Gwangju City Council: "Paid Parking at Government Building Should Focus on Alleviating Parking Shortage"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] The Administrative Autonomy Committee of the Gwangju Metropolitan Council (Chairman Lee Hong-il) held a meeting with related departments of the executive branch on the 12th to review the progress of paid parking at the city hall and the post-legislative evaluation of ordinances.

The committee emphasized that the paid parking at the city hall parking lot should be promoted with a focus on alleviating parking difficulties for civil petitioners rather than on collecting non-tax revenue.

Chairman Lee Hong-il pointed out, “The promotion of paid parking should focus on improving convenience for civil petitioners as originally intended, and should not aim to increase parking fee revenue,” and ordered that parking fees be kept as low as possible.

He added, “Since the opinions of users of the parking lot, including labor unions and staff, are of utmost importance, appropriate parking fees should be set after gathering their opinions,” and “There should be no discrimination, so I will propose at the council meeting that council members also pay the same parking fees.”

Councilor Choi Young-hwan said, “It is problematic if employees purchase regular parking permits but have no place to park or resort to double parking,” and added, “Parking demand should be carefully assessed to secure adequate parking spaces so that paid users do not experience inconvenience.”

Councilor Kim Kwang-ran stated, “Employees park all day in the outdoor parking lot of the council building, leaving no parking spaces for civil petitioners visiting the council,” and requested, “Consider securing about 20 parking spaces exclusively for council members and civil petitioners.”

Regarding the post-legislative evaluation of ordinances conducted every two years to enhance the effectiveness of ordinances, Chairman Lee Hong-il emphasized reviewing a plan for the executive branch to conduct the evaluation directly, avoiding outsourcing to external agencies.

Chairman Lee said, “Outsourcing the post-legislative evaluation to external agencies may increase reliability, but ultimately, related departments of the executive branch must provide basic data and offer opinions on abolition and revision,” and ordered, “Through an analysis of pros and cons, consider directly conducting the post-legislative evaluation in the future to reduce budget expenditures.”

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