building in the city, the current mayor, the day after the transfer is made of regional administration the Civic Quarter Arturo Prat Avenue.
The adage that "things known are silent and quiet forget" seems to fit perfect in this case, since until 2000, when Ariel Ulloa Azocar lost the municipal chair at the hands of the then Councillor UDI, the agreement between the Socialist mayor and the regional government was crystal clear: the building of Aníbal Pinto 442 would go to town. This is recognized
Ulloa himself and former Mayor Martin Zilic, but with one thing: never tuned an agreement, much less formalized a commitment.
And then when this year Jacqueline van Rysselberghe tried to charge the word the Ministry of Interior, was first found evasive and promises that "we will explore the theme" and later with a negative "for now" the National Property SEREMI, pending definition, and finally with a resounding bang The mayor, who said this week that his decision is that there is installed the provincial government. Several
scathingly then recalled that the Mayor raised the issue on the Plaza Independencia on 5 October, the day of anniversary of the city, an act that was present Maria Soledad Tohá. At that time the highest regional authority said nothing about the matter and stressed that it was just annoying por la interpelación pública, porque “en democracia, la gente puede decir lo que piensa en un marco de respeto”.
Números no cuadran Las razones de la intendenta Tohá para rechazar la petición del municipio se sustentan en que el traslado sólo alcanza para reubicar a los funcionarios que hoy ocupan el segundo piso de la Intendencia, y que no hay espacio para las seremis de Hacienda y Planificación, que están en los pisos tres y cuatro del inmueble frente a la Plaza Independencia.
Sin embargo, lo que no cuadra es que la superficie útil de la Intendencia es de 3.375 metros cuadrados, mientras que en la ex Estación de Ferrocarriles, remodeled with additional fourth floor, it will have 7,169 meters square, that is, more than double.
If it comes to comparing the current MOP building in the Civic District, a structure consisting of two wings, with 10 thousand 679 meters square, settled down to 320 officers of this division.
It is also necessary to consider that SEREMIS of Finance and Planning are covered in the 35 public services for which designed the Civic District, which in its five buildings when fully completed, will add 38 000 square 815 meters of public offices. Furthermore
planning by Directorate Architecture considers the Civic District Bicentennial project, why it should be completely finished by 2010. In fact for 2007 provides for the commencement of construction of the third building to the other side, also with two pavilions, which will be twin to the MOP. This will be allocated to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, which will release the tax building at the corner of O'Higgins and Rengo, which has of 1,530 square meters.
"Politicization? The mayor has repeatedly raised in his petition that only the interest of enforcing a commitment that the government had taken to the city, the municipality again to occupy the Plaza Independencia after referral of the Administration.
For that reason, he says, when he raised the issue to the Ministry of the Interior, with interviews of then-Secretary of the portfolio Andres Zaldivar and Undersecretary Felipe Harboe-defense requested that the interest of the town refused to surrender him that the municipality building, and did not want to politicize this discussion.
In context the site is at the highest regional authority was inevitable, he says, to demand that fulfill his word.
But the city council not all agree with this attitude. For Councillor Andrea Aste von Bennewitz (DC), daughter of the late former mayor Guillermo Pérez Aste, "what has happened in this case is unfortunate, because it has been politicized an issue that is of interest only to the city."
to the council acknowledged that there is a desire to occupy the building of the Administration, but argued that "this is not the main problem in the district" and that many penquista may be surprised that the mayor appears in a "cock" with Maria Soledad intendenta Tohá, disputing who occupies a building. Andrea Aste
said it was his father who built and opened the present building seven floors occupied by the municipality at the corner of Rengo with O'Higgins.
"It seems that at stake was the honor of Concepción" in the way they raised the issue, said the councilor, adding that if it is possible to recover the building for the town would be good, but nothing will change dramatically so the issue should not be dramatized.
Voice Council
However at this point no one disputes that the issue has taken political overtones. Alvaro Ortiz (DC), Councillor Concepción says it is wrong the way the mayor has raised the issue. "She has been victimized and their arguments have not been up to someone who wants to be president. "
But regardless of the attitude of the community leader, Ortiz also adhere to the municipality the option of moving across the square. And while she acknowledges that there are three other institutions concerned "with the same law," says that "the will of the town and his whole council is to occupy the building of the Administration. We have to play us that option and we have raised in unanimously by the council, "said the councilman.
A similar view is Councilman Patrick Lynch (UDI), who says that inside the city "no political differences on this issue because we are all aware that Concepción required to maintain this building as an institution of the government hierarchy and not fulfill this role, "says Lynch. Councilman
also believes "it is wrong to regard this as a struggle between the mayor and the Administration because the issue transcends the authorities."
But despite the claims of the council members, regardless of their color, dream of seeing THE MUNICIPALITY looser and more Hierarchy building, the Administration has expressed its determination not to yield. For some, a problem of square feet must meet National Assets, for others a political cock to prove who rules the region.
The origin of the Civic District:
crazy idea to Duhart The Conception
Why are discussing this issue and is making an investment that will border the 50 million dollars to have a new Civic Quarter?.
The idea corresponds to what some consider the most important architect who has had Conception in its modern history: Harosteguy Emilio Duhart, who died in January this year in France, who is the author of paradigmatic 1960 master plan and design campus University of Concepción. Duhart
in 1960 when the city lay in ruins after the earthquake, including its main public buildings, raised the recovery of the northern bank of the river Bio Bio. The bold proposal was considering building an artificial island in the middle of its channel, which would place a new capitol and regional administrative center.
In this "crazy" idea emerged the current sectional plan of the North Shore in the mid 90's it was "recycled" the former Railway Station to install there the Administration. The project is implemented by a design that won a competition at the MOP in 2001, a member of a group of architects of the Catholic University of Chile: Smiljan Radic, Eduardo Castillo and Ricardo Serpell. Radic
In the words of the proposal is in a building that is an interface or intermediary between the regional community and central government. On the other hand, thanks to its strategic location seems fair to suggest the site in question as relations between the new town north of the limit imposed by the railway lines and the historic city.
"Our urban proposal proposes the site as a rare area that hovers between cities, bringing the Railway Station and accompanying buildings in an urban platform or platform, clear picture and permeable boundaries publicly. A memory of that island that thought float Duhart on the Bio Bio. "
This "on each side of the railway station there will be two buildings consisting of 4 floating-wards each and a plaque in the early stages, arranged in river-city address, each of them forms a project area," says . Dean
U.
Development "Moving the Administration affect strong center" Urban Directory
met yesterday in the Municipality of Concepcion and its members unanimously supported to return to the Plaza de la Independencia.
By Nello Rolleri Veloso.
Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Art and Design U. Development, Victor Lobos del Fierro, said yesterday its concern about the relocation of the Administration to the new Civic Quarter Prat Avenue and warned that the migration utility will generate "a very strong impact" in the center of Concepción.
Lobos's opinion was not isolated in the Urban Board meeting held yesterday in the City of Concepción, led by Mayor Jacqueline van Rysselberghe.
Instead, it unanimously struck representatives of universities, colleges of Architects and Engineers, of the Chilean Chamber of Construction (CCHC) and Chamber of Commerce, endorsed the request that the municipal corporation back to the Plaza Independencia.
The scholar recalled that when the government raised the impact it would have for the 35 public services center, headed by the City, it moved up the avenue Prat, ensured that the building opposite the plaza would return the municipality.
For this reason, Victor Wolf expressed concern that the regional government consider leaving next March for governor and other minor services in this building. He added that all teachers of the faculty discussed the issue and ordered him to represent support for idea that only the City has sufficient rank to be installed in that space. The architect Emilio
Delpin Armstrong, director of the CCHC, recalling his participation in a meeting headed by former Mayor Jaime Toha, "in which it was assumed that the city was moving to the square", so he was surprised to negative SEREMI National Property and more with the attitude of the Intendant Tohá.
requested the City "wearing the pants" to require that "things are put in place." In his view, this issue should not even be under discussion, if the municipality or other entity that must occupy the square.
Trade Alert
The president of the Chamber of Commerce of Conception, Thirys Orellana Rojas, said his union, which represents 9 000 small businesses, is very concerned about the impact it will have in the middle of the next transfer quartermaster to the avenue Prat.
"orphaned and poor," said union leader and therefore believe that the only way to mitigate this damage is that the city return to the plaza, a place he left after the 1939 earthquake. Orellana Thirys
raised this issue yesterday at the Intendant Tohá and expressed confidence that the maximum regional authority has the height of view to enter the municipal petition. Plebiscite
The socialist doctor Edgardo Condeza Vaccaro explained yesterday as a guest on the Urban Directory motivating principles to promote the referendum, to allow direct democracy. He said that his movement is willing to undertake a public consultation on this issue and raised as a tentative date 19 and January 20, 2007.
He said although there is consensus among architects and planners regarding the municipality must return to the Plaza Independencia, said it is best to consult directly with the view to ciudadanía.Aseguró that this result will give a "moral force" very large majority resulting position and the government can not ignore the people's voice.
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Building plaza in front of Van Rysselberghe
intensifies lobbying by the City Mayor clarified yesterday that the municipality is not interested in ownership of the building to vacate the Administration across the square.
The referendum of 26 and 27 January will be held at various locations to be enabled in Concepcion. This was explained by Mayor Jacqueline van Rysselberghe, with Edgardo Condeza, in front have intended to occupy in March 2007.
front of the building to be occupied from March next year, Mayor Jacqueline van Rysselberghe made yesterday called on the government and the Intendant Maria Soledad Tohá to reconsider his request for transfer of the Administration building, the third floor will be vacant from the date of March 2007, the Regional Government's relocation to the new Civic Quarter.
The community leader said he was not pursuing an economic interest or equity for the Municipality of Concepcion, which is seeking ownership of the property of number 442 of Aníbal Pinto, nor the enjoyment of leases of commercial premises on the first floor. Add
only cares that the town regain its place in front of the Plaza Independencia, which historically occupied until the earthquake of 1939, which is enough to be delivered on loan some vacate the Administration offices, without having to affect other public services operating there.
In the meeting with journalists also attended by the President of the Movement for the consultation and citizens' rights, Edgardo Condeza Vaccaro, who explained that the plebiscite to be held on Friday 26 and Saturday January 27 will be made using the register of registered Voter Registration in the town of Concepción, totaling 95 000 people.
Asked about why citizens are not allowed to vote throughout the region, the mayor explained that there is a legal impediment that makes it difficult to allocate municipal resources for the benefit of residents of other communities.
clarified that the consultation costs will be lower: tools (printed materials and pencils), staff overtime and dissemination, so that at the special meeting to be held at 12.30 am tomorrow seek board approval for such resources.
Ortiz councilman and SEREMI The municipal council session tomorrow does not provide higher surprises, because the councils of all parties have expressed their support for the idea of \u200b\u200breturning to the Plaza Independencia. The only question is
Councilman DC Alvaro Ortiz Vera, who has expressed his apprehensions to review a topic that must decide his half-brother, Mauricio Ortiz Solorza, who is the Ministerial Regional Secretary of National Assets (both are sons of Deputy José Miguel Ortiz). DC
Councillor Pamela Santos said is not true that the Coalition holds an opinion on this issue, as it has not been discussed in local political bodies.
added that there are some opinions of public officials, but insisted that there should politicize this issue, which should be of interest only to the city. Personally, said the rationale is that it is the municipality to re-occupy this space, facing the Plaza Independencia.
"premature decision" For the head of Analysis and Control Division of the Regional Government, Oclides Anríquez, this discussion should be occurring now, because this is just the first phase of the move to the Civic District, involving the Municipality and the Regional Government Council (Core).
With this transfer will occur in March 2007 will be vacated on the third floor Quartermaster and offices occupied by the Core in the Ligurian Tower building (which leases) as well as the Caupolicán building, between San Martín and O'Higgins, which are owned by the Serviu.
However, he said, on the fourth floor of the Administration will continue the offices of the regional ministries of Planning and Government, the Unit of Analysis and Control and Subdere, while the fifth floor is the Seremi Finance in the offices late last year vacated Sectra. Oclides
Anríquez said that while the former station building has 7,169 meters square, it is necessary to consider that almost the entire first floor will go to hall where the mural is located Gregorio de la Fuente and some offices SEREMI Government.
Civic Quarter, complete with all its buildings, will be completed in the next government, making it a "premature decision" now available throughout the building occupied by the Administration, said Anríquez.
SOUTH
* Daily, Wednesday, December 20, 2006.
approved by five votes to three
lit Quartermaster Referendum on council session In a heated meeting, council members criticized the Coalition's controversial mayor with intendenta Tohá and lack of information on request.
A fierce argument took place yesterday in Concepción city council, which voted to conduct a public consultation to address the Administration Building.
By Nello Rolleri V.
The debate over the Administration building yesterday ignited passions in the extraordinary meeting of council penquista.
What is provided for a quiet meeting, which began at 12.30 pm by the previous consensus of the council regarding the request of Mayor Jacqueline van Rysselberghe to occupy the building that the Administration after his transfer in March de 2007, se transformó en un duro debate por la consulta ciudadana que se realizará los días 26 y 27 de enero de 2007.
La consulta fue finalmente aprobada después de más de dos horas de discusión por seis votos a favor: Jacqueline van Rysselberghe (UDI), Enrique van Rysselberghe (UDI), Christian Paulsen (RN), Pamela Santos (DC), Patricio Lynch (UDI) y Fernando González (UDI).
Se abstuvieron Andrea Aste (PPD) y Alvaro Ortiz (DC). Se retiró antes de la votación Juan Ignacio Ugarte (DC).
La alcaldesa indicó que el tema está regulado por una ordenanza que se dictó el año 1999, durante el período de Ariel Ulloa, en que se consultó the community for the privatization of drinking water.
explained that the approach Edgardo picked Condeza Vaccaro, that the issue should be resolved by a public consultation because, in his view, "should not be an issue that politicize and personalize it, but should be a matter of city" . Ugarte said to be in favor of the Administration building go to the municipality, however, criticized the "way it has handled this dispute" and argued that in his opinion a plebiscite should be regional and not just community.
Ortiz said, "I've always played" to return to the town square, but criticized the mayor has never requested a meeting to discuss the issue with the National Property SEREMI or the quartermaster and accused of unwillingness to seek an understanding with the regional authority. He also argued that other municipalities in the region could claim their right to this building and said the new municipality of Alto Bio Bio works in "two mediaguas" adapted as offices. Missing information
One of the hardest with the mayor was Andrea Aste von Bennewitz, daughter of the late former mayor, William Aste. Councillor blurted out that "do not understand why we are here", as summons extraordinary meeting of the Council only mentioned the subject of the plebiscite for the building of the Administration, but had been given minimal information to make a decision criticized.
"I am completely uninformed of what is going to be decided here," claimed the head of the Department of Health Action for Health Seremi, who said he could not attend the Urban Board meeting last week, which discussed the subject, because his work schedule as a public official. "The mayor has not reported how the referendum will cost the municipality, or what other questions will be formulated," he asked. He also said he does not know if there is a technical report stating that units could be moved to the building of Aníbal Pinto 442 and what the cost to the municipality to maintain both buildings.
"Enough" to outsiders Councillor Pamela Santos was the only one of the coalition that voted favorably by the query, however, also criticized the "media use" of this issue by the mayor, since his opinion the media should be concerned about other more important issues such as unemployment in the municipality of Concepcion. He also argued that "we must say enough to penquista decisions made by outsiders", referring to the decisions on the location and transfers to the Civic District, although it was not more explicit about who he meant. Councilman Chistian
Paulsen recalled that early in the 1960 Journal SOUTH led a campaign to "defend the historic site," to prevent the sale of land occupied by the old city, damaged by the earthquake of 1939 and later demolished the 1960 earthquake, which occupied the corner of Anibal Pinto Barros Arana. Stated that at this opportunity to regain that spot, opposite the square, should be put aside political differences.
SOUTH
* Daily, Friday, December 22, 2006.
