The deliberation was nevertheless adopted regardless of the six votes towards from all the opposition (Thierry Rogister, Dominique Parsigneau, Jacques Guiard, Christelle Maire, Christophe Plassard and Thomas Lafarie). While some, inside the majority, had introduced surprises in the positions taken, solely Marie-Pierre Quentin abstained. A privilege “offered” by the mayor, in accordance with the latter.
It is the length of authorization to occupy the public area that has primarily crystallized the assaults. “It must be said that 25 years is a very long time. In this case, we also rejected the project of the Regional Tennis League. Which strikes me as surprising. As for the association which now occupies the premises, it is a death sentence for it. This file has flaws and is not clear, ”in accordance with the elected consultant of Reconquest! Thierry Rogers.
The mayor defends his place
Same story with Horizons macronist Christophe Plassard. “Whether it’s 30 or 25 years, it doesn’t change much. The only sports facility for which I have found a 30-year concession is the Stade de France! And there is a risk of disappearance of a club more than a century old. It is indeed written in the convention that in the event of refusal of the Garden tennis association to contract with the occupant, that is to say TSL, the latter will be entrusted with the organization and management of the tennis school. “He too also asked for time to make the right choice and reintegrate the proposal of the Regional Tennis League into the loop. The communist Jacques Guiard, he defended his idea of municipal management.
The request for a secret ballot vote remained a dead letter, only four elected officials having requested it when eight were needed. For his part, Patrick Marengo defended his position, supported by his first deputy Didier Simonnet. “In this case, I found that there were conservative forces hostile to any change with great mistrust vis-à-vis the private sector. Basically, I think that an association is not intended to support the economic and commercial development of a site like this. However, I remind you that the Regional Tennis League is an association, ”he mentioned.