First of all, the members of the executive committee considered the issue "On the improvement of adolescent children's health." The information on the state of health improvement of adolescent children was reported by Fedir Koshel, head of the health care department of the Lutsk city executive committee. In particular, he noted that in the city, starting from August 1, 2003, medical assistance to children (and according to the Law of Ukraine "On Childhood Protection," a person under the age of 18 is recognized as such) is provided in the adolescent department at the city children's polyclinic. Fedir Koshel also outlined the main planned measures carried out by the above-mentioned department regarding the organization of medical assistance to children. In addition, he reported on the results of medical examinations of adolescent children, their quantitative distribution into dispensary groups, the conduct of health improvement, etc. After hearing the information, Lutsk city mayor Anton Kryvytskyi suggested that more attention should be paid to ensuring the prevention of diseases among persons of this age group. Schools, relevant public associations, etc. should be involved in this process. According to the first deputy mayor of Lutsk, Sviatoslav Kravchuk, a modern laboratory should first of all be established at the city children's polyclinic, which will strengthen the diagnostic component of the process of providing medical assistance to children. It is quite possible that the issue of allocating funds for such a matter will soon be submitted for consideration to the session of the Lutsk city council.
Also at the executive committee meeting, the Procedure for determining the amount of compensation for the removal of green spaces in the territory of the city of Lutsk was approved. The purpose of this decision is to restore the economic mechanism for the protection of green spaces and to curb the process of their destruction. The calculation of the amount of environmental damage for removal is based on a combination of phytomeliorative characteristics, such as resistance to pollution, absorbing and dust-capturing capacity, gas sensitivity, phytoncidity, growth rate, and oxygen-producing capacity. Also, when calculating, the age and qualitative condition of green spaces are taken into account. Since the quality or potential of the city's ecological comfort is below average and differs significantly in different districts of the city, additional charges to the value of each tree relative to its location in a certain district of the city have been introduced when calculating the amount of compensation for environmental damage caused by the removal of green spaces. The basis is the approximate market value of saplings of typical tree species recommended for urban landscaping – approximately 10 hryvnias. Therefore, if green spaces are removed in a district with a critical potential of ecological comfort (Hushcha, Zavokzalnyi, 55th microdistrict), then 40 hryvnias (four times the cost of a sapling) is added to the value of each tree; in a district with low potential (Center, Hnidava, Dubnivska) – 30 hryvnias; with medium (Teremno, Vyshkiv, Kichkarivka) – 20, and with high (Old Town, Krasne, Veresneve) – 10. Also, according to the Procedure, environmental damage from the removal of green spaces is not subject to compensation in cases of removal of dead, emergency trees; restoration, according to the conclusion of sanitary-epidemiological surveillance bodies, of lighting and humidity norms in premises as a result of their shading by green spaces; carrying out sanitary felling, tending felling in forest parks; hurricanes and other destructive natural phenomena. Funds that constitute compensation for the removal of green spaces are transferred to the city budget.