Last Day of Session》New Taipei City urges the creation of Park Management Autonomy Ordinance. There is no time to finish the second reading.

Today is the last day of the New Taipei City Council's session. Since New Taipei City does not yet have a legal source related to park management, and the terms are not consecutive, City Councilor Xu Zhaoxing proposed a change of agenda and requested that the "New Taipei City Park Management Autonomy Ordinance" be reviewed first. He hoped to get it first and then fix it. It was agreed to conduct a second reading to review 25 articles one by one. However, the review was not completed at the end of the time. Speaker Jiang Genhuang ruled to adjourn the meeting and requested the next city government to prioritize sending this ordinance to the council for review.

The explanation of the city government's proposal points out that the management and maintenance of parks in New Taipei City are currently the responsibility of each district office. In order to provide unified management and maintenance of the parks under its jurisdiction, and due to the public's demand for the quality of the recreational environment, there are still deficiencies in contingency and timeliness. The central government has not formulated a comprehensive park management and maintenance law to follow, so the Agriculture Bureau has formulated a draft of the "New Taipei City Park Management Autonomy Ordinance", which has a total of 25 articles.

Among them, Article 8 clearly stipulates the management mechanism of park plants and facilities. "The management agency should send personnel to inspect the park. If dead or damaged plants or damaged facilities are found, appropriate measures should be taken to deal with them." City Councilor Huang Shujun believes that "appropriate measures" are not clear enough and will cause many problems in law enforcement. For example, it is difficult for trees to grow. If they are dead and damaged, how can they be restored to their original state? City Councilor Zhong Hongren said that the scope of "appropriate disposal methods" is very large, and there are no penalties. At the very least, the "maintenance" responsibilities should be reminded; City Councilor Chen Yijun believes that the rigor is not enough, for example, issues such as installing surveillance cameras in blind spots and related penalties have not been discussed.

Article 12 stipulates that parks should implement gender-friendly and multicultural needs. City councilors Shi Yiyou, Li Qianping, Zhong Hongren, and Lin Mingren considered the needs of the public and all suggested that parks should be equipped with toilets. After discussion, it was added that "parks with an area of ​​0.3 hectares or more should be assessed for the installation of toilets."

On the last day of the council session, during the meeting after the intermission, city councilors Cai Shujun and Chen Yijun gathered everyone to take "graduation photos" with the heads of bureaus and departments. Xu Zhaoxing joked, "I don't want to graduate" (fighting for re-election) and did not join the group photo, creating an interesting scene.