In addition, the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (PMUS) was brought to final approval, which will make San Bartolomé de Tirajana a more sustainable municipality.
The plenary session of the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council, held today in Tunte, ratified holding the Maspalomas International Carnival 2022 between the dates of Thursday, June 9, to Sunday, June 19.
The agreement, approved today during the plenary session, thus supports the commitment adopted as a result of the meeting held, at the beginning of February, between the mayor, Conchi Narváez and the Councilor for Celebrations, Francisca Quintana, with the president of the Federation of Hospitality and Tourism Entrepreneurs (FEHT), José María Mañaricúa and the president of the Association of Tourist Accommodation Entrepreneurs (AEAT), Tom Smulders.
This change of dates is caused by the complex health situation experienced just a month ago. “Fortunately, in recent weeks the health indicators show an obvious downward trend in the incidence, as reported by the health authorities,” the first mayor congratulated.
Since this consensus was reached between the City Council and the tourism business sector, the Department of Celebrations immediately activated all the organizational logistics in the design of the different events and activities, “the purpose of which is to offer a program where quality prevails and, especially , security for this 2022 carnival,” Narváez highlighted during the plenary session.
And the mayor added that “this anticipation promoted by the City Council has allowed the agents of the tourism sector (tour operators, hoteliers, travel agencies, hoteliers, etc.) to have been able to work with sufficient time to promote throughout the world, appropriately, our 2022 International Carnival.
Precisely and linked to the carnival festivities, the plenary session approved the acceptance of the subsidy for 50 thousand euros intended to cover the Maspalomas Carnival Festival 2022, granted by the Island Council of Gran Canaria, from the Strategic Plan for Tourism Subsidies of Gran Canaria.
In addition, the plenary session agreed to establish as holidays the day of Santiago Apóstol, July 25, and that of Saint Bartholomew, August 24.
Sustainable municipality
The plenary session of the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council also approved the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (PMUS), without any allegation being presented. A plan that is activated to satisfy the new mobility needs of the municipality's population, promoting the use of more sustainable and clean modes of transport. “A strategy that guarantees the coexistence of pedestrians and vehicles and, therefore, a better quality of life for the residents and visitors of our centers,” said Mayor Conchi Narváez.
Social issues
In socio-health matters, the plenary session approved signing the addendum of modification and extension of the 'Provision Service for People in a Situation of Dependency' that it maintains with the AS Institute, establishing an increase in the place/day price in the areas of the Elderly (day services ), intellectual disability and mental health.
Equally important is the motion presented by the Socialist Group and approved by the plenary session, urging the Government of Spain to draft a Law on Trafficking in Human Beings for the purposes of sexual exploitation, a norm that must have as its objective the abolition of prostitution in our country. country.
Another of the motions approved, as institutional, in plenary session was the one that denounces the situation of some groups of foreign minors assigned to reception centers located in the municipality. For this reason, the competent organizations were asked to monitor and control the entities responsible for the guardianship of these minors.
Finally, in relation to the institutional motion relating to 'March 8, International Women's Day', it was signed by all the political groups that agreed to "promote equality policies that favor the socialization of care as a public and shared task." "said the mayor.