Massimiliano De Martin

Councilor, City of Venice, Department of Land Planning, Housing and the Environment, Italy

Massimiliano De Martin –Venice City Councillor for the City of Venice department of Land planning, Housing and the Environment from 2015 to the present.

MAIN ACCOMPLISHEMENTS DURING HIS MANDATE:

1.1) agreement between the City of Venice, ENAC1 and SAVE for the expansion of the Venice Airport;

1.2) agreement between the City of Venice, RFI, Sistemi Urbani, and private enterprises for development of the Train Station in Mestre;

1.3) approval of Variant to the Plan of Interventions for the Islands of Sant'Erasmo and Vignole; 

1.4) preparing the Plan of Interventions for the Mayor's 2015/2020 mandate; 

1.5) measures for the protection and physical functional and social integrity of the Old City (BLOCKING NEW HOTELS AND B&B) adopted in 2017 & approved in 2018;

1.6) Beach Planning for the Lido di Venezia (piano degli Arenili); 

1.7) adoption of Variant to the Plan of Interventions for the Island of Pellestrina;

1.8) adoption of Variant to the Technical Regulations for the Islands of Burano, Mazzorbo and Torcello;

1.9) Plan of Interventions in support of housing for families on the mainland;

1.10) new Helipad in Pellestrina;

1.11) adoption of the Mainland Water Plan for hydrogeological risk management;

1.12) Building & Housing Regulations;

1.13) Noise Management Plan update;

1.14) new Strategic Plan for Waste Collection in the Old Town and Islands;

1.15) modified and improved criteria for equating special waste to urban waste - leftover fishing scraps are now to be considered as urban waste;

1.16) Venice Blue Flag agreement between the Municipality of Venice, the Adriatic Sea Port Authority and the shipping companies operating in the Lagoon, for the use of low-sulphur content fuels in the Venice Lagoon;

1.17) presentation of the first report on the Epidemiological Investigation Report (Rapporto Indagine Epidemiologica) issued by Health Authority ASL3, on the quality of public health in the Venice Municipality;

1.18) approval of project for creating the Marzenego River Park;

1.19) resolution to join the initiatives for implementing the mitigation and adaptation strategy to climate change,

1.20) Municipality of Venice resolution to join the Covenant of Mayors on Climate and Energy; 

1.21) plan for developing a grid to power boat charging stations in Venice’s historic center;

1.22) participation in the Plastic Smart Cities program for reducing and progressively eliminating plastics and for offsetting their dispersal in aquatic systems, the Mediterranean Sea in particular;

1.23) development of an experimental project for Urban Air Mobility and Urban Delivery systems by the use of drones - signing the Protocol between the Municipality of Venice and ENAC. 

     Councillor De Martin also represents the City of Venice at C40 and is the political contact for the UNESCO site ‘Venice and its Lagoon’.