In an email to the editorial office, she wrote:
I am asking for intervention regarding the technical condition and appearance of the building at 3–6 Spółdzielcza Street. For many years, I have repeatedly asked the cooperative’s management, including the president himself, to take appropriate action regarding the above matters.
Because the management ignored my appeals, I also asked the deputy chair and the chair of the Supervisory Board of the Bolesławianka Housing Cooperative for help.
Unfortunately, my requests concerning the building’s drying room, which has not been painted for 50 years; the pothole-ridden access road; the dirty and neglected staircase; uneven pavements where water collects after rain, forcing people to walk on the lawn; old, 50-year-old hedges in a deplorable condition; and a damaged, withering tree threatening people and cars have all been unsuccessful.
The president does not respond to my reports, while after I reported the matter by phone, the chair of the Supervisory Board [...] did not even bother to look at our property.
I feel bitterly disappointed by the attitude of the cooperative’s authorities and I am asking you very much to intervene.
Following our intervention, the property was visited by the president of the “Bolesławianka” Housing Cooperative, Piotr Hetel, who does not share the Reader’s opinion. “I think it is very good there. It is one property, but three buildings that share a common fund,” explains the head of the Bolesławianka Housing Cooperative. “We carried out thermal insulation work there and renovated the doors and façades. At the end of the year, the property will have approximately PLN 228,000 in debt. There is currently a recommendation that if there are no funds, spending on a given property should be limited to the minimum. However, in our cooperative sector, internal loans can still be used. That is why this property can be in the red, because the Cooperative has financial resources.
Mr Hetel also addressed the Reader’s specific allegations: “The drying room was whitewashed four years ago. I asked the residents about it; they do not use it much, but we can whitewash it again—because drying rooms are not painted—if we manage to find funds for it.
As for the access road, President Hetel says the problem is that there is no access to the rubbish bin, making it difficult for waste collectors to reach it, even though a no-parking sign is posted there. Next week, the head of Bolesławianka is to meet with Dariusz Mucha, chair of the Infrastructure, Spatial Planning and Construction Committee of the Bolesławiec City Council. The aim is also to put up a traffic-zone sign here. “Maybe that will help,” adds Mr Hetel.
Regarding the pavements: “They were built perhaps three years ago and are in good condition,” the president stresses. “The Reader may be referring to the pavement on the side of the shop, but that belongs to the City of Bolesławiec.
Moreover, there is indeed a tree with a broken branch there. “That is also a municipal tree, but it does not yet qualify for removal,” Piotr Hetel notes. He adds that he will notify Genowefa Bogaczewicz, head of the Municipal Infrastructure and Environmental Protection Department at Bolesławiec City Hall.
As for the hedges, the Cooperative is planting new greenery and, together with the City, will apply for funds to revitalise green areas. “If we receive the funds, not only the residents of Spółdzielcza Street will benefit,” the president assures.
He adds: “Until now, I believed that my priority was to renovate and insulate the buildings, and only later address the roads, pavements and car parks, followed even later by the green areas.