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Parks & Public Spaces

Proposed Automated Pay Toilet for Madison Square Park

WHEREAS, The City Department of Transportation has a franchise agreement with Cemusa, Inc. to place 20 automated public toilets throughout the City; and


WHEREAS, The Department's Coordinated Street Furniture Franchise Unit has identified 50 possible locations that conform to a comprehensive set of criteria; and


WHEREAS, The City would like the very first facility to be placed in Madison Square Park in June of 2007, and


WHEREAS, The facility will offer comfort, hygiene, accessibility and security to the public; and


WHEREAS, All fifty facilities will be of the same design unique to New York City; and


WHEREAS, The Art Commission will be reviewing the design of the facility; and


WHEREAS, Those structures that are placed in parks will not include advertising and the Board will oppose any such advertising; and


WHEREAS, The cost to use the facility will be twenty-five cents; and


WHEREAS, A space for the 6'-7" by 12' structure was specified in plans for the park's most recent renovation, facing Madison Avenue near the corner of 23rd Street; and


WHEREAS, The Parks Department and Madison Square Parks Conservancy, consider this a desirable park amenity; and


WHEREAS, The Department of Transportation has proposed the hours of operation from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm and has agreed to modify those hours to suit community needs; therefore be it


RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends approval to place an Automatic Public Toilet in Madison Square Park.


The above resolution passed with a vote of 34 in favor, 0 opposed, 2 abstentions.

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