I have just read, in the Guelph Tribune, that the City is considering footing the bill for testing pissoirs at the next council meeting. The “City” pays for this and the “City” pays for that, I would like to remind everyone that “the City” are US, the people, and the money the “City” spends so […]
Peter said you’d appreciate this. It was taken a couple of weeks ago in Amsterdam. (Love the sign.) TL
The following article appeared in the July 21 edition of the Guelph Mercury: A city committee has agreed to partially fund a pilot program to place public urinals in the downtown core, less than one month after city councilors balked at spending public money on the idea. The emergency services, community services and operations committee […]
Below is a very comprehensive study on the need for public washrooms that Portland, OR undertook: http://www.americanrestroom.org/us/portland/psu_gopubliccvr9.pdf The whole document is worth looking at but you may wish to focus on the end, specifically, 4.1 Facility Alternatives, 4.2 Funding Alternatives & 5.0 Recommendation. TB
Can the money collected for bylaw infractions be tagged or earmarked for anything specifically by the municipality? ian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The total amount payable for any municipal by-law offence includes the Set Fine, Court Costs and the Victim Fine Surcharge. The Set Fine is remitted by the Court to the participating municipality. The Court Costs are […]
Could you please clarify the number of tickets issued for the anti fouling bylaw? ian The figures I have are as follows: for 2007 = 154 charges, for 2008 = 153 charges, from Jan. to June 2009 = 35 charges. Total 342 since January 2007. It is safe to say that 100% of those […]
I was right in my thoughts that the temporary portable washrooms would become a permanent thing even before they were set up. I did know how you were going to vote Ian and although it did not please me you have your reasons. I am only one taxpayer in your ward but I can assure […]
Thanks for this response to my suggestion about the urinals. I hope this will be resolved with more permanent facilities at some point in time, but right now it is clear to anyone walking in some areas of the downtown that some action needs to be taken to encourage bar visitors to use more appropriate […]
As an original Guelphite, I am very concerned with the state of our downtown core and in particular, the advent of Pissoirs in an attempt to overcome the despoiling of our public and private property by over imbibing Bar attendees during the early morning hours.
The following editorial appeared in the July 11 edition of the Guelph Mercury: I used this space last time to write about the open-air urinals proposed for the downtown, focusing on the uniqueness of this solution to that problem and trying to get my head around what an open-air urinal actually is. The picture on […]