There are more than 320 people who support the purchase of Zep’s house by the City. A collective was formed to defend this project and the credit of 21.5 million francs, voted by the Municipality last week. Ayari Félix Beltrametti, Green municipal councilor in the City of Geneva, member of the collective supporting the future Masset countryside park, was the guest of Béatrice Rul, at 7:30 a.m., on Radio Lac.
You are part of this committee, which supports the purchase of Zep’s house by the City. Purchase of 21.5 million francs, threatened by a referendum. After the Mont-Blanc footbridge at 54 million, you give us the Villa at 21.5. Wouldn’t you make fun of us a little?
“No, I don’t think it’s a mockery at all, I think it’s an extraordinary, unique opportunity and one that should definitely not be missed, to bring a little bit of equality to an already very dense and precarious. The budget of the City of Geneva is 1.5 billion, we have an investment budget of 180 million annually, we have major renovations such as the contemporary art building or the museum which costs 40 million. We must keep just the proportions of what the City of Geneva budget is. There is almost no opportunity to acquire land in the City. The price has been evaluated by the City and the canton. more than fair. Mr. Chapuis (Zep) lowers the price for the City of Geneva to 21.5 million instead of 25, so no, this is not at all wasting public money.”
We can’t do anything with it: the house is classified, like part of the land. It looks like a very expensive empty shell…
It is classified, so it is clearly a heritage object. But we have several examples in the canton of buildings like this which are used extremely well, notably the Villa Bernasconi in Lancy which has approximately the same issues in terms of conservation and which is used every day by children and artists”
-“There are more needs than ideas”
You don’t mention the Villa Concorde which is right next door, which could not be transformed because it was classified…
“It’s not at all the same configuration. The Villa de Zep is already surrounded by an immense green area, so I think that this is already the greatest added value of this object. We are in a sector which is very dense in terms of construction, which is set to become more dense. All the villas on the Concorde side will disappear to make large buildings. Next to the Butin bridge, rue Michel Chaudron, we will also demolish the houses to make two large buildings. buildings, with a lot of new inhabitants. We could create a public park, a place of greenery, of breathing In such a dense place, with air quality which is very low and the noise linked to the Butin bridge, the airport, and the. inhabitants who are crowding more and more into this sector, in addition to a sector which, according to statistics, is also precarious, we have the obligation to create spaces for breathing, greenery and meetings, it is essential. So it’s really the big one. added value of this Masset campaign, in addition to a villa. There are more needs than ideas. The right bank clearly lacks cultural places, there aren’t many.”
