"San Rafael de Heredia issues and monitors STATEMENT OF BIG STONE"
On 8 September, there were thousands of rafaeleños be in front of the Canton City Hall, in order to deliver to local authorities the document entitled: "Piedra Grande Statement of September 2, 2008," in which the inhabitants of this town expressed their support for "
Public Manifesto "issued by the Councillors 
the
Municipality of San Rafael de Heredia the Who agreed to refuse the use of its territory for the construction of developments aimed at relocating settlements in precarious from other parts of the country.
"Piedra Grande", not only is the original name of this canton Heredia, formerly called "Piedra Grande de la Villa de Cubujuquí" but so is the building where they met those neighbors, the previous September 2 , to discuss the referral "Municipal Manifesto," and about
actions that would be pushing political and business sectors in order to relocate the precarious that currently exist around the areas of higher added value and increased business growth of our province. This precarious was listed by the former Mayor of Heredia as the largest of Central America in a vulnerable situation. Several facts seem to confirm the interest of those sectors, using the territory of our county, for the transfer of those precarious: 
1) First, the statements made, in a local-station by the Mayor of the City of Canton
Central de Heredia , which would have recognized the interest of local government to shift the residents of those precarious to its neighboring counties. These statements in turn would find support in the general policies for land use that has that town, whose proposed Zoning Plan expressly contemplates the possibility of relocation of precarious settlements.
2) Furthermore, the discussion in legislative seat some bills
actions that would be pushing political and business sectors in order to relocate the precarious that currently exist around the areas of higher added value and increased business growth of our province. This precarious was listed by the former Mayor of Heredia as the largest of Central America in a vulnerable situation. Several facts seem to confirm the interest of those sectors, using the territory of our county, for the transfer of those precarious: 
1) First, the statements made, in a local-station by the Mayor of the City of Canton Central de Heredia , which would have recognized the interest of local government to shift the residents of those precarious to its neighboring counties. These statements in turn would find support in the general policies for land use that has that town, whose proposed Zoning Plan expressly contemplates the possibility of relocation of precarious settlements.
2) Furthermore, the discussion in legislative seat some bills : Such as Legislative Records numbers:
16,328 and 15,982 seeking
resourcing for the elimination of more than 20,000 slum that currently exist in the country. The last of these bills would empower our municipalities to adopt within their cantons urban emergency regulations, in order to legalize the installation -called "Urban Development Zones unrecognized" or Precarious Settlements in , within their jurisdictions. 
3) The interest of construction companies by promoting new housing developments on land that is vacated, some of which belong or belonged to families from which Heredia's major political figures of the Government and the Legislative Assembly and 4) Finally, staged incidents, "during the months of July and August, residents of Santa Barbara de Heredia to ask your City not yield to any pressure that forces them to accept the relocation of those precarious in that municipality. 
However, given that since the last decade of the century past, had rafaeleños
expressed to local authorities:
"... its commitment to the joint protection of water resources
existing in the area," (which consists in
"... its commitment to the joint protection of water resources
existing in the area," (which consists in called "Declaration of San Rafael" of November 27, 1991 , 
issued to mark the serious health problem that arose at that time and to solve the high contamination that existed in their water sources ), those same people, "along with new generations - have ratified this commitment with the signing of this new document entitled:
Declaration of Big Stone. "
In this Statement, revalidated, in this century, our commitment to the protection of groundwater that run under our ground, as those that supply, with the exception of Sarapiqui- all drinking water consumed in the province of Heredia, Alajuela and even part of the Central Valley. In this regard, and inspired similar situations occurring in other counties with aquifer vocation, the "Declaration of Big Stone" leaves open the possibility of raising the administrative, judicial and corresponding referendum, in order to avoid the installation in our town of: "... urban and housing projects of high concentration and density, and
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serious risk of contamination to aquifers would generate: Barva, Colima Colima Superior and Inferior, this is because the building, in small lots of this type of housing as well as the corresponding facility Individual septic tank systems, could breach-of-irreversibly areas aquifer recharge and discharge exist in our county, due to relatively shallow water table presents those aquifers and the high permeability of our soils, which would affect water sources now feed most of our province and large parts of Central Valley . (See "Piedra Grande Declaration" of September 2, 2008
, Agreements 2 °, 10 ° and 11 °)
This is not only to protect water resources, but also the people themselves, as
National Emergency Commission has recommended to local authorities in this county control the granting of building permits in general , given the existence of natural hazards related to topographical, geological and hydrometeorological presenting our county.
believe that human settlement, whatever, can only be considered as "equitable and sustainable in both its construction contemplates the impact that may come to have, both in the quality of natural resources where they settle, and the quality living the rest of the population, above,
regardless of whether implemented or financed by public or private body, as both are equally bound, by considering the impact. This would amount to disrespect constitutional right that everyone has to live in a healthy and ecologically balanced .
To date, the aforementioned "Declaration" has been officially notified to those entities public and private related to the topic. Such as the E
ompany Heredia Public Services SA (ESPH-SA) and Ministry of Environment and Energy. The first responsible for protecting our province, "... watersheds, springs, streams and riverbeds, streams, surface water and groundwater" (Article 6 paragraph g) of Act No. 7789, April 23 1998, Transforming the Law ESPH) , and second, by the duty of the State to ensure the rational use of environmental elements that exist in our country. ( Law No. 7554 of October 4, 1995, Environmental Law)
But also because we communicate to the Ministry Housing and Human Settlements , the Legislature and the Costa Rican Chamber of Construction , the solidarity and support towards those rafaeleño Village bills seeking favor the dispossessed and in extreme poverty through the eradication of precarious where they live and the provision of decent housing for themselves and their families, such as those issued legislative lowing numbers: 16,328 and 15,983, called "Solidarity Tax Law for the Strengthening of Housing Programs," and "Special Law for Certification of Housing and Squatter Areas unrecognized Urban Development, which currently fall within the legislative
As noted, the Declaration Piedra Grande ", the rafaeleños fulfill one of the most important tasks that you drew Municipal Code each municipality (Article 5),
which is to propose initiatives active, aware and democratic in the life of the Municipality. If this task was actually stimulated in the Municipal System, as stated by José María Zonta thinking in his essay "Municipal Democracy, no doubt: " would have a better city, better country and a better world. One in which people do not feel an immense sheet and sometimes mysterious political game, but the protagonist of his mind, his destiny. " (Zonta, José María, Democracia Municipal / 1 ed. San José, CR: DEMUCA 
Foundation, 2008, p. 71.. 
In summary, our Declaration aims to all learn to live together. Without intolerance, but also ignorance, much less abuse of power, respecting the autonomy of our local, municipal policies and the position of its people and avoiding the areas of aquifer recharge and discharge of our province are exposed to a situation serious risk of pollution, can affect the rest of the population, and finally, by requiring private and public sectors, and within the past to the political, national and local, responsibly address issues that once fostered, encouraged , and even tolerated within their territories.
The text of the Declaration Big Stone 2 September 2008 ", well as that of its predecessor, the " Declaration of San Rafael on 27 November 1991 ", and history of the latter, can be accessed through the web site: http://www.piedragrande.blogspot.com/ , which is composed of numerous illustrations and virtual links that allow readers to delve on this subject. This site allows users to subscribe to the blog to get in Email a copy of the posts and comments to generate, as well as participate in interest surveys, and discussion forums in the promotion. 
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