Q.C. Pay Parking Ordinance; Are You In Favor?

[gertrude]

hey guys, merong nilulutong ordinansa sa q.c. authored by BASIC TAXI OWNER / 4TH DIST. COUNCILOR-SOON-TO-BE-CONGRESSMAN ATTY. JESUS "BONG" C. SUNTAY well guys he authored an ordinance wherein there would be a payment for parking slots anywhere in qc. for example, if you gone eating in a restaurant in tomas morato or anywhere in q.c., you will pay a parking fee of 40.00 while you eat. even if your picking up something in a certain establishment, you will be charged for a parking fee. certain business owners oppose on this ordinance to protect us consumers because its an additonal "kita" for qc politicians. BUT, my point is we are already paying enough taxes, road users tax, environmental tax, 12% vat on goods, food, tax on gasoline, etc. cant you guys in q.c. government have enough income? and now your eyeing a pay parking ordinance? calling the attention of this councilor whom i think na wala na maisip na ordinansa at tayong mga road users ang napagdiskitahan, think about it councilor! you too have cars, suv's, even you also have a ducati, what if you are in our shoes and kami ang gagawa ng ganyang ordinance? what would you feel??? are you also thinking of running for congress in 2010? well, its about time we will think about of you winning that seat, i dont think so...

[ghosthunter]

Kotong.

If they want to collect parking fees, they should hire parking fee collectors.

Otherwise, :screwloose::moon::eviltongu:massmoon:

BTW, I think it's unenforceable. How much would be charged against a group of people eating at a table? Did they bring one, two, three cars? Did they ride a taxi or walked?

[renzo_d10]

:boo: Sayang sa pera yan and kawawa mga business operators diyan, dami kasi tao diyan tuwing gabi esp friday nights. Pano na yan pag may bayad? Edi, kokonti tao tsaka mas marami sa daan magdodouble park para walang bayad. Kaya im not in favor with this crappy ordinance.



EDIT:

Matapang yan si councilor kasi pag siya pupunta doon, di siya magbabayad

[innoBOB[09JmtG]]

hey guys, merong nilulutong ordinansa sa q.c. authored by BASIC TAXI OWNER / 4TH DIST. COUNCILOR-SOON-TO-BE-CONGRESSMAN ATTY. JESUS "BONG" C. SUNTAY well guys he authored an ordinance wherein there would be a payment for parking slots anywhere in qc. for example, if you gone eating in a restaurant in tomas morato or anywhere in q.c., you will pay a parking fee of 40.00 while you eat. even if your picking up something in a certain establishment, you will be charged for a parking fee. certain business owners oppose on this ordinance to protect us consumers because its an additonal "kita" for qc politicians. BUT, my point is we are already paying enough taxes, road users tax, environmental tax, 12% vat on goods, food, tax on gasoline, etc. cant you guys in q.c. government have enough income? and now your eyeing a pay parking ordinance? calling the attention of this councilor whom i think na wala na maisip na ordinansa at tayong mga road users ang napagdiskitahan, think about it councilor! you too have cars, suv's, even you also have a ducati, what if you are in our shoes and kami ang gagawa ng ganyang ordinance? what would you feel??? are you also thinking of running for congress in 2010? well, its about time we will think about of you winning that seat, i dont think so...

buti nalang out of the way ang QC sa route ko.. hehe..

sympathies for the QC people

[oliver1013]

Kawawang taxpayers dapat unahin ng mga kumag na to ang problema sa squatters sa QC, andaming kawawang lot owners bayad ng bayad ng property tax di naman mapakinabangan dahil may squatters tapos eto nanaman

[Ikabod]

Kawawang taxpayers dapat unahin ng mga kumag na to ang problema sa squatters sa QC, andaming kawawang lot owners bayad ng bayad ng property tax di naman mapakinabangan dahil may squatters tapos eto nanaman

Agree ako dito. Unahin na munang mabawasan ang mga squatters na di nagbabayad ng mga taxes ng QC at pinahihirapan ang mga legitimate property owners na paalisin ang mga ito kapag gusto na nilang pakinabangan ang mga property nila. Kapag nagawa ng QC govt ito ay mas dadami pa siguro ang magtatayo ng businesses sa QC.

Tungkol sa parking, mas gugustuhin ko pang higpitan ng QC city engineer's office ang pagpapatupad ng minimum required na parking space para sa mga nagtatayo ng isang place of business. Para kapag may nagtayo ng business ay mapipilitan silang mag-allot ng resonableng dami ng parking spaces para sa customers nila (di na rin tayo mahihirapan). Kung hindi man ay dapat pag-aralan ng QC govt kung kailangan ng itaas ang minimum number ng parking space required per place of business.

Isa pang option ng QC govt ay bumili sila ng mga lote na malalapit o nasa mga lugar na problema ang parking (nakakaharang sa mga kalsada) at magtayo ng mga car park buildings kung seryoso sila na bigyan ng solusyon ang parking problem sa QC. Tutal, niyayabang naman nila na marami silang pera e. Kaysa ibili nila ng mga mamahaling sasakyan ang mga baranggay (naka- high end na Isuzu Crosswind nga ang baranggay captain namin e) ay puwedeng dun na lang nila dalhin ang pera na kinikita ng QC govt para mapakinabangan naman ng mga legitimate QC taxpayers. O di kaya ay ayusin naman nila ang mga bldg ng QC City Hall. Hiwa-hiwalay na nga ang mga opisina ng QC govt tapos puro fire trap pa halos lahat ng bldg. (Ooops, sorry OT na ako.)

[marg]

Kilala ko tong P*$%^nang mayabang na Bong Suntay. Dream niya talaga maging Tongressman, dati pa.

If you are from QC, remember NOT to vote for him in the next 5 elections.

[rai711]

tongressman dapat yan wag iboto buset sa bayan trapo!!! papanu kung mag pickup ka lang ng mga papers babayad kapa grabe naman!!!!

[gertrude]

Tungkol sa parking, mas gugustuhin ko pang higpitan ng QC city engineer's office ang pagpapatupad ng minimum required na parking space para sa mga nagtatayo ng isang place of business. Para kapag may nagtayo ng business ay mapipilitan silang mag-allot ng resonableng dami ng parking spaces para sa customers nila (di na rin tayo mahihirapan). Kung hindi man ay dapat pag-aralan ng QC govt kung kailangan ng itaas ang minimum number ng parking space required per place of business.

Isa pang option ng QC govt ay bumili sila ng mga lote na malalapit o nasa mga lugar na problema ang parking (nakakaharang sa mga kalsada) at magtayo ng mga car park buildings kung seryoso sila na bigyan ng solusyon ang parking problem sa QC. Tutal, niyayabang naman nila na marami silang pera e. Kaysa ibili nila ng mga mamahaling sasakyan ang mga baranggay (naka- high end na Isuzu Crosswind nga ang baranggay captain namin e) ay puwedeng dun na lang nila dalhin ang pera na kinikita ng QC govt para mapakinabangan naman ng mga legitimate QC taxpayers.

i agree with that parking bldg., in fact i have a news clip thru inquirer.net please read;
[SIZE=4]Construct parking buildings first[/SIZE]
Neal Cruz
Philippine Daily Inquirer

July 27, 2009


Quezon City is in an uproar over the pay parking scheme proposed to the City Council by Councilor Bong Suntay. Suntay says pay parking would put order in the streets and ease traffic congestion that bedevils most “places of interest.” (Place of interest is defined as any place where people congregate, such as shopping malls, restaurant rows, churches, schools, etc.) Under the proposal, parking attendants would collect fees of P20 to P120 for parking for the first three hours. Businessmen and the general public oppose it because, business groups say, potential customers would refrain from going to these “places of interest” if they have to pay parking fees and because, the public says, it would mean additional expense to them.
As I see it, the alleged purpose—easing traffic congestion—is good but the means of achieving it—pay parking—is bad.
Even if you impose pay parking on all the streets of Quezon City, it would not restore traffic order and ease vehicle congestion.
The only thing it would do is to make the city government (and its parking contractors) very rich and therefore give the councilors more money to spend on such harebrained ideas as concrete half-arches with the names of councilors carved in stone at the entrance and exit of every barangay (village), waiting sheds with the names of councilors prominently painted on the roofs, basketball courts in the middle of streets, and billboards and posters for every occasion (INC anniversary, Bishop Eraño Manalo’s birthday, graduation, school opening, vacation time, barangay fiesta, Valentine’s Day and any other excuse to display the names of councilors). The streets would remain congested because it would not remove parked vehicles from the streets. On the contrary, it would induce the city government to allow parking on previously no-parking streets because that would mean more income for the city administration and its private contractors.
The way to put order in city streets is to prohibit parking on the streets and sidewalks in front of business establishments. In the United States and in a few business enclaves in Makati, ample parking is provided at the back of stores and offices. But that cannot be done here now because lots here are small and the buildings and stores have already been constructed on the small lots. A few establishments have basement parking but they are never enough and so parking is also allowed on the streets and sidewalks.
Instead of immediately collecting parking fees from vehicles parking on streets and sidewalks, what the city council should do is authorize the city government to construct parking buildings at or near the “places of interest.” Then it would be justified in charging parking fees.
The reason vehicles are parked on streets and sidewalks is that there are no other parking areas. It is the duty of the government, both local and national, to provide the people with parking areas. Establishments with ample parking attract customers. Businessmen recognize that providing enough parking is good business practice. No parking and heavy traffic drive customers away.
Private lot owners should be enticed to construct parking buildings (shops and restaurants on the ground floor but parking on the upper floors) on their properties by offering them incentives: tax holidays, low-interest loans, etc. Then strictly prohibit parking on the streets near the parking building so drivers would use it.
Or the government itself can construct the parking building either on government land or on leased property. Then use the money collected from parking fees to fund the construction of more parking buildings. Besides, the Quezon City government has an excess of funds collected from taxpayers to build them.
The city government has spent many millions of pesos beautifying sidewalks in the Kamuning area: Tomas Morato, Timog, Panay, Quezon Avenues. But what did the business establishments along these streets do? They converted the sidewalks into their private parking slots for customers. The sidewalks are for pedestrians, not for vehicles. As “consuelo de bobo,” a narrow strip has been reserved for pedestrians, so narrow that they have to walk single file on them.
Kamuning was designed by the People’s Homesite and Housing Corp. (PHHC), the predecessor of the present National Housing Authority (NHA), as a residential area with wide sidewalks to encourage walking. It constructed two- and three-bedroom houses perched on the rolling hillsides. We lived in one of these chalets (on K-1st street) and I still remember Kamuning was beautiful during the early days, with similar-looking multi-colored chalets lining the undulating streets. On a Sunday morning, you can watch churchgoers walking down the wide sidewalks on the way to the Christ the King chapel below.
Now Kamuning is a crowded and seedy commercial-residential area with Morato, Timog and Panay as restaurant rows and Kamias lined with automotive shops. The city government widened the streets but stole parts of the sidewalks.
Some business establishments have cordoned off parts of the streets and sidewalks fronting them to reserve them for customer parking. Non-customers are shooed away.
That is illegal and those business establishments can be sued for doing that. Those sidewalks and streets belong to the public; they are not their private property and they have no vested right to it.
Undoubtedly, these areas would benefit from a few parking buildings and those businesses who have banded together to oppose the parking fees could better use their groups to construct the buildings themselves or lobby the government to build them. Meanwhile, the city council should drop the parking fee proposal and instead concentrate on putting up parking buildings.


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[falken]

Malaking katarantaduhan ito, the streets are paid for out of us taxpayer's money. And now, we have to pay again just to be able to park anywhere in Q.C.?! Talk about ginisa sa sariling mantika.