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Tolosa: Council Defends Management of San Francisco 37 Case

The City Council asserts it has always acted legally and in pursuit of the common good.

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The Tolosa City Council is defending its management of the San Francisco 37 case, asserting it has always acted legally and in pursuit of the common good.

The Tolosa City Council is defending its management of the San Francisco 37 case, insisting that the procedure followed has always been within the bounds of legality, as confirmed by the courts, and aimed at the "common good." They deny any lack of transparency towards the affected residents and refute claims of yielding to the developer's interests.
The municipal government believes that "the general interest has prevailed" in this process, having achieved three objectives: preventing the demolition of the villa Sagrado Corazón, maintaining the initially planned number of homes, and minimizing the impact on local residents. They consider the finally approved urban development project "the best possible solution" after the villa's protection, and maintain they acted legally, as the General Urban Planning Plan allows for modifications to heights and alignments through a Detailed Study, a fact confirmed by both internal and external technicians.
They assure that the affected residents' participation has been present since the beginning of the process, with several meetings held. "We have attended all their meeting requests and they have had the opportunity to speak with both political officials and technicians. We have listened to them, we have collected their proposals – two urban alternatives, both "unviable" for "technical" and "buildability" reasons – and we have responded to their concerns and allegations. It is another matter that they did not like our answers, which is respectable," they state.
The council denies reaching a "pact" with the developer. They state that after achieving the protection of the villa Sagrado Corazón, they had to "reach an agreement" with the company to seek an alternative to the initial project. They opted for a project that "fit within the urban regulations" and did not cause "major impacts" on the residents, while acknowledging that "any urban development has an impact".
Regarding the possibility of demolition by court order, the City Council guarantees it was impossible. "We consulted and all technicians told us that there was no possibility of having to demolish the building." If the judge had ruled against them, a Special Plan would have had to be processed, which would have only resulted in a delay in the execution of the works.
The municipal government of EH Bildu concludes that the "arguments" presented by the residents "were already used in their allegations and were rebutted."

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