1200 children back to school in Dijon: “It’s too little”
Regarding the start of the school year, François Rebsamen indicates that 1,200 children have returned to school in Dijon. Mainly in the classes of large kindergarten, CP and CM2: “It is far too little compared to the importance of school, learning, social bond” said the former minister. “But the volunteering proposed by the government and the progressiveness of the recovery did not give hope for a larger number of students for this first week. I hope that soon all the children will be able to return to school. This will cause problems that we will solve little by little, we will have to be inventive, but this recovery is essential for me. “
Closed parks and gardens: “I will put all my energy into convincing the prefect”
If the mayor of Dijon recalls that Lake Kir, the valley of Parsley and the valley of the snake are open to walking, it is not the same for the parks and gardens of the City which remain closed. And this, because of the red color of the Côte d’Or department: “Not only do I regret it, but many of you regret it […] I will put all my weight to get the prefect’s authorization to open, at least the Parc de la Colombière, the Jardin de l’Arcbus or the Jardin Darcy. First, it would make fewer people on the streets. Then, controls are possible to perform at the entrances and exits. “François Rebsamen even describes as” inadmissible “the fact of having” to ask the minister if we can reopen the parks in his own city “.
Color of the Côte-d’Or: “Urgent to go green”
For now, the Côte d’Or department is still in the red. However, the mayor of Dijon believes that he could go green: “If we trust the indicators, we are there, ladies and gentlemen! They have become good again these famous indicators, I discuss it with the health authorities , with the director of the CHU. The number of patients in intensive care beds is now low enough, in Dijon and regionally. The other indicators are good. But the central administration sometimes has obscure technocratic reasons which tell us escape, and it’s deeply unfortunate. ” And to conclude: “It is urgent, economically urgent, socially urgent, that our Department goes green”.
Distribution of masks: “Don’t quibble”
Regarding the distribution of masks, François Rebsamen, also president of Dijon Métropole, recalls that more than half a million masks have been given to residents. “It took a few days. It was not that easy and I also want to thank the mayors of three friendly municipalities, Nice, Cannes and Bourg-en-Bresse who were able to give us the advance of a few thousand masks when a small part of our deliveries were late. Masks that we returned to them this week, receiving a new delivery. ” He adds: “Some of you, quite rare by the way, have complained. On the one hand, we have criticized the Cannes masks for being a little smaller than those we had ordered ourselves, or for quality a little less. On the other hand those of Nice were a little thicker. And finally those of Bourg-en Bresse were a little duller. Some reproached me for having brought masks from China, from Portugal, from Tunisia. Maybe it escaped them, France no longer had masks, and if some French companies did it, it was not the case, en masse, when it was not necessary sit idly by waiting for the masks to fall from the sky, because it never would have happened. Besides, in some places it still hasn’t happened and deliveries are always late. I don’t think we should quibbling, we’re not there anymore. “
The Olympic swimming pool remains closed …
Regarding the pools, the mayor of Dijon recalls that their opening is not yet authorized by the government. “I hope with you that the pools will reopen shortly, and I also hope that we can launch Dijon Plage before the end of June, even if it is in a lighter form than in previous years,” said François. Rebsamen.
Controversy over the reopening of the music conservatory: the mayor returns the ball to the prefecture services
During his speech, François Rebsamen evokes the emerging controversy around the partial reopening of the music conservatory which would not be authorized: “We were able to share with the State services the fact that an extremely limited and controlled recovery of the activity, less than 5% in reality, was compatible with the general provisions governing deconfinement “explains the mayor. “The conservatory is about 450 students, and I think about 45 have taken lessons. Now if the Drac (Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs, editor’s note) requires us, well we will send them home.”
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