Lipmans again speaks of Riga City Council as key problem in organizing ice hockey world championship
The key problem in organizing the 2006 ice hockey world championship in Riga is now the Riga City Council^apostrofs;s sluggishness in resolving necessary matters, Latvian Ice Hockey Federation President Kirovs Lipmans said during a meeting of the Saeima Sports Subcommittee today.
The key problem in organizing the 2006 ice hockey world championship in Riga is now the Riga City Council's sluggishness in resolving necessary matters, Latvian Ice Hockey Federation President Kirovs Lipmans said during a meeting of the Saeima Sports Subcommittee today.
The Riga City Council has been showing interest in organization of championship, however, its activity in making required decisions is too slow, Lipmans said.
Sports Subcommittee member Andris Argalis, the former Riga mayor, believes that the Riga City Council's officials are trying to conceal information on the land plot set aside for construction of an ice hockey arena, he said.
Back in November 2000, when information was first received on an opportunity to organize ice hockey championships in Riga, the Riga City Council began working and passed a decision on February 20, 2001, setting aside a 8.8 hectare plot on the territory of the former Riga hippodrome for construction of the arena, and 9.5 hectares in its vicinity, Argalis said.
The above land plots were reserved for construction on the condition that construction of the arena would begin in two years. If this does not happen by February 20, 2003, the Riga City Council's decision on reserving these land plots would no longer be effective, Argalis said.
As for the Riga City Council's determination to promote construction of the ice hockey arena, LHF sent Riga City Council a letter this past August, asking that land plots be set aside for construction of the ice hockey arena. The letter was forwarded from one Riga City Council's department to another until October 2, when it finally came to the city council's official in charge of the matter, who put the letter into the "jobs to be done" box.
Taking into account the information about Riga City Council's possible hesitance over allotting the land plot for construction of the ice hockey arena, the Sports Subcommittee decided to invite Riga City Council's respective officials to its next meeting, who could explain the current situation and tell about the city council's work on solving the problem.
Kristaps Ceplis LETA
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The Riga City Council has been showing interest in organization of championship, however, its activity in making required decisions is too slow, Lipmans said.
Sports Subcommittee member Andris Argalis, the former Riga mayor, believes that the Riga City Council's officials are trying to conceal information on the land plot set aside for construction of an ice hockey arena, he said.
Back in November 2000, when information was first received on an opportunity to organize ice hockey championships in Riga, the Riga City Council began working and passed a decision on February 20, 2001, setting aside a 8.8 hectare plot on the territory of the former Riga hippodrome for construction of the arena, and 9.5 hectares in its vicinity, Argalis said.
The above land plots were reserved for construction on the condition that construction of the arena would begin in two years. If this does not happen by February 20, 2003, the Riga City Council's decision on reserving these land plots would no longer be effective, Argalis said.
As for the Riga City Council's determination to promote construction of the ice hockey arena, LHF sent Riga City Council a letter this past August, asking that land plots be set aside for construction of the ice hockey arena. The letter was forwarded from one Riga City Council's department to another until October 2, when it finally came to the city council's official in charge of the matter, who put the letter into the "jobs to be done" box.
Taking into account the information about Riga City Council's possible hesitance over allotting the land plot for construction of the ice hockey arena, the Sports Subcommittee decided to invite Riga City Council's respective officials to its next meeting, who could explain the current situation and tell about the city council's work on solving the problem.
Kristaps Ceplis LETA
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