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Summary of the meeting of May 25, 2008.

in Felino, June 2

Minutes of the meeting of the Group 27/05/2008

The letter from the Mayor in response to our requests for clarification on the route of "piedmont" has not been fully considered by the team, they are not, in fact, systematically examined all the issues raised are too general and especially the reasons that led to the 2004 amendment to the original route.

materialized during the process of implementing this decision was similar to that made earlier: the directors assisted by the technicians have made the choices and only after the project was explained to the community.

This procedure meant that the objections from citizens, in most cases, have affected only the protection of private interests and has not generated a public debate about the merits and defects of the work and how to achieve interest the whole community.

The concept of participatory democracy requires that any project activity in the public interest to have originated from moments of information and discussion.

Summarizing:

1. active information from administrators about the aims and problems of the work to be carried out (a clear and accessible to the layman)
2. listening and discussion because "we know many more than a few .
3. design
4. implementation

In the future questions to the district authorities will be made public and any response will be conveyed through the Blog .

He continued the meeting discussing the concept of participation .

The discussion was originated from information - to be verified - that the use of new message boards that the City has installed on the land is reserved exclusively to the dissemination of initiatives of the Administration or of third parties provided they have the patronage of the Municipality.

Create opportunities for participation is now one of the objectives that, today, there is any institution, including the tools easier to use by local authorities to involve local people in the community is to ensure (and encourage) access to and use of public spaces at all within the rules .

must actively inform - should not be asking the city but the administration proposes and "offers".

Taking the example of precisely the notice board, using all the tools of the Administration for the advertising of events (message boards, mailing lists e-mail, regular Cat News, Local, ...) should be allowed to anyone who requests it - to inform and publicize non-profit-possibly a defining criterion of priority. As proposed: the efforts of the Municipality, the third-party sponsored initiatives, the actions of third parties, providing access to all political forces (major and minor), for cultural and sports associations, social groups of citizens, and so on.

These means should be a showcase of the City, but a real tool for information and involvement.

Again for the involvement of and information should be given greater visibility and advertising:

• meetings of the City Council, complete the agenda;
• meetings the Consulta Fraction, complete the agenda;
• the resolutions of the City Council using a simplified language and accessible
• fraction of the minutes of the consultations;
• the meetings of various Committees Consigliari (with the exception of the Planning Commission)

Do not forget three substantive points:

• ensure minorities using the Felino News or any body / vehicle in respect of municipal property;
• all events organized by the school should always get legal Comunale, without requiring any explicit request;
• the absolute need to create the Public Relations Office (URP).

addition to information and involvement, we must also pursue the objective of training : tools and means whereby the notional growth of knowledge, awareness of rights and duties.

Created spaces and times of information, involvement, training opens the large chapter of the real intention of the City to "believe" in these rules, to implement actual process of "participatory planning". Can be very difficult to write regulations to force them to "believe", but the effort to regulate the will must be absolutely objective: the set of rules and items that make up the Rules are the tools that can defend the city from the human variable. That is, the predisposition political, cultural or Mayor of each Councillor to ensure the effective participation.

An example is the participatory planning of urban developments, not simply state the principle that relevant interventions for the territory should be shared since their birth. Should be given a numerical definition of the term "relevant" to make binding action of the City.

For this reason, we indicate in 1.000mq usable area walk the limit beyond which should lead to paths of "participatory planning" is obviously an indication of numbers may be subject to change, but can not be absent.

On the sidelines of the report, we contact your local council to verify the existence of the Regulations for the use of dashboards. Negative check: At the time it does not exist, it is only being studied .