The plenary session approves the agreement for the joint surveillance of the maritime zone of Serra Gelada

The plenary session has given unanimous support to the collaboration agreement among the Generalitat and the Town Councils of Benidorm, l'Alfàs del Pi and Altea for joint surveillance of the maritime area of ​ Serra Gelada Natural Park. The councilman of Environment, José Ramón González de Zárate, indicated that this agreement is focused "to contribute our grain of sand to protect our natural space, coastline and seabed." De Zárate clarified that "although Benidorm has already this service" with a rural guard and a boat of the Beach Section of the Local Police, the city joins the agreement for "solidarity" with the rest of municipalities.

With this joint surveillance service, it is intended to "control actions related to flora and fauna, control of discharges, or analytical water sampling". According to the agreement, Benidorm City Council will provide the services of the guard and 5,000 euros to defray part of the fuel of the boat that will be responsible for that surveillance

The plenary has approved to transfer to the Valencian Tourism Agency (AVT) the interest of the municipal corporation in the autonomic administration to build a new Center for Tourism Development (CdT) and send it, for this purpose, the technical documentation of a municipal plot next to the Valencian Institute of Tourist Technologies (Invattur).

The head of Urbanism, Lourdes Caselles, indicated that this proposal starts after the meeting held last January between the mayor, Toni Pérez, and the regional secretary of Tourism, Francesc Colomer, in which both agreed on "promoting the construction of a new CdT Domingo Devesa ". Caselles indicated that it is considered that "the best option" is to build the new building next to the Invattur, and informed that municipal and Generalitat experts have already visited this land to see its suitability.

The mayor recalled that "since 1995" the CdT Domingo Devesa, which inaugurated the regional network, is "a backbone" of training and "for its classrooms have passed a large number of professionals." Caselles stressed that it is necessary "to have new facilities capable of responding to the new challenges of tourism training", and clarified that it should be AVT who asks for the transfer of the proposed land.

The majority of councilors have agreed to cede the status of development agent of the Integrated Action Program (PAI) of the Poniente Sector, execution unit (UE) 1 to the commercial Villaviñas, replacing the commercial Bahía de Alicante. According to the report of the municipal architect, the development of this PAI is "convenient" and "necessary" and will allow a greater permeability and connectivity of the first line of Poniente with the avenue of the mayor Vicente Pérez Devesa. After the change, the City Council must return to Bahia de Alicante the bank guarantee of about 118,000 euros presented in its day for the development of the EPI.

By majority, the agreement between the City Council and the owners of the number 3 property included in Foietes Park has been approved for the payment of the expropriation of this land. For this expropriation, the property requested 2.7 million euros between capital and interest, although the agreement has been closed for 1.9 million euros, representing a reduction of 30%. Based on this agreement, payment must be made before March 15.

By a large majority, the plenary has ratified the decree for the assignment of a low-voltage underground line for the electrical supply of the new command center of the access road to the Palau d'Esports l'Illa.

With the majority support of the corporation it has been approved to award the public concession of underground passage to unite the Sol and Sombra and Antea hotels, in the Colonia Madrid, and to grant the corresponding work license.

Unanimously, the corporation has approved the coverage, for urgent and priority needs, of a position as Professor of Music in the specialty of percussion for the José Pérez Barceló municipal conservatory.

In the same session, the appointment of Alejandro Muñoz Razquin as a new member of the Advisory Council of Urban Scene, replacing the recently deceased Julio Muñoz Gozálvez; as well as two judgments of the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community (TSJ) regarding appeals filed by the SPPLB union in front of the contest for the coverage of the post of municipal secretary.

It has also been reported associations and entities registered in the Municipal Register.

Opposition motions

By majority, a joint motion has been approved by the municipal groups of PSOE, Ciudadanos (Cs), Liberals of Benidorm (LiBE) and Compromís-Los Verdes to convene a new session of the Commission to study the modification of the ordinance fiscal number 17, which regulates the rate of collection services, transport, recovery and disposal of solid waste. The motion includes approving the specifications for the concession of the waste collection and street cleaning service as a deadline in the October plenary session, so that the new rates will be implemented in 2019.

By majority, a motion submitted by the PSOE and Compromís-Los Verdes at the request of the Workers' Commissions (CCOO), amended by the PP, has also prospered to request the Central Government to reinforce public services and public services in the 2018 State budgets. rights of public workers.

Most councilors have backed a Cs motion to urgently draft a safety and evacuation plan for emergencies for the municipal market, and require the promoters of street markets and traces to present their self-protection plans in a period maximum of 15 days, subsequently reinforcing the inspections on them.

Unanimously, a motion by the same group has also been successful, enmeshed by LiBE, to incorporate in the next budgets an item to repair the existing defects in the door and ceiling of Virgin of the Sea and the surroundings of Tossal de La Cala . In addition, by majority, it has been agreed to arrange maintenance with the Friends of Virgen del Mar Hermitage Association La Cala Benidorm.

Likewise, the plenary session has approved a motion by the municipal group of Compromís-Los Verdes, amended by the PP, to open a process of citizen participation in which Benidorm society transfers proposals for consideration and consideration as a Locally Relevant Property .

With the support of the entire corporation, a motion by the non-afiliated councilors, amended by the PP, has prospered to improve the Assistance Program for Home Care and which provides, among other measures, to launch a campaign so that all people who are likely to be users know about this social initiative. It also includes increasing the municipal contribution to the program to 450,000 euros and claim to the Generalitat Valenciana to increase it to 288,000 euros.

Presented by the councilors themselves, a motion has also been put forth to support the figure of the Permanent Reviewable Prison.

Emergency motions

Out of the order of the day, by way of urgency, the corporation has shown its unanimous support to the campaign 'We are not adults' of Aspanion, with which it is claimed to the Generalitat Valenciana that adolescents with cancer are treated in specific oncological units instead of the adults one. Prior to the approval of this motion, and just after the plenary session began, the young María Morcuende has read a manifesto on the occasion of International Children's Cancer Day 2018.

By way of urgency, by majority and on the proposal of the local government has approved the contracting file to tender the new contract for the provision of service operation and maintenance of the sewage system and wastewater treatment of the treatment plant of Benidorm. With this tender a plenary agreement of 2014 is fulfilled, in which it was approved to take out this service once the concessionaire company had amortized the investments executed after the extension of the contract made in 2010 and annulled by the Superior Court of Justice of the Community Valenciana (TSJ).