Urban territory development and the territorial public self-government

Abstract

The article analyzes the experience of the Novosibirsk city administration in the development of urban territory, which under the general name of TPS (territorial public selfgovernment) involves, in addition to the councils of TPS, the office of the city administration, district administrations, management campaigns, condominiums, housing and communal services departments, municipal unitary enterprises, business structures of all types, social institutions and the other interested bodies and organizations. The author draws attention to the fact that this practice, despite its effectiveness, does not correspond to the concept of territorial public self-government established by the Federal law 131-FL “On general principles of the organizing local self-government in the Russian Federation”, where it is interpreted as a form of direct democracy, direct participation of the population in the local self-government. The author sees the inconsistency of practice with the provisions of the law in the article of the law, especially in the terms of territorial organization, financial sources, motivation of the population, interaction with the other organizations and local authorities. The practice of implementing TPS in the life of municipalities shows the need to adopt the special Federal law on the territorial public self-government, which would remove all the problems and contradictions mentioned in the article.