City Council approves two parking operators
City Council approves two parking operators
JAKARTA (JP): City Council Speaker Edy Waluyo said on
Wednesday the council had recommended two private parking
operators to manage the city's on-street parking.
"We recommended that the city administration choose these two
operators," Edy of the Indonesian Military/National Police
faction said.
He said the council's recommendation of the two operators --
PT Adiwira Sembada and PT Mega Nusantara Masagena -- concurred
with the results of an evaluation of the four parking operators
vying to win the contract. The evaluation was carried out by the
University of Indonesia's Technology Research Institute.
But Edy said the council would not object if the city
administration chose to include the other two operators, PT
Rodial Indonesia and PT Sumber Batu, in the management of the
city's on-street parking.
"It is up to the administration. But it should be taken into
consideration that the two operators (recommended by the council)
are the best and they should be given larger parking areas (to
manage)," he said.
Council deputy speaker Djafar Badjeber suggested PT Adiwira
be assigned to manage on-street parking in North, West and East
Jakarta, while PT Mega could manage parking in Central and South
Jakarta.
"I hope the city administration can submit a cooperation
agreement with the operators to be approved by the council in the
next two months," he said.
He suggested the agreement with the parking operators be
evaluated every two years, and include a termination clause if
the operators were found to be performing poorly.
He stressed that the agreement with the private parking
operators should not result in the dismissal of people currently
employed as parking attendants or employees of the City Parking
Agency.
The parking agency has been the frequent target of criticism
because of its annual losses. The agency was allotted Rp 14.6
billion (US$1.62 million) in the 2000 city budget to manage
parking in the capital.
City Bylaw No. 5/1999 stipulates that the administration is
charged with managing on-street parking in the capital, but
leaves open the possibility of cooperating with private
companies.
The two operators, if they are appointed, would manage 517 on-
street parking areas across the capital, covering about 127,856
square meters.
The city administration earlier announced that the four
parking firms had passed the second stage of the screening
process for the partnership program.
The four operators were selected from 50 firms that took part
in the tender. (jun)