DENR approval needed on CJH barangays’ segregation
>> Saturday, May 20, 2017
By
Dexter A. See
BAGUIO CITY – The
approval of the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources is needed to
segregate barangays within Camp John Hay here.
This, as Mayor
Mauricio G. Domogan told officials of Bases Conversion and Development
Authority and its subsidiary, the John Hay Management Corp., he will personally
provide assistance to secure approval of the DENR on survey to start
segregation of 13 barangays from the 625-hectare Camp John Hay forest
reservation.
The mayor
expressed optimism segregation of the 13 barangays from the reservation will be
realized during the term of President Duterte following positive pronouncements
from new set of BCDA and JHMC officers on how to pursue segregation.
“We already
had several meetings with BCDA and JHMC officials regarding the segregation of
the 13 barangays and we were able to somewhat reach an agreement that it should
be pursued the soonest through the conduct of consultations with the affected
stakeholders. We made it clear to them that what should be segregated is the
areas occupied by the barangays,” Domogan said.
He added he
was awaiting decision of BCDA and JHMC officials on how to undertake the
segregation so city officials will be able to provide inputs for realization of government
commitment to inhabitants of the concerned barangays.
Domogan
said, residents in the barangays to be segregated must understand rules being
implemented by BCDA and JHMC regarding entry of construction materials wherein
if the said materials will be for improvements of their houses, they must
coordinate the matter with JHMC for their information and guidance.
Under
existing rules, vertical and horizontal improvements of structures within the
barangays situated within the Camp John Hay reservation are prohibited, except
for individuals who own titled properties in said barangays.
Domogan
said what is important now is for BCDA and JHMC officials to recognize the
validity of the 19 conditions imposed by the local government for the
development of the 247-hectare John Hay Special Economic Zone (JHSEZ) wherein
one of the conditions was for BCDA to facilitate the exclusion of the 14
barangays from the forest reservation.
He said the
present BCDA and JHMC leadership is proactive that is why there is no
compelling reason why segregation of the 14 barangays will not be realized
considering existence of final survey results which only needs the approval of
the DENR to start the process so people in the barangays to be segregated will
have the chance to process titling of their lots once the lands in their
barangays will be reclassified as alienable and disposable.
He said he
was also awaiting results of the survey that was conducted for the
identification of the political boundaries of the concerned barangays to be
aligned with the cadastral survey conducted by the DENR to thresh out
differences prior to implementation of segregation.
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