After the Pig Lovers Alliance fell apart with the renewal of the municipal culling policy, it now appears that the mayor is looking to strengthen her ties with other allies from the animal kingdom. So instead of adopting partners like rats or jackals, the mayor decided to renew and deepen her old alliance with the dogs and especially with their owners.
To this day, the dogs have benefited from the establishment of several dog parks in the city and the conversion of an abandoned bathing beach in the Bat Galim neighborhood in favor of a "dog beach". Depriving the beach of human bathers for dogs solved quite a headache for the mayor, because instead of pouring a huge fortune (which she doesn't have) into renovating the beach in order to make it suitable for humans, she gained in return for a much smaller investment from a PR campaign and certain sympathy of some dog owners who live near the beach.
Today, the physical condition of the dog beach is bad and it suffers from significant neglect and sand erosion. The dog parks also look more like temporary pens, and residents complain of serious neglect in their maintenance, but hey! This is a much better treatment than the wild boars get nowadays.
What does the renewal of the dog alliance look like?
The renewal of the alliance with the dogs is expressed in the extraordinary effort that the mayor chose to invest in public participation in the municipal decision the fateful About the location of a future dog park in the center of Carmel. It is important to note in this context that such a move has not taken place in the past in connection with any other dog park in the city, but suddenly it does happen.
In the sharing notice, the municipality publishes three possible alternatives for the location of the dog park. The alternatives are presented as sloppy drawings on a map, without any other substantial detail, and a brief investigation of these locations reveals that there may be a reason for this lack of information.
Sharing without sharing
It turns out that apparently no one in the Haifa municipality has read, or does not want someone to read, the recommendations of the Ministry of Agriculture for the establishment of dog parks within the city. This document, which can be easily found online, has already been adopted by several other cities because it has some simple rules designed to prevent decency from becoming a nuisance. The most important rule of them states that the dog park must be established at a distance of no less than 50 m from residential buildings. This should prevent odor and noise problems, and together with limiting the hours of operation, the disturbance to the neighbors should be reduced to the minimum necessary. All three locations offered by the Haifa municipality do not meet this essential criterion.
The Ministry of Health's recommendations for establishing dog parks in the urban area:
Three makes zero
It is also important to understand that a dog park is not really a "garden" but a fenced urban clearing in a fairly large area that can reach up to half a dunam or more. It is possible to surround the garden with trees and bushes (something that is not done in any other garden in the city), but many trees will not be planted in it and the ground will be covered with a substrate suitable for dogs to run around. All three proposed locations are currently protected areas and high-quality park areas, one of which, according to the mayor's plans, will become a much less scenically attractive urban clearing.
Dog park for immobility?
A clear example of this can be found in the "Traffic Island Alternative" at the Heine-HaMa'ayan intersection. First of all, who even put a dog park on a traffic block in the middle of a narrow street (?!). Secondly, it is a traffic island that is currently used as a well-kept green space that is only about 20 meters from the residents' windows!
Do you really think it is right to put in the heart of such a well-kept and calm area, and in disturbing proximity to residences, an urban clearing for a dog park with an area of about 350 square meters?
The terrible alternatives in Gan Mania Shohat and the Moriah-Wolfson intersection
The most painful alternative of all is the one that was proposed inside Gan Mania Shohat. This is one of the most important and central public gardens in the city of Haifa that has never looked as neglected as it is today. Many trees have been cut down, the paths are crumbling, the bushes are drying up and community activity is almost non-existent. So instead of renewing this entire important garden and reviving it with fresh vegetation and quality community activity, they chose to push into this neglect a dog park in an area of about 400 square meters. And it is very important to note that the proposed dog park is only about 11 meters (!!) from the windows of Also in the case of the alternative located at the Moriah-Wolfson intersection, there is an expropriation of an existing high-quality natural space in an area of about 600 square meters, which is only about 12 meters away from the neighboring buildings.
Cynical use of the dog parks to cut a political coupon?
Conspiracy theorists might mistakenly think that these unsettling locations were chosen on purpose. It is even possible that these bad locations were chosen out of a desire for public opposition to arise against them which would play into the hands of the mayor who probably does not really want to establish a dog park in the center of Carmel.
For her part, she will always be able to say that she fought and did her best, as she says in connection with other projects raising dust in the sewers of the municipality. So let's not give up on her so quickly, and if she already shows motivation to do something, then I offer below my alternative to a dog park in the center of Carmel. It is important to understand that I am in favor of dog parks. They are very, very important. Therefore, I offer a fourth alternative to the dog park in the center of Carmel instead of the erroneous locations that Klish suggests.
So what can be done?
The area, which as far as I understand, has been marked as a destination for a dog park in the center of Carmel, stretches from the upper part of the Carmelia neighborhood through the Old Carmel to the center of Carmel itself. This is an area saturated with small and large public parks, in none of which you can put a dog park without damaging park areas and without creating a serious nuisance for the neighbors.
The other possible spaces are on the edge of this area and do not seem to be relevant to the residents of the Carmel center. On the other hand, there is one rather large public space that with a little effort and a lot of creativity can be adapted into a very special city park with a dog park - the roof of the auditorium building in the center of Carmel.
The fourth alternative
It is true that this is a project that requires creativity as well as quite a few resources, but if the mayor is serious about her intentions, then imagine that you are going up to a city park with an area of about 400 square meters overlooking the breathtaking view that unfolds from the roof of the auditorium. Its special location will distance the park from the residences on three sides , and on the north wall it will be possible to install acoustic separation which will ensure that the neighbors below will not hear a thing. Thus Haifa will become the only city in Israel with a dog park in the sky...
Until the day it dripped on my head in the auditorium I thought it was rain...
It is simply not true that there must be urban baldness. In Herzliya Pituach there is a dog park with grass and lots of green vegetation, and the property tax is cheaper than in Carmel! Check out: Shmuel Tamir Garden on Wingate Street in Herzliya
The mayor of Haifa does nothing, except warm a chair, yawn and scratch her head,
Apart from inventing names for the streets...Military doesn't do anything, the majority of Haifa residents are angry about the conduct of the Haifa municipality and this is for sure its last rule and God willing??????
Enough already, just leave our souls alone like me and go home fed up
Kalish Teofi You destroyed Haifa Teofi from our line
I don't know. I lived in a small remote city called Paris. Dogs are not allowed in most parks and fairs because people are allergic. Open one park for animals on the bank of the Seine. In most neighborhoods, heavy fines for an off-leash dog. If someone keeps a dog that barks at night, they will ask him to put a brace on the dog's mouth. All reference is to the collective quality of life in a crowded place. It seems that in Haifa everything is done in exaggeration, without prior thinking about balance. I didn't see signs here not to let dogs into the gardens, something that creates a serious nuisance of feces on the paths and fear for parents with small children. There is no environmental thinking. Blocking sidewalks for strollers. They do not write down what is a product and what is prohibited. There are no clear guidelines for hazards such as smoking and talking on cell phones that create noise and smoke. In the end, it's low standards of hygiene, quality and cleanliness that we've become accustomed to. Someone from the outside is very surprised that in a high-tech country people live in such a low-tech way.
As usual he is obsessed with the mayor and sows poison.
Leave, rules, guidelines and procedures are not for you, we already understood that. By the way, how did you get a loan from the municipality?
You will live 50 meters from residential buildings.
Our dogs need little space to run around in, and it needs to be within our residential neighborhoods, where we can easily get to on a daily basis.
Do you want to talk about noise for a moment? As someone who lives near a playground, I suffer every day, all day, from the screams of small children outside my window (even right now, on a Saturday afternoon). So it's fine? Does it contribute to the fabric of urban life? Anyone who lives near a playground, school or kindergarten will tell you - children are noisy. is very. very very. But that's okay, because they are part of society and we have to accept their noises as part of city life.
So our dogs are also part of our households, for me and for many of us - they are our family. So during the hours that are not rest hours - deal with it. As I deal with your children.
If you can't walk 50 meters to a dog park that doesn't bother anyone, then you're in trouble. If you compare playgrounds to a dog park, then your problem is doubly difficult.
Why are wild pigs still roaming Hanita Street???
You promised to remove them!!!
They walk there, in the evening - on the sidewalk.
This is a sidewalk in front of the supermarket!!!
They leave the courtyards of the houses, relatively neglected courtyards - and reach the street.
Big pigs!!!
You can't go to empty the trash, you can't go for a walk with the baby in the stroller, you can't sit on a bench, you can't go for a walk in the evening, etc.
Where is the city vet???
Why don't you send the municipal employees to deal with this hazard???
We are closed indoors!!! Afraid to go out.
Urgent care is required!!!
The important point is that the recommendations of the Ministry of Agriculture are not implemented. I live next to the dog park on Flower Street, which is a big nuisance for residents in the area. Barking in the middle of the night and during the day, smells and dogs that attack my child sometimes when he walks by so much that he is afraid to walk on the nearby sidewalk.
Of course, this is only of interest to the nearby residents and the closed municipality.
They could copy the garden to the entrance to Ramat Sapir near the main road where the houses of residents are over a hundred meters
People went crazy instead of tidying up the beach so that there would be more space for people spending 250000 NIS on a beach for dogs someone fell on their head. I have no problem with dogs I have 3 but the beach is a resource for people
In dog parks? Is that what she does? Instead of shaking this sleepy city from the foundation to at least? I would not have appointed her to head the home committee.
You have no chance of being elected again, shame on the effort
More disgruntled. What is not done is not good for him
I'm not a cliché fan. On the contrary, I think it is a serious mistake for the city, but when a good word finally arrives, it is appropriate to give it and not to sow demagogy out of pure opposition to a human being.
Hello Yoav,
A good word about what exactly? About gardens near residents' windows? I wish you no such pleasure. This municipality is simply an expert in creating problems. an expert!
Probably only the dogs will vote for her. suitable for them.
There is no significant thinning, I have it every evening. Uninvited guests, the pigs, in the garden of the building at Einstein 21 destroyed the hedge, broke flower pots, littered and there is no savior, my 70 plus year old husband tries to drive them away and they come back,
In Miri Regev's paraphrase, even more than two mayors will not be able to repair the damage she caused and continues to cause,
But ventilating only with newspaper is not enough,
Where does the money go?
Do not pay property tax? Only me !
Still paying for Ofer Stadium!
Does the state take everything?
Is there protection on the town?
Do you do projects that serve a small public?
Is it possible that only the salaries swallow the funds? This is a big mistake
This behavior should be stopped!
Haifa municipality has a budget pension.
This means that before they have done one action they are already in deficit because of the pensions. The solution is to go bankrupt and start all over again without past debts.
Unbelievable instead of teaching the dogs to poop at home!
It's just ridiculous to take such an issue and turn it into a collar on the necks of all citizens!
Everyone who has a dog will pay a fee of NIS 300 per year!
He will also collect the dog's needs from the dog park.
For a facility like the toilet at home that will be in the garden or a deep absorbent pit.
She can take her family for a walk in the gardens
Offer a large area with deciduous trees that grow in bulk and shade for friends on 2 who come. Water source on both sides, artificial grass yes yes.
Strictly bags for collection at the entrance.
Haifa is now a neglected and dirty city. It is not enough to change the mayor, we need young and fresh forces. It will take time to do this, not sure if it will work.
Hello Ella,
Changing the mayor is essential. Young forces are essential. In my opinion, if these two happen, then the turnaround we all want will happen in a relatively short time. The carelessness and neglect are the result of the lack of talent and lack of management ability of the city's leadership and this must be removed from the system.
There is nowhere to spend the money. Shabbat Shalom
The state of the public gardens in Haifa is on the face because they are not taken care of. Do not water in the summer because you save water. They don't prune because they save the gardeners. They don't clean because they save on cleaning workers.
The few cleaning workers sent by the municipality are mainly busy collecting empty bottles and cans from the garbage cans. When they finish collecting, they rest on a bench in the shade and play on the phone. Here and there they do a favor and pick up a piece of paper.
Gan Rashonim, on Yaffe Nof and Shaar Streets (Lebanon) was not cleaned for a long time. After collecting complaints, gardeners or cleaning workers were sent one day and piled a large pile of garbage at the bottom of the garden, near Yaffe Nof Street. Only 3 weeks later and many of my complaints, they bothered to send a garbage truck to collect the shame
The whole city is a dog park. All the woods are full of their excrement even though there are supposed to be heavy fines. no saddle
It's not really a news corporation...
This is not Amal News Corporation….
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There is an Allenby garden on Yaffe Nof street 500 meters away. standing desolate. Make it a dog park.
Make it a community garden. Make a parking lot in it and a dog park above it.
Do something!! An area of 6 dunams is empty in the center of Carmel.
I checked and it is very inapplicable. Not accessible to populations with special needs, and this is a first-class quality tourist and neighborhood garden that needs to be developed for other functions. In addition, there is a problematic proximity to residences. Beyond that, this complex is very far from the central demand area which is closer to the old Carmel.
The state of the public gardens in Haifa is on the face because they are not taken care of. Do not water in the summer because you save water. They don't prune because they save the gardeners. They don't clean because they save on cleaning workers.
The few cleaning workers sent by the municipality are mainly busy collecting empty bottles and cans from the garbage cans. When they finish collecting, they rest on a bench in the shade and play on the phone. Here and there they do a favor and pick up a piece of paper.
Gan Rashonim, on Yaffe Nof and Shaar HaLevanon streets, was not cleaned for a long time. After countless complaints, gardeners or cleaning workers were sent one day and piled a large pile of garbage at the bottom of the garden, near Yaffe Nof Street. Only after 3 weeks and many complaints from me, they bothered to send a garbage truck to collect the shame.
Even for parking in the city, not only are they not worried, they take what little there is. On Yaffe Nof St., between the stairs going down to the city and the turn to Shaar HaLevanon St., there was a piece of land that was used to park about 10 cars. They recently fenced off the place, excavated it, and it is said that the mayor of the city earmarked it for benches for viewing the view, as she did a few hundred meters further on on Yaffe Nof Street. It's a shame she didn't take into account that a few meters from this place there is a sitting area down some stairs. This corner is almost always empty. No one sits in it.
And what about the Rat Promenade in Bat Galim, which has been locked and blocked for passage for 3 years?
Promises abound, talk like sand... but there is no movement on the ground. The mayor's office ceased to function. Public institutions are not prepared for the start of the school year and property taxes will continue to soar...
It's as if all the problems are behind us and what's left is a garden for dogs. My friends, every dog owner is responsible for walking with him. There is no need to have a dog park in a dog park. Besides, any tenant who is harmed by these gardens and I'm sure that the price of the property is going down can sue the city for a decrease in value. Let's go back to the wild pigs. My friends I fear for our women and children. Why don't you see that most of the residents start to return home before dark. And most of the workers in the center return by train before they arrive in the light. Stop already with the articles and the war of thrones on our backs. They will disappear from our lives. And everyone will take care of their dog and free up time to deal with what is important from parking lots to benches for the mod.
There is nowhere to spread the money, they will answer "there is none anyway"??
Start investing in the neighborhoods, in the crossings they build, in a noise barrier for people against public transportation, in roads in "old" neighborhoods, in parks and places to sit/toilet for people and not in "Come on, let's do something nice. For a few people and they will give us a full like in the elections", which will carry a fine to Haifa!!!!!!