Angeles council approves resolution for dev’t permit of public cemetery

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2016/03/12/angeles-council-approves-resolution-devt-permit-public-cemetery
• Tuesday, March 15, 2016

By Chris Navarro

ANGELES CITY- The City Council here recently passed a resolution approving the application for a development permit of the public cemetery in Barangay Sapalibutad.

First City Councilor Jericho G. Aguas, chairman of the Committee on Landed Estate said that the committee together with Councilor Bryan Matthew Nepomuceno, vice chairman of the Committee on Laws and Rules, have jointly recommended for the approval of the "Resolution approving the application for development permit of the public cemetery located at Lot 22-A , Psd-03-204090, covered under TCT No. 045-2014001861, consisting of 15.733 square meters, located at Barangay Salapungan, Angeles City, owned by the City Government of Angeles."

Aguas said that the recommendation was done after the two committees conducted a joint committee hearing last February 9 which was attended by members of the committee and officials of the city planning, city engineer and Gercel Construction, one of the winning bidders, the other of which is Haidee Construction and Development Corporation.

Earlier, the city government loaned P100-million from the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) for the construction of the said public cemetery which was opposed by Vice-Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting and questioned by Councilor Carmelo Lazatin.

Aguas said that majority of the constituents of Barangay Sapalibutad have signified their consent through a public hearing which was conducted by the Barangay Council of the said village.

Liga ng mga Barangay president Lito Ganzon manifested that the majority of the barangays are amenable to the construction of the public cemetery at Sapalibutad.

Ganzon was reacting to an inquiry of Lazatin alleging that barangay kagawads of Sapalibutad were reportedly complaining that there was no public hearing but instead they just gathered signatures from their constituents in the said Barangay.

Meanwhile, Engr. David David of the City Planning and Development Office said that Gercel Construction and Haidee Construction have complied and submitted all the requirements except for the Environment Compliance Certificate (ECC) because it takes a month for the release of the said document coming from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. David and Gerry Concepcion of Gercel assured that they will submit to the City Council the ECC once it released.

Lazatin on the other hand raised a query that the committee should file first an ordinance before continuing the hearing the issue but Aguas and Nepomuceno clarified that an ordinance is not yet needed since the public cemetery is not yet operating.