Councilor El Cid Familiaran filed a proposed resolution last September 4, 2013 regular session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) requesting for the total subdivision cost incurred by private developers involved in Vista Alegre Relocation Site therefore clarify computation of their P9,165,000.00 contribution to the City of Bacolod.
The proposed resolution stated that "perusing the documents submitted to the SP, there is no mention of the total subdivision cost wherein the computation of the 20 percent should have been the basis, because it might be that the amount under consideration is bigger for the City’s advantage." Familiaran’s proposal referred to Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corp. and the Avida Land Corp. which channeled, according to law (R.A.7279), their 20 percent socialized housing requirement to the City’s Vista Alegre Relocation Site. To obtain accurate computation of said private developers’ socialized housing requirement, Familiarian proposed that SP be provided with total cost of their projects. To buttress the proposal for correct computation, he cited the legal opinion of former City Legal Officer Joselito Bayatan that the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the two private developers entered into by former Mayor Evelio Leonardia is a "Partial Compliance" of their 20 percent socialized housing requirement. Bayatan’s legal opinion dated December 26, 2012 read, "the MOU does not clearly provide the total subdivision cost…the same may not be reflective of the 20 percent amount in the MOU such that to avoid the misapplication of R.A. 7279 and any disadvantageous consequence to the LGU concerned, the compliance by the developer that may be appropriately stipulated in the MOU would only be a Partial Compliance." "So where is the other partial compliance?" Familiaran said during the SP regular session. Familiaran’s proposal was met with disagreement from three members of the Grupo Progreso Wing in SP which dragged the discussions for more an hour; they argue that SP has no power to regulate matters stipulated in the proposed resolution; they argued also that the project’s completion had long been accomplished therefore to request data from private developers for computation purposes is no longer needed and might send wrong signal to real estate development investors. To cut discussions, Familiaran himself opted to "Table" the proposed resolution for an appropriate time to meet with the private developers in his capacity as Chairman of the Committee on Government Assets.* by Gil Alfredo NEGROS DAILY BULLETIN
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