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The Owners Corp can do anything it wants with common property, subject to planning approvals and restrictions on changes that might affect the amenity of individual lots. I would propose this to your committee, having spoken to council and assessed the cost of installing hard standing and a roof.
You might also consider whether you want the parking to remain common property or sell the spaces to individual lot owners (with each given first refusal for one space) to pay for the work.
If your admin fund is cashed up, this would be a way of owners “drawing down” its excess funds. If you have a healthy sinking fund, owners might prefer you to use that, although it would have to be presented as a maintenance project, rather than an additional construction.