The planning proposal documents for the Leppäsentie waterfront development plan were publicly available for viewing between 28 August and 27 September 2024. The announcement of the display was published on 28 August 2024 on the municipality's notice board, website and in Ylä-Satakunta. Statements on the planning proposal were requested from the Pirkanmaa ELY Centre, the Pirkanmaa Regional Council and the Pirkanmaa Provincial Museum.

Two statements were received from the documents, which have been notified to the planner.

Based on the feedback received, the planner has updated the plan description, but has not prepared a separate response.

The statements have enabled the planning process to proceed in accordance with the proposal. In its statement, the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment has stated that, with the division of properties presented in the planning proposal, the continuous undeveloped areas of the shore required by MRL Section 73 will remain small. The Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment would have considered it desirable to investigate alternatives in which the areas to be built would be concentrated in such a way that one longer section of the shoreline would remain undeveloped.

The construction sites are relatively large (over 1,3 ha in total). The general provisions of the planning regulations require that buildings be placed naturally in the environment and landscape, and that trees and other vegetation, topography and the coastline must be preserved in a natural way. By allowing more flexible placement of buildings on construction sites, the actual impacts on the landscape, trees and coastline can be less than by demarcating the areas to be built into denser clusters. The implementation of the planning regulations will be monitored later in the building permit stages.

Property owners have initiated a change and expansion of the waterfront zoning plans for some of the shore areas of Lake Nerkoonjärvi, which are located on different sides of the lake. There are existing road connections to the planning areas.

The change to the coastal zoning plan applies to properties 250-407-15-45, 250-407-2-172 and 250-407-9-116.
The extension of the coastal zone plan applies to properties not subject to coastal zone planning 250-407-2-104, 250-407-8-81, 250-407-9-61, 250-407-9-134 and 250-407-9-137.

The aim of the waterfront site plan being prepared is to update the land use of the area's holiday building sites to meet current needs and current use. The construction sites in the plan area will be allocated permitted building rights in accordance with the municipality's building regulations.

The plan designates a total of 10 construction sites, eight of which are designated as construction sites for holiday homes and two as construction sites for detached houses.

The total area of ​​the plan areas is approximately 6,7 hectares. The planning area has approximately 1022 meters of actual railway line and approximately 905 meters of modified coastline.

There are no known cultural heritage sites or ancient relics in the planning area.
There is no valid master plan in the planning area. Some of the planning areas have valid coastal zoning plans that came into effect at different times. Some of the planning areas have no coastal zoning plan.

Section 63 of the Land Use and Building Act sets out the purpose of the OAS.

When preparing a plan, a plan for participation and assessment procedures, as well as for assessing the impacts of the plan, must be prepared at a sufficiently early stage, taking into account the purpose and significance of the plan. Participants must have the opportunity to obtain information about the planning principles, the planned timetable and the participation and assessment procedures.
The notification must be organized in a manner appropriate to the purpose and significance of the plan. The purpose is to explain why the plan is being prepared, how the matter is progressing, and at what stage it can be influenced.

The area subject to the coastal station zoning plan borders Lake Nerkoonjärvi. The area is located in Paloniemi, at the end of Savilahdentie, approximately 7 kilometers from the center of Kihniö.
The area subject to zoning is approximately 1,45 hectares. The farms subject to zoning have three landowners.

The zoning work has started at the initiative of the landowners in the area. There are a total of three farms in the area. One farm has buildings. The goal is to obtain more building rights for the farms with the help of the plan being prepared.

The area has an electricity grid and a water cooperative water supply network. Waste management is organized on a property-by-property basis.

Asia:

The Kihniö Public School Association has decided at its meeting to request permission from the technical department of the Kihniö municipality to conduct structural opening studies at the Kirkonkylä school. The association's purpose is to open up floor and wall structures to detect structural damage and evaluate the planning of repair work. The purpose of the structural openings is to promote, with the municipality's assistance, the sale of the Kirkonkylä school to a party that is able to renovate the school for new use. The condition study is intended to be conducted in cooperation with the current owner of the property, the Kihniö municipality.

Case assessment:

The basis for the repair planning of a building that has been identified as having an indoor air problem is an extensive and comprehensive humidity and indoor air technical condition survey. Solving an indoor air problem typically requires good overall management, which takes into account not only the possibility of various chemical and microbiological exposures, but also factors related to the use of the premises, physical conditions and ventilation.

The client has an active role during the condition surveys and investigations. The condition survey must be ordered in a way that ensures the sufficient scope of the survey and the qualifications of the persons performing it. Performing a humidity and indoor air condition survey requires versatile expertise and experience. The Health Protection Act (763/1994) defines the qualification requirements and tasks of external experts used by the authorities.

The Ministry of the Environment's Decree on Construction-Related Plans and Reports (YMa 216/2015) must also be taken into account in the condition survey and repair planning, according to which reports on the condition of a building used as initial information for repair or alteration work must include information on the following matters and any damage that may be associated with them to a sufficient extent, taking into account the quality and scope of the construction project:

1) load-bearing capacity of structures and stability of the building;

2) moisture balance of building components and other physical functionality of the building;

3) the healthiness of the building's indoor climate;

4) other matters related to the safety and health of the building;

5) the survey methods used and information about the person who prepared the survey;

6) a description of the building's characteristics and historically significant aspects of the building;

7) information on previously carried out repairs and modifications.

The possible return of the Kirkonkylä school to use requires both a condition survey and a repair plan, the adequacy of which and the qualifications of the authors must be assessed by the authorities. Even if a condition survey permit is granted to a third party, the municipality is required to act as the client, who is ultimately responsible for, among other things, the costs incurred by the work, the scope of the assignment, occupational safety, supervision, etc.

The municipality of Kihniö considers that it has carried out sufficient investigations during the needs assessment phase of the renovation of the Kirkonkylä school in 2011, on the basis of which it decided to acquire replacement premises through new construction based on risk management, total costs and space optimization. The municipality of Kihniö does not need the premises of the Kirkonkylä school in its own service production. On the contrary, the number of premises has been and should continue to be reduced by hundreds of cubic meters in order to reduce real estate costs and improve the municipal economy.

The municipality of Kihniö has given enough time, so far more than ten years, for local actors to organize themselves and bring proposals to the municipality to save the building. This would include, for example, an action plan for the repairs and planned use of the premises, with financial calculations (repair and maintenance costs) and risk assessments. The starting point for such a proposal should be existing documents and already prepared reports, since having new reports prepared taking into account the previously mentioned requirements is not possible given the municipality's resources.

Anyone planning the renovation of Kirkonkylä School and budgeting for the renovation costs should be aware that restoring a building that has been found to have indoor air problems to almost any use requires more resources than new construction. If accurate renovation planning information based on condition surveys is not available, calculations should be prepared for higher risk, additional and modification work provisions. In accordance with the precautionary principle, when preparing renovation cost calculations, it is recommended to assess that only the foundations, load-bearing log wall structures, exterior cladding, upper, intermediate floor and water roof structures and some of the supplementary structures (doors, windows, stairs) are likely to be preserved, although provision should be made for local renewals and annual repairs of these as well.

The technical director presents the financial situation at the meeting.

Accompanying material is a comparison of actual results.

According to Section 110(5) of the Local Government Act, the municipality's operations and financial management must comply with the budget. Any changes to it are decided by the municipal council.

The actual heating costs have exceeded the budgeted amount for the entire operating year. This has been influenced by a colder than normal start to the year and the high price of wood chips and thus district heating. When preparing the 2024 budget, some properties were also targeted for heating cost savings through planned energy investments.

The Koivikko geothermal investment has not yet been implemented because the project was not granted an energy subsidy from ARA. Koivikko heating costs:

• FY 2024: €25.000
• TP 2023: €46.570
• Total 1–10/2024: €34.020
• estimate 1–12/2024: €46.000
• Additional funding needed €21.000

No energy investments were made in Puumila. The site is exceptionally challenging in terms of energy saving (crowded technical spaces, decentralized systems, ventilation control and management). It is not justified to make larger energy investments until the classification of the Puumila property in the municipally maintained properties is confirmed. Heating costs in Puumila:

• FY 2024: €14.000
• TP 2023: €19.190
• Total 1–10/2024: €12.930
• estimate 1–12/2024: €20.000
• Additional funding needed €6.000

The fees of municipally owned housing companies are recorded in cost center 006570 Housing companies in account 4820 Rents of buildings and apartments. When the Technical Committee's budget for 2024 was prepared, the budgets of the housing companies had not yet been processed. When the budgets of the housing companies were prepared, the fee calculations were higher than what had been reserved in the technical committee's budget. The under-budgeting was caused by, among other things, the costs of building insulation, the costs of (electric) heating of empty apartments and the costs of necessary apartment renovations. Efforts have also been made to accumulate a buffer in the coffers of the housing companies so that heating, electricity and water bills can be paid on time and unforeseen maintenance work can be ordered. The companies now have approx. 35,000 euros in their coffers.

Rental costs (remuneration) of buildings and apartments of housing companies:

• FY 2024: €130.000
• TP 2023: €161.820
• Total 1–10/2024: €151.080
• estimate 1–12/2024: €177.700 (according to the interim report)
• Additional appropriation needed €47.700

The technical department has taken financial adjustment measures and overall savings in costs and income in the form of sales proceeds will be generated already during 2024. However, these cost and account-specific overruns will be realized, which should be taken into account in advance in the 2024 budget.