Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Kicking up a stink in Glen Eira
JEWISH families have asked for manual toilets in parks in St Kilda East and Caulfield North because they can’t use automated facilities on holy days.
Submissions to Glen Eira Council’s 2010 public toilet strategy also highlighted lack of wheelchair access, poor hygiene, and used syringes on baby change tables.
“The toilets in Allnut Park (Bentleigh) are always filthy, with many mums choosing to toilet their children in the garden areas rather than risk standing/sitting in someone else’s mess,” one resident wrote.
Referring to the loos in Princes Park, Caulfield, another said: “I have seen parents encourage their children to pee on the garden behind it.”
Of the 19 submissions, 10 were from Jewish residents who felt excluded from Greenmeadow Park in St Kilda East because of its toilet, which has an electronically-operated door and flush.
Orthodox Jews cannot use electronic devices on Sabbath or festival days.
The council adopted the five-year public toilet plan at last week’s meeting.
Mayor Steven Tang said the frequency of toilet cleaning would be reviewed.
“But due to the benefits that automated toilets provide for safety and preventing anti-social behaviour, we will persevere,” Cr Tang said.
http://caulfield-glen-eira-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/kicking-up-a-stink-in-glen-eira/
Submissions to Glen Eira Council’s 2010 public toilet strategy also highlighted lack of wheelchair access, poor hygiene, and used syringes on baby change tables.
“The toilets in Allnut Park (Bentleigh) are always filthy, with many mums choosing to toilet their children in the garden areas rather than risk standing/sitting in someone else’s mess,” one resident wrote.
Referring to the loos in Princes Park, Caulfield, another said: “I have seen parents encourage their children to pee on the garden behind it.”
Of the 19 submissions, 10 were from Jewish residents who felt excluded from Greenmeadow Park in St Kilda East because of its toilet, which has an electronically-operated door and flush.
Orthodox Jews cannot use electronic devices on Sabbath or festival days.
The council adopted the five-year public toilet plan at last week’s meeting.
Mayor Steven Tang said the frequency of toilet cleaning would be reviewed.
“But due to the benefits that automated toilets provide for safety and preventing anti-social behaviour, we will persevere,” Cr Tang said.
http://caulfield-glen-eira-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/kicking-up-a-stink-in-glen-eira/
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