In August 2014 the organization «Nature and Youth» received a letter from the Committee of property relations with the requirement to vacate the premises at the Kolsky prospect, 167 till November 15, 2014. The reason — this room has been exposed to the program to transfer the unused space in the housing.
In 2013, the organization was faced with a similar situation, and with the help of lengthy negotiations with the administration it managed to get a letter from the deputy head of the administration of the city of Murmansk and Property Relations Committee, which stated that the lease will be extended after the evaluation of rooms, and the office will be excluded from the list of vacant premises, but the CPR has not fulfilled its promises: assessment was not carried out, the agreement to extend the lease has not been signed by an authorized representative of the Committee.
Request to the deputy head of the administration M. Sokolov this year, and the Committee of property relations has not brought results. The organization was in an ambiguous situation: although the contract for the lease of the office was not renewed due to the fault of the Committee of property relations the office was again in the list of idle premises due to the lack of extension of the contract, and the organization — on the verge of eviction.
«Nature and Youth» has 15 years of experience in the region, promoting pupils and students respect for the environment and involving young people in environmental activities. The organization has been working at this place since 2007, the office is the place of work of employees and activists, there are meetings of activists and members of the organization every week, as well as a variety of activities. Eviction deprives activists of the opportunity to work.
We are aware of the importance of implemented subprogramme, but we believe that it should not be at the expense of non-governmental organizations that perform an important function in protecting the environment. As part of its campaign activists of N&Y opened the collection of signatures against the eviction from the office. In early November, there will be a meeting with the head of the administration, which is planned to clarify this issue and make a decision in favor of the organization.
You can also send an email to http://vlast-murmanska.ru/feedback/new.php to the administration of Murmansk with the following text:
"In August 2014 the organization «Nature and Youth» received a letter from the Committee of property relations with the requirement to vacate the premises at the Kolsky prospect, 167 till November 15, 2014 as it has been exposed to the program to transfer the unused space in the housing.
In 2013, the organization has managed to get a letter from the Deputy head of the administration of the city of Murmansk and from the Committee of property relations, which stated that the lease agreement will be extended after the procedure, evaluate the premises and the office is excluded from the list of vacant premises, but KIO has not fulfilled its promises: the assessment was not carried out, the agreement extending the lease was not signed by an authorized representative of the Committee.
The organization was in an ambiguous situation: although the contract for the lease of the office was not renewed due to the fault of the Committee of property relations the office was again in the list of idle premises due to the lack of extension of the contract, and the organization on the verge of eviction.
The organization works at this location since 2007, the office is the place of work of employees and activists.
Please assist the exception of the office of the organization from the list of vacant premises, and promote the extension of the contract for the rental of the office for 5 years".