The Stírka swimming pool is to belong to Prague. He wants to buy it for 45 million Prague 8 | From the region Pražská Drbna
The Stírka swimming pool in Kobylisy will have a new owner, Prague wants to buy it from the state. The city was afraid that a private would buy the space and stop it. He will pay over 45 million crowns for the swimming pool, but the final decision is up to the government.
“It’s weird that we had to get to the point where the swimming pool gate threatened to lock up and the pool drained.“
Pirates from the Prague 8 district have announced their intention on their website, the purchase has already been approved by the Municipal Property Committee. The proceedings were also confirmed by the Office for Representation of the State in Property Matters. “The Office proposed a purchase price for direct sales of 45,890,000 crowns. Given that this is an asset included in the regime of the Large Privatization Act, the final decision must be made by the Government of the Czech Republic on the proposal of the Ministry of Finance. ” the spokesperson of the office told the editors of Pražská Drbna Anna-Marie Petruková.
Possible sales have been addressed for several years. The intention of the Eight to buy the complex for twenty million was announced to ČTK already in 2014.It’s weird that we had to get to the point where the pool gate might be locked and the pool drained. The city district of Prague 8 received an offer to buy again. In May 2014, the then Prague 8 City Council voted in favor of the purchase, but unfortunately nothing happened until March 2019, “ wrote the chairman of the local association of Pirates of Prague 8 Martin Štěrba.
“The main goal was not to sell the complex into private hands, which would seriously threaten the abolition of the popular swimming pool “
“In 2014, as Deputy Mayor, I initiated interest in this area. Unfortunately, this was not to support the leadership in 2014, after the elections in October 2014, a new city district headed by Mayor Petrus (ČSSD) came. I can’t comment on this period because I don’t have information on how the then town hall management approached it, ” the mayor of Prague 8 told the editorial staff of Pražská Drbna Ondrej Gros (ODS).
“After the elections in 2018, when I sat in the chair of the mayor, due to the budgetary actions of the previous management of the city district, she no longer had the funds to buy the complex herself, so we tried to involve the capital city of Prague. Either in the form of an exchange of land, or by direct purchase from the state. Now it finally looks like the whole thing will work out. The main goal was not to sell the area into private hands, which would seriously threaten the abolition of the popular swimming pool. “ Gros added.
According to the institute, however, according to the valid zoning plan, housing construction is not possible in the area of the swimming pool.
Prague 8 will be required to manage the swimming poolEsubsidies
“The Office has previously noted the interest of the City District of Prague 8 in the area of the swimming pool. However, only from the beginning of 2019 did he send a total of three offers for the direct sale of the swimming pool area. But the Office did not receive a reply to any of these letters. “ the office stated on its website.
It is not yet clear who will take care of the complex. “In my personal opinion, it will still be the subject of negotiations between Prague 8 and the capital, who will eventually take over the administration of the complex. Given that relatively high investments will be required there, I think the capital should manage the swimming pool. If we manage it, we will have to apply for subsidies, because we will hardly be able to afford investment costs in the order of tens of millions of crowns from our own resources, ” Gros added.