Residents' meeting for Thalkirchen, Obersendling, Forstenried, Fürstenried and Solln on 29 October

Residents of Munich's 19th district, Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln, are invited to their annual residents' meeting on Thursday 29 October at 7pm in the triple sports hall of the Thomas-Mann-Gymnasium, Gmunder Straße 45. Mayor Dominik Krause announced the date in agreement with District Committee 19.

The meeting will be chaired by city councillor Lena Odell of the SPD group on the city council. She and the chairman of the district committee, Dr Ludwig Weidinger, will open with an update on important issues and projects in the district. The main topics are expected to be the Westtangente tram line; major building projects, including the sectoral development plan for Engadiner Straße 2, the high-rise at Baierbrunner Straße/Hofmann Höfe, Machtlfinger Straße, Rupert-Mayer-Straße and Am Isarkanal; the renovation and construction of schools; the Herrmann-von-Siemens-Sportpark, particularly its geothermal energy; car-sharing and e-scooters; recycling points and the introduction of the yellow bin; the new Thalkirchner Bridge; and the new indoor swimming pool in Forstenried. Updates and timetables are expected on these projects.

From 6pm to 7pm, before the meeting begins, residents can put questions to representatives of the city's building department (parks and civil engineering), the mobility department (road traffic), the climate and environmental protection department (energy advice from the Bauzentrum), the district inspectorate of the KVR, the health department's advice centre for sexually transmitted infections, the health department's specialist guidelines unit, Munich Cemeteries and Funerals, and the Munich transport company MVG. Dr Weidinger will also be available, as will, as a rule, the senior citizens' advisory council, the police, the city information service and the local social services centre.

Motions and questions must be raised in person at the meeting and also submitted in writing. The form, along with further information, is available at www.muenchen.de/buergerversammlung and will also be handed out at the start of the meeting. Anyone wishing to vote is asked to bring official photo identification to prove they live in the district; they will then receive a card entitling them to take part in all votes.

Motions adopted by the meeting will be displayed in full for the public at the southern office of District Committees 6, 7, 8, 18 and 19, Meindlstraße 14, where the city council and district committee papers dealing with the motions can also be viewed. A newsletter with updates on the residents' meeting for each district can be subscribed to at www.muenchen.de/newsletter-bv.

A sign language interpreting service will be provided and the venue is wheelchair accessible. An explanation of the residents' meeting in easy-to-read language is available at https://stadt.muenchen.de/leichte-sprache/infos/buerger-versammlung-ls.html.