Ina Hartwig (SPD), the head of the cultural department, when she presented the report on the advantages and disadvantages of the various location options on Thursday, the city councilors should form an opinion as "promptly" as possible.
Since then, it has been puzzled as to what “promptly” means.
A year?
One month?
Uwe Paulsen, the cultural-political group spokesman for the Greens, sets the pace of decision-making: "That should be possible within the next six months, or faster."
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In any case, it is clear to Paulsen that the project can no longer be postponed.
The city council should come to a solution as soon as possible.
The present report on the future of the municipal theaters offers a good basis for this: A wealth of criteria have been taken into account, from structural to ecological issues.
The cultural politician finds it understandable that two variants have been eliminated with the Opernplatz and the Osthafen.
In order to evaluate the costs of the “culture mile” solution favored by Hartwig, however, he lacks a reference to the value of the land for the Sparkasse area on which the opera would be built: “It would be helpful if we could do the culture mile without specific negotiations knew a price range, ”says Paulsen. If you take the standard land value alone as a basis, you end up with 147 million euros. The city hopes, however, that the prospect of building permits for a 190-meter tower next to the opera will influence the owner's asking price.
Hartwig had announced that she needed a mandate from the city council in order to enter into negotiations with the Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen.
Formally, that would not be necessary.
Your office manager David Dilmaghani justifies this with the “backing” that came from such a commitment: “It is now about setting the course for our city.
It is therefore inevitable that the Roman coalition go down this path together from the start. ”The mandate of the city councilors responsible for the budget to the magistrate to enter into official negotiations with the Sparkasse and Landesbank is not in itself a location decision.
"Only with the result of these important negotiations can a final decision be made."
The response was extremely positive
Hartwig also presented the report on the evaluation of the possible locations to the members of the Culture and Sports Committee. The response was extremely positive. Even if the parliamentary group leader of the CDU, Nils Kößler, like some others, urgently asked how much the planned property on the ramparts would cost. There is still no mandate from the city council to negotiate, so Hartwig - and did not provide any information on the price. Without a resolution, Hartwig made it clear, nothing goes on.
In view of this major construction site, the city councilors, who are largely new, should really, as she said, “take as much time as they need” to decide on a favorite location, or should not decide as quickly as possible Clarify the factions among themselves. And possibly also whether they basically have a problem with women being responsible for large-scale construction projects. This is how Hartwig understood the criticism expressed about the order in which they were presented - first the public, then the committee - which other male colleagues also adhered to. An unusual statement by the head of the department, who admitted that she thought about this different assessment more often, but had never commented on it. Now she did, with an overly factional nod from the women.
Skater hall?
Could come sometime.
Otherwise there was little to nod in the second committee meeting, casually moderated by the new chairman Mirrianne Mahn (The Greens).
The next time, on December 2nd, there will be a debate about the book fair and right-wing publishers.
Skater hall?
Could come sometime.
An exhibition of the Roman finds from Nida?
There is also a round table there.
Much in the pipeline, not much finished.
After all, in addition to all the round tables, City Councilor Mike Josef (SPD) knows exactly when the Hausener open-air swimming pool, which is covered with air, will open: on November 15th.
And there are also heated changing rooms.
The “music bunker” on Marbachweg also occupied the committee: The Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks has given notice to the tenants of the bunker because of inadequate fire protection and because the bunker is to be sold.
The musicians should report to the cultural office so that they can be helped.
The city, according to Hartwig and head of the cultural department, Sybille Linke, is in talks with the owner, and several parliamentary groups are calling for the bunker to be bought.
Hartwig explained that one plan could be to upgrade a bunker that the city already owns to accommodate the tenants and sub-tenants of the music bunker.