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City Development Strategy Report for Balanga City 9 Mar 2009

City Development Strategies in the Philippines: An Enabling

Platform for Good Governance and Improving Service Delivery

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CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES IN THE PHILIPPINES: AN ENABLING PLATFORM FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE AND IMPROVING SERVICE DELIVERY

The CDS3 Project is a technical assistance grant funded by Cities Alliance and

supported by the Asian Development Bank, Japan International Cooperation

Agency, UN-Habitat, and the World Bank. The CDS project was developed

in response to the need to introduce an integrated, comprehensive, and

participatory approach to urban management. Founded on the principles

of livability, bankability, competitiveness and good governance, the CDS

process guides the cities in the preparation of comprehensive, long-

term development strategies, where the city government involves local

stakeholders in the entire strategic planning process-assessment, visioning,

strategy formulation and project prioritization and capital investment

planning-through a series of consultations.

The World Bank implemented the pilot phase in the 1999 with 7 cities.

Since then, the League of Cities of the Philippines carried out 2 succeeding

phases, which expanded the program to 58 cities in all. In 2001, the Up-

scaling Poverty Focused City Development Strategies (CDS2) covered

31 new cities. In 2005, the project CDS in the Philippines: An Enabling

Platform for Good Governance and Improving Service Delivery (CDS3)

added 15 new cities to the roster of CDS cities in the Philippines. Under

the preparation grant for the City Development and Investment Project,

the League also carried out CDS for 5 new cities. As of 2008, 64 of 120 cities

have participated in the CDS program, including 3 cities assisted by ADB

under the Cities without Slums Project (Caloocan, Quezon and Taguig),

and the 3 cities that participated in the Local Environmental Planning and

Management Project of the UNDP (Lipa, Cagayan de Oro and Tagbilaran).

For more information on CDS, you may visit http:www.cdsea.org

ContactMayor : Hon. Jose Enrique S. Garcia IIIAddress : City Hall, Poblacion, 2100 Balanga City, BataanTel. Nos. : (047) 237-2256; 237-3510Fax No. : (047) 237-2969Mobile : (0917) 804-1632URL/Web : www.cityofbalanga.gov.ph

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Balanga CityB ATA A N , P H I L I P P I N E S

C I T Y D E V E LO P M E N TS T R AT E G I E S I N T H E P H I L I P P I N E S

A n Enabling Pla tform for Good Governance and improving Ser vice Deliver y

C I T Y D E V E L O P M E N T S T R AT E G I E S R E P O R T

Hon. Jose Enrique S. Garcia III, City Mayor

Hon. Noel Joseph L. Valdecañas, City Vice Mayor

Hon. Jovy Z. Banzon, SP Committee Chairman on Finance

Hon. Val Joseph Fernandez, SP Committee Chairman on Agriculture

Mr. Rodolfo H. de Mesa, City Administrator

Engr. Marilen Z. Alonzo, City Assessor/OIC Budget Officer

Mr. Joselito R. Evangelista, City Treasurer

Dra. Rosalia Ocampo, OIC City Health Officer

Ms. Elsa P. Ilagan, OIC City Planning and Development Office

Engr. Miguel A. Sanchez III, Head Project Development Division

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

SELECTED URBAN KARTE INDICATORS

INTRODUCTION 1

SITUATION ANALySIS 6

LIVABILITy 6

COMPETITIVENESS 11

BANKABILITy 14

GOOD GOVERNANCE 15

VISION AND CITy BRAND 17

STRATEGIES 18

ANNExES

PROJECT PROFILES 19

FUNDING SOURCES 23

CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN 24


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A2

A11

A7

A15

A17

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B

C

A18

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B

C

D

L1

L11

L14

L30

L41

L45

C18

A

B

C

D

C29

C32

B3

B4

FP2 - B

FP2 - D

G2

71,088

83,901

18.02%

111.63 Km2

80,143

16,680

4,441

3,766

26,075

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yes

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40.14%

84.19%

44.12%

8.20%

95% (2006)

1,195

1,329

246

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6.78% -4.23%

10.69%

1.61%

12.12%

276.66

15.28

30 mins.

2000 population

Total Population (2005)

Population Growth Rate (2000-2005)

Administrative Land Area (Km2)

Urban Population (projected 2005)

Number of Households (2000)

Estimated Employment by Industry Sector

Primary (agriculture, fishery, forestry)

Secondary (manufacturing, mining, processing)

Tertiary (services, banking, insurance, wholesale/retail trade)

What are the City’s geographical advantages?

Regional/provincial center

Accessibility to an airport of international standards

Accessibility to a port of international standards

Others (please describe)

% of HH with access to piped water (level 3)

Cohort survival rate for elementary (2005)

Cohort survival rate for high school (2005)

Infant mortality rate

Crime solution efficiency rate

Number of HH living in informal settlements

Building permits issued within the last 5 years

Residential

Commercial

Agricultural

Institutional

Unemployment rate (2001 vs. 2005)

% population with undergraduate degree

% Total Debt Servicing Needs to Total Regular Income

% of savings to expenditures (2007)

Per Capita Allocation to Health Services

Per Capita Allocation to Education Sector

Average Number of days to issue a NEW business license (w/ complete documents)

INDICATORS BALANGA

INTRODUCTION

The City Government of Balanga, by virtue of Sangguniang Panlungsod Resolution No. 25, Series of 2006, dated 23 February 2006, participated in the City Development Strategies 3 (CDS3) Project: An Enabling Platform for Good Governance and Improving Service Delivery”. With the corresponding Balanga City CDS Team created by Sangguniang Panlungsod Resolution No. 70, Series of 2006, the CDS Team together with some of the members of the Technical Working Group (TWG) conducted studies and consultation meetings with the city’s stakeholders as well as participated in various trainings from May to November 2006. The CDS Final Report was submitted and presented to different investors at an Investment Market Place held on 8 December 2006 at the Manila Pavillon, Ermita, Manila.

After more than a year and only one (1) of the priority projects identified in the report implemented and one (1) still on-going, the current administration deemed it necessary to review the present situation of the city and re-align projects, if necessary. Thus, the city government is undertaking the updating of the CDS Report.


G2

G7

G11

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Average Number of days to RENEW business license (w/ complete documents)

% of local revenue/total revenue

Frequency of meetings of the Local Development Council (LDC)

ADDITIONAL DATA (from the survey)

Poverty Incidence

Performance of elementary children in NAT

Performance of high school children in NAT

Percentage of participation of Local Special Bodies (LSBs) in public hearings conducted

Presence of ELA (if yes, proceed to questions 6 and 7; if no, proceed to question 8)

Percentage of Projects implemented from ELA derived from CLUP

Percentage of Projects implemented from AIP derived from ELA

No. of registered small and medium industries (2001 vs 2005 for all types)

Number of barangays practicing segregation at source and served by an MRF

Percent of waste generated diverted from disposal

Presence of sanitary landfill

INDICATORS BALANGA

30 mins.

28.37%

Once a month

69.62% (2005-2006)

58.61% (2005-2006)

100%

Yes

100%

100%

19

88%

22%

None

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Mindanao

Manila Bay

Morong

Samal

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BalangaPilar

Limay

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Balanga City

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Mt. Samat


SITUATION ANALYSIS

The Balanga City Urban Karte was updated based on the latest 2007 data. The information gathered served as indicators of the city’s performance and would be analyzed following the four (4) principles of CDS, which are as follows:

LIVABILITY

As defined by the World Urban Forum, livability means quality of life. At CDS, livability is answered by proposed strategic plans for the question: “what can be done to ensure a healthy and dignified standard of living for the city’s residents?”

One of the basic needs that is most important in one’s health is water. The City of Balanga has its ground water as common source of water supply. It has its own water district which takes charge of water supply distribution through piped system with individual household connections. Of the city’s 17,823 households, 13,496 or 75.72% has individual piped-in system provided by the Balanga Water District, Brgy. Water Utilities and Small Water Provider as well as modified Level III connections and own tube wells (Level 3). Almost 9% or 1,596 have access to Level 2 piped system (communal water faucets) and 2,731 or 15.32% have access to Level 1 (deep well, springs, streams and other sources). These households are mostly found in Tortugas, Dangcol, Tanato, and Cabog-Cabog. Minimum cost of Level 3 piped system is PhP 98.00 ( 0 - 10 cu. meters) for residential and PhP 145.50 for commercial.

Another important factor in the health condition of the constituents is the availability of toilet facilities. 95.47% or 17,015 of the total 17,823 households have toilet facilities and with septic tanks. Only 4.53% has no toilet facility.

Further, the city has the necessary facilities and services for the protection of its constituents’ health. There exist in the city one (1) General Hospital, four (4) private hospitals, thirty (30) medical clinics and twenty five (25) dental clinics with a combined bed capacity of 420. On the part of the City Government, there are three (3) Rural Health Units (RHU’s) and twenty (20) Barangay Health Stations (BHS) that provide its residents with adequate preventive health care. Per 1,000 population, there exist 1.70 medical doctors, 0.89 dentist, and 2.10 nurses/Barangay Health Workers, 4.68 hospital beds, 0.25 health centers and 0.77 clinics. Malnutrition rate of children under five (5) years of age is 6.8% and infant mortality rate is 7:1,000, which is very much lower than the national average of 29 out of

1,000. Barangay Camacho is where the highest incidence of the top three (3) causes of morbidity occurs. However, 95% of these incidents in Barangay Camacho are acute upper respiratory infection, which are diagnosed by the midwives as merely common cough and colds.

Balanga is also regarded as the education center of the Province. There is a number of pre-elementary, elementary, secondary schools, universities, colleges, computer schools, training and vocational institutions. Providing a day care center in each barangay is one of the successful social services programs of the city. At present, there are 25 day care centers with a total enrollment of 1,475. For the pre-elementary, enrolment at public schools is 975 while the private schools have 1,028 enrollees. The seventeen (17) public elementary schools cater to 87% of the total 10,778 elementary pupils while the eleven (11) private elementary schools serve the remaining 13%. With the former Balanga Elementary School, now referred to as Balanga Integrated School, offering secondary education, there are already two (2) public secondary schools in the city, which serves 77% of the total 7,742 high school enrollment. Likewise, there are four (4) private schools offering secondary education to 23% of the students in this level. For higher education and vocational schools, there are ten (10) colleges/vocational schools and one (1) university in the city. The college graduates of the city could be classified as 39% nursing graduates, 7% computer, 31% engineering/technical, 9% commerce, 9% education, 1% behavioral and 4% other courses. On the other hand, vocational graduates could be categorized as 15% nursing related, 51% computer related, 16% technical and the remaining 18% fall to other different vocational courses. Finally, to augment the above-mentioned formal system of education, alternative learning system and specialized vocational courses are also being offered in selected public schools.

Teacher-pupil ratio in public elementary schools is 1:38.77 and 1:19.29 in private elementary schools. Teacher-student ratio in public secondary school is 1:39.48 and 1:17.99 in private secondary schools. .

COHORT SURVIVAL RATE

SCHOOL yEAR ELEMENTARy SECONDARy

2003-2004 91.44 % 73.41 %

2004-2005 85.64 % 54.11 %

2005-2006 84.19 % 44.12 %

2006-2007 83.81% 76.25%


The declining cohort survival rate particularly in the elementary level can be attributed to family income limitations, poor accessibility of some of the elementary schools as well as outmigration of pupils whose parents were transferred to new places of work. Improvements in the cohort survival rates can be attained with complementary initiatives that shall generate employment for the people of Balanga. The consistent high performance of Balanga pupils and students in national government-administered aptitude tests indicates that the quality of basic education being provided in the city is better compared to other localities in the region. A harmonious relationship among parents and teachers was identified as a major contributor to this. The presence of public elementary schools in all barangays reflects the priority accorded to improve accessibility to basic elementary education.

For environmental issues, the concern for solid waste management for the maintenance of a good quality living environment was given emphasis when the national government passed Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. From initial activities dating back to February of 2000, the City Government responded to RA 9003 by reorganizing its City Solid Waste Management Board that shall look into minimizing waste generation at point sources, recycling, recovery and the adoption of an ecologically sound disposal method. Today, 97.70% of total households and 92.00% of the barangays have access to Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). The barangays and areas representing the 8% that has no access to MRF and/or not covered by collection of solid wastes are Dangcol, Tanato and Cabog-Cabog. Sad to say, the disposal of their garbage is either through open burning, dumping at backyard dumping pits, or throwing garbage directly to rivers.

The original 51 hectares mangrove area of the City of Balanga was reduced to only 49% due to denudation. However, the continuous reforestation/rehabilitation activities conducted resulted in the expansion of the present mangrove area up to its current coverage of 41.40 hectares. This means that only 9.6 hectares or 18.82% of mangrove area remains to be reforested. For this year, the target is to reforest 3 hectares. Of this total, approximately 0.4 hectare of mangrove area at Barangay Tortugas was planted with 4,000 mangrove propagules from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. In addition, the City proposes to study the further increase of the mangrove area to support the Bird Sanctuary Project

In terms of utilities and amenities, the city has also a stable power supply. For the past five (5) years or so, it has not yet experienced any power shortages. This can be attributed to its close proximity to the power grid of the National Power Corporation in Limay. The power distribution within

the City is being handled by the Peninsula Electric Cooperative (PENELCO), which retails electricity to end-users, particularly residential consumers, commercial and small processing and manufacturing establishments. At present, all of the 25 barangays are energized. The area coverage includes 17,065 households or 95.75% of the total potential coverage of 17,823 households. Average cost of electricity per kwh for residential consumer is PhP 7.36 and PhP 7.03 for commercial.

With regards to flooding, the City has its share of this problem. The coastal areas are usually under water during high tide, and lasts for several hours before subsiding. Floods also occur at the Central Business District (CBD) during heavy downpour but recede once the rain stops. The flood control facilities of the City consist mainly of dikes, revetments and drainage mains. The total length of drainage system is 180 km. Initiatives such as desilting of rivers, and upgrading and construction of new drainage mains have been implemented to increase the drainage capacity of the system. As a result of these initiatives, a marked improvement can be evidenced by last year’s absence of flooding in the CBD.

Balanga City’s livability in terms of peace and order could be confirmed by its high crime solution efficiency rate of 91%. For a crime volume of 46, the number of crime incidents solved was 42.

Three bus companies namely Genesis Transport, Bataan Transit and Victory Liner with provincial terminals serving the provincial and regional routes serve the city populace. Jeepneys and minibuses ply the municipal routes while intra-zonal trips within the city are carried out using motorized tricycles. There are 33.68 tricycles and 10.13 utility jeepneys/minibuses per 1000 population or a total of 3,020 tricycles with14 tricycle terminals, 675 jeepneys and 233 minibuses with one Integrated Transport Terminal, owned and operated by the Provincial Government.

Considering the volume of the vehicles and the access to the terminal, which is a narrow two-way road, traffic congestion usually occurs in its surrounding areas as well as in the CBD during peak hours. However, this could be minimized with the implementation of the city ordinance, which bans the issuance of tricycle franchise as well as through designing a more effective traffic scheme in the area complemented by additional traffic enforcers and city marshals. In addition, it is important to note that the upper levels of the above-mentioned terminal building, which has been in existence in the city since year 2000, are being eyed by the new administration as a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Center. The Provincial Government is offering it to potential private investors with the integrated transport terminal to be improved and located at the adjacent


more spacious lot. The BPO Center has a high potential in the city since 86% and 66% of its college and vocational graduates, respectively fall to the list of specialist graduates whose courses are required in the operation of a BPO Center.

The existing sidewalks for people to walk on within the CBD are inadequate thus, causing the pedestrians to interfere in the usual traffic flow in the area.

The total existing city road network of Balanga has an aggregate length of about 66.60 kilometers. Out of this total, about 38 kilometers are concrete; 6 kilometers are asphalt-paved while the rest are gravel roads. In general, the road system is adequate compared to other municipalities of Bataan.

The city has low number of informal settlers, which represent only 7.4% or equivalent to 1,319 of the total households while 72.37% or 12,898 of this total are living in permanent structures. However, indigent families who avail of various social welfare and medical assistance from the city government number to 8,721.

Opportunities and Strengths

• Only7.4%ofthetotalhouseholdsareinformalsettlers;

• Teacher-pupil ratios in public and private elementary schools arewithin the 1:35 standard ratios.

• Per1,000populations,thereexist1.70medicaldoctors,0.89dentists,and 2.10 nurses/barangay health workers, 4.68 hospital beds, 0.25 health centers and 0.77 clinics.

• Malnutritionrateofchildrenunderfive(5)yearsofageis6.8%.

• 97.70%oftotalhouseholdshaveaccesstosolidwastecollectionoratotal of 17,823 except for Barangay Tanato, Cabog-Cabog and Dangcol and 92% of the barangays have access to Materials Recovery Facility.

• 13,496ofthetotalhouseholdshaveindividualpiped-insystem(Level3) while 1,596 have access to Level 2 piped system (communal water faucets).

• 17,015 of the total households have toilet facilities and with septictanks.

• Alltwentyfive(25)barangaysarereachedbypowersupply

• Highcrimesolutionefficiencyrateof91%.

• 86% and 66% of college and vocational graduates, respectively fallto the list of specialist graduates whose courses are required in the operation of a BPO Center

Issues

• Decliningcohortsurvivalrateattheelementarylevel

• 2,731ofthetotalhouseholdshaveLevel1(deepwell,springs,streamsand other sources) source of water.

• TheCity’soriginalmangroveareaof51hectareswasdenudedby49%with still 9.60 hectares to be reforested to attain the original total mangrove area

• Poor solid waste management in upland barangays due to non-coverage of garbage collection and non-accessibility to MRF

• Presenceof8,721indigentorlow-incomefamilies

COMPETITIVENESS

Competitiveness shows urban productivity and economic structure and indicates how attractive the city is to potential investors. At CDS, competitiveness is answered by the proposed strategic plans for the question: “How can the LGU be more competitive and how can it excel in the global economy?”

Approximately, Balanga has a total area of 4,216 hectares devoted to agricultural crop production, 56% of which is classified as riceland, 6% as vegetable land, 28% as fruit land, 0.40% as sugar land, 0,20% as coconut land, 0,30% as bamboo land, 0,10% as nipa land, 1% as mangrove marine land and 8% as fishpond. Agricultural production in 2007 included 10,494 MT of rice, 244.80 MT of corn and 2,900 MT of mango, the main fruit produce. For the fishery sector, the area of fishpond used totaled to 309.9 hectares, 7.5 % of which is located in the uplands, and produced 889.82 MT. Additional fish catch of 153.50 MT was produced through the use of motorized bancas.

The city has twelve (12) rice mills/semi cono/kiskisan, fifteen (15) warehouses, six (6) driers and three (3) mechanical driers, which are all privately owned.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

MAJOR CROP (MT) LIVESTOCK POULTRy FISHPOND PRODUCTION

Rice - 10,494 25,290 heads 146,783 heads 1,043.32 MT

Corn – 244.80 1,450,000 eggs

Other vegetables

(Sweet Potato) – 1,699.40

Mango – 2,900


For the secondary sector, the city has twenty five (25) small industries engaging in garments (3), wood (2), furniture (1), metals (12), machines/equipment (6) and one (1) explosives/ammunition.

The tertiary sector has 2,145 business registrants broken down as follows:

Type of Business Number

Retail 983

Wholesale 12

Services 989

Food Processing 38

Banks/Pawnshops/other Financing Institutions 123

Total 2.145

from tourist destinations in other municipalities are readily available. As mentioned, it is the location of the Integrated Transport Terminal and the bus terminals for inter-municipal and inter-province bus companies. Thus, accessibility is not a question in Balanga City. The nearest international port and airport are just 55 and 50 kilometers away. Travelers coming from Manila can take the ferry to the Diosdado Macapagal Cruise Terminal, which is only 12 kilometers from the City Proper. Aside from these factors, the City of Balanga has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Municipal Mayors of Pilar and Orion to link their respective tourism development programs. All these factors could eventually lead to establishing Balanga City as the province’s tourism gateway.

Admittedly, the City’s natural tourist and scenic spots are underdeveloped or untapped. However, it has four (4) unique areas of interests enumerated as follows:

1. Bataan Provincial Capitol - The oldest provincial building in 1729 is located in Balanga City. The building has withstood the times and continues to bear witnesses to Balanga’s phenomenal growth.

2. St. Joseph Cathedral - Formerly Saint Joseph Catholic church, the cathedral is located at the heart of the city. This was used as a site for Japanese artillery bombardment of Mt. Samat where both Filipino and American forces gave last stand.

3. Surrender Site at Balanga Elementary School - This site marks the place where the last defenses of Bataan was given up during the World War II. On April 9, 1942, General Edward P. King, commander of the U.S. Forces in Bataan, surrendered to the Japanese forces.

4. Fall of Bataan Marker - This marker, found at the Provincial Capitol Compound, is the memory of our war veterans. It symbolizes the courage and the enduring commitment of a Filipino soldier to his country.

Further, it is worth emphasizing that Brgy. Pto Rivas is consistently in the top three sites with the highest number of species of migratory birds. For this reason, Pto. Rivas, as well as its nearby coastal barangays of Tortugas and Sibacan, were declared as a bird sanctuary. Pto. Rivas is also now included in the destination list for tourists in the province for its bird watching attraction. This is in addition to the different man-made tourist attractions of the locality.

The City Government owns and operates the public market and slaughter house. Telephone services are provided by PLDT and DIGITEL while cellular phone services are available thru SMART, GLOBE, and SUN. GLOBE is also set to install fiber optic cables necessary for IT infrastructure. Of the total households, only 27.91% have telephone connections as local residents prefer to use cellular phones. Other communication services such as fax, internet and video conferencing are offered by some computer shops. Presently, there are twenty seven (27) internet cafes in the city.

As of 2007, the city’s labor force population ranging from 15 years old and over who are economically active is projected to be equivalent to 46,518. People in the labor force category are those who are either employed or unemployed. The city’s employment rate is 97.04% against the unemployment rate which is 2.96%. The underemployment rate on the other hand took a 14.70% share out of around 97% of the employed individuals. Minimum wage in the agricultural sector is PhP240.00 while the industrial and services sector has the same average rate of PhP260.00 per day. Zonal valuation of the Bureau of internal Revenue shows that the average cost of land for residential use is PhP833.00 per sq.m.; for commercial and industrial use, PhP5,077.00/sq.m.; for agricultural use, PhP53.00/sq.m.; and lastly, for institutional use, PhP380.00/sq.m.

At present, the city has four (4) hotels, seven (7) inland resorts, eleven (11) lodging houses, one (1) cinema, three (3) shopping centers and eighty eight (88) restaurants. Out of the total sixteen (16) hotels included in the list of the Provincial Tourism Office, only the Crown Royale Hotel in Balanga City is considered as a “First Class Hotel”, which gives tourists a range of choices for the type of lodging facilities they prefer. Aside from these tourist accommodation facilities, it is important to note that the city is the capital of the province and is centrally located where transportation to and



• 99%ofthetotaleffectivericelandareaof2,385hectares is irrigatedand only 1% is non-irrigated

• 309.9hectaresor95%ofareasdevotedtoaquacultureisutilized,7.5%of which is located in the uplands

• Twentyfive(25)smallindustriesforthesecondarysector

• 2,145businessregistrantsinthetertiarysector

• Possibilityforeco-tourism,specificallybirdwatching

• Thecitycouldserveasthejump-offpointorentry-exitpointforthetourists in the entire province.

Issues

• Low productivity in the agricultural sector due to lack of access toupland and fishponds, lack of post harvest facilities and modern technology for higher value adding activities such as processing of their products.

• Insufficient fish production resulting from the use of destructivefishing methods, non-regulation of coastal resources development and encroachment problems

• Inadequatetradingcenterfacilitiesforagriculturalproducts.

• Some upland/lowland farmers are not ready to replace traditionalcrops for higher value crops.

• Inaccessibilityoffinancinginstitutiontofinancetheyieldoffarmers/fishermen.

• Untappedorunderdevelopednaturaltouristandscenicspotsofthecity.

BANKABILITY

An LGU is said to be bankable if it has the ability to deliver basic services efficiently, the ability to promote, support and sustain local business and economic activities. At CDS, bankability is answered by the proposed strategic plans for the question “How can LGUs be more financially stable and how can public-private sector partnerships be promoted and/or enhanced?”

Balanga is a 4th class component city. Last year 2007, it earned a total revenue of PhP265,239,714.95 while its total expenditures was PhP243,381,996.70 covering personal services, maintenance and operating

expenses, capital outlay, subsidies and donations. This leads to a savings of PhP21,857,718.16 resulting to 8.24% savings ratio. Total loan repayments were Php2,408,195.26 for a debt service ratio of 0.91% against total income of PhP265,239,714.95.

IRA dependency was 68% and only 32% came from local sources that comprise the tax revenue (RPT, business and miscellaneous) and non tax revenues (fees and other charges, public market, slaughter house, bus terminal, other economic enterprises). It is interesting to note that for the past five years, the city’s IRA dependency has been declining from 78% in 2003 down to its current rate. On the other hand, the share of income from local sources increased from 22% in 2003 to 32% last year. This means an improvement in the revenue generating capacity of the city. More increases in the local income are expected with the updating of the Local Revenue Code. In addition, other revenue generating activities like the upgrading of the Balanga City Public Market and establishment of the “Bagsakan” or Food Terminal for local produce are being implemented to attract more entrepreneurs and businessmen to the city.


• 8.24%savingsratio

• Debtserviceratioofonly0.91%

Issues

• IRAdependencywas68%andonly32%camefromlocalsources

• Delayed implementation/utilization of the updated real propertyassessed values

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Urban governance can be defined as the sum of many ways individuals and institutions, public and private, plan and manage the common affairs of the city. It is a continuing process through which conflicting or diverse interests may be accommodated and cooperative action can be taken. The five (5) principles of good urban governance are:

1. effectiveness;

2. equity;

3. participation;

4. accountability;

5. security.


At CDS, good governance is answered by the proposed strategic plans for the question, “How can the LGU’s management be improved? And how accountability, integrity and transparency can be made as an integral part of the city’s management?”

The existence of One Stop shop expedites the approval and issuance of permits and licenses. It takes only thirty (30) minutes to renew a business license. On the other hand, it takes an average of two (2) days to secure building and occupancy permits and locational clearance, assuming required submittals are complete.

The City Government has 402 permanent and 345 job orders/contractual employees. The ratio of the LGU employee per 1000 population is 8.33. The ratio of non-regular employee to total number of employee is 0.46. Percentage of the city government expenditure per year for wages is 27.31%. The City also takes pride in having fourteen (14) accredited NGOs and community/religious organization as active partners in the delivery of welfare services. The presence of billboards including the newly installed electronic billboard, the local radio stations and cable station, website (www.cityofbalanga.gov.ph), regular twice a month barangay week wherein the basic services of the city government are brought down to the barangay level, and city newsletter published every quarter ensure people’s participation and public disclosure. However, city financial statements including its budget and expenditures are not yet published in the website. With the proposed Financial Management Information System, this concern could be resolved.


• The existence of One Stop Shop, which expedites the approval andissuance of permits and licenses for only thirty (30) minutes.

• TheCityhasfourteen(14)accreditedNGOsandcommunity/religiousorganizations.

• The presence of billboards including the newly installed electronicbillboard, local radio stations and cable station, website (www.cityofbalanga.gov.ph), regular twice a month barangay week and city newsletter published every quarter ensure people’s participation and public disclosure .

Issues

• Ratio of non-regular LGU employee to total number of employee is0.46. The ratio of LGU employee per 1,000 population is 8.33.

• Percentageofthecitygovernmentexpenditureperyearforwagesis27.31%.

• Interventionsfororganizationaldevelopment

VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS

With the above situation of the City of Balanga, the following vision was developed:

A world-class University Town (UniverCity) by the year 2020 acknowledged as the center of political, economic, social and cultural interaction in the region

This vision is supported with the following mission statement:

Provide strong academic atmosphere that will ensure sustainable development for the city

Following the above vision and mission statements, Balanga City brand name would be:

City of Balanga 2020:

A WORLD CLASS UNIVERSITY TOWN (Univercity)

The present administration has also coined a battlecry to ensure that best efforts are devoted to all its programs and projects. This battlecry goes as follows:

Galing Balangueño. . . Ipagmalaki Mo!!!


STRATEGIES

On the basis of the opportunities and issues identified in the situational analysis for each CDS principle, the following strategies were formulated:

LIVABILITY

Improve the delivery of basic social services

• Toprovideadequateandqualityhealthcareandeducationspeciallyto the indigent families

• Topromoteandmaintainthecleanandorderlyenvironmentof thecity

• Toextendsolidwastemanagementservicestotheuplandbarangays

• Tomaintainpeaceandorderandsecuritywithintheentirecity

• Toprovidesecurityofhousingtenuretoinformalsettlersandindigentfamilies

• To ensure that competitiveness projects for tourism would includesolutions to the problems in the coastal areas

COMPETITIVENESS

1. Support a sustainable agricultural development by providing sufficient pre- and post-harvest facilities and equipment

• To improve farm and fish productivity through the provision ofpost-harvest facilities, extension services, technical assistance, access to markets, and the likes to thereby increase farming/fishing income

• To promote local farm and fish harvests as well as locallymanufactured and processed products like dried and smoked fish, bagoong and pickled vegetables and fruits to serve as one of the city’s tourist attractions.

2. Provide the necessary infrastructure (roads, market, commercial buildings and tourism facilities) and financial assistance to promote pro-investment and friendly business climate.

• Toattractinvestorstherebycreatingmorejobs

• Tosupportthesmallbusinessesofcityconstituents

• To make the city attractive to commercial and employmentactivities

• To establish economic linkages with neighboring towns and

nearby provinces

BANKABILITY

Enhance fiscal capability of the city

• To increase local revenue (real property tax, economic enterprises,other fees & charges)

GOVERNANCE

1. Encourage people’s participation in governance

• Toinstitutionalizestructurestoencourageactiveparticipationofstakeholders in the planning and decision-making processes

2. Improve governance through competent and responsible city government human resources

• Tomakecityemployeesefficientandeffectiveintheperformanceof their duties and responsibilities

• Toprovidetrainingandcapacitybuildingtothecitygovernmentstaff

PRIORITY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS

Corresponding with the indicated development strategies above, following are the respective priority programs and projects for each CDS principle:

LIVABILITY

1. Galing Health Card (P 100 Million)

• Provision of health cards to indigent families to avail medicalservices from the Bataan General Hospital and assistance in purchase of medicines

• Provisionoflaboratoryequipmentandadditionalmedicalsupplyin the Barangay Health Centers and Rural Health Units for the health card holders

2. University Town (P80 Million)

• Aimed to further upgrade the quality of education provided inthe city thereby making its graduates more competitive

• To promote the city as an intellectual capital and make itsenvironment attractive to educators

• ProvisionofinfrastructuretosupporttheUniversityTownsuchasschools, dormitories and transportation and recreational facilties.

3. Iskolar Balangueño


• ProvisionofscholarshipgrantstodeservingcollegestudentsofBalanga City

4. TeACHNOLOGy (P5 Million)

• Provisionofinternetaccessandlaptopstoelementaryschools

• Provision of training on Basic Computer Concepts to schoolheads

• Aimedatimprovingtheenhancingtheexistingeducationsystemthrough ICT’s intervention

5. Provision of Assistance to Bataan National High School (P47 Million)

• Provisionofadditionalteachersandinfrastructuresupport

6. Purchase of Dump Trucks & Operation of Materials Recovery Facility (P11Million)

• Aimedtohelpinmaintainingcleanandorderlyenvironmentofthe city

7. WIFI Based Security Camera (P15 Million)

• To be located at strategic areas of the city to monitor activitieswithin the locality

• Aimedtomaintainpeaceandorderandsecurity

8. Housing Projects

• Provision of housing facilities to informal settlers and indigentfamilies in cooperation with Non-Government Organizations, People’s Organizations, etc. such as the Gawad Kalinga of the Couples for Christ as well as other housing programs like the Community Mortgage Plan (CMP)

COMPETITIVENESS

1. Farm-To-Market Roads (P60 Million)

• Construction/improvementof10kms.farm-to-marketroads

2. Farming and Fishing Facilities (P10 Million)

• Provisionofvariousassistancetofarmersandfishermensuchas:

• Fishingandfarmingequipment

• Foodterminalor“Bagsakan”

• Seedlingbanksor“Binhian”

• KAANIB(Kasama…AnisaBarangay!)

3. Balanga City Public Market (P75 Million)

• Improvement of the Balanga City Public Market to make it oneof the tourist destinations of the city, which would showcase Balanga’s products

4. Improvement of Balanga Town Plaza and Balanga Plaza Arcade (P270 Million)

• TodeveloptheBalangaPlazaArcadeintoamulti-storeybuildingcomplete with parking with the corresponding improvements in the city plaza

• Aimed to make this area of the city a cozy place to shop andrelax

5. Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Center (P100 Million)

• ConversionoftheupperlevelsoftheexistingIntegratedTransportTerminal into a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Center thereby providing more employment opportunities

6. Driber Balangueňo (P5 Million)

• Microfinanceassistancetotricycledriverstoestablisha“TalyerngBayan” and to convert from 2T stroke motor to LPG-run

7. Bird Watching Facilities (P15Million)

• ConstructbirdwatchingfacilitiesatBarangayPto.Rivasandcomeup with another tourist destination of the city

• Would include the continuation of mangrove reforestation toattain its original area or to even expand it

• Coastal zonation and development would be undertaken todelineate the exact area for bird sanctuary

8. Balanga Festival (P35 Million)

• Conductoffestivitiesthatpromoteourculturalheritageandserveas one of the city’s tourist drawers

9. Metro Balanga (P20 Million)

• To linktourismdevelopment inBalangaCitywiththeDiosdadoMacapagal Cruise Terminal in Orion and Mt. Samat and other tourist attractions of Pilar with Balanga City providing tourist accommodation facilities through the signed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the mayors of the city and the two (2) municipalities.

10. Surrender Site Museum (P6 Million)

• Construction of a museum at the Surrender Site in BalangaIntegrated School, Barangay Talisay

BANKABILITY

1. e-LGU (P12.5 Miilion)

• For Financial Management Information System, the integrated


financial system involving the Budget, Treasury and Accounting Offices will serve as a one-click tool to see the financial position of the city and an immediate basis for decision making and project formulation

• For Real Property Tax Management/Billing and Collection, RealProperty Tax Information System (RPTIS) will be designed to support the revenue generation efforts of the city through the provision of an updated, accurate assessment roll of all real property units of the city, generation of assessment notices and list of past due accounts on timely manner

• To develop the Vehicle Franchising System. This system ofautomated registration of land and sea vehicles such as tricycle units and motorized fishing boats would be used in the Licensing, Permit and Franchising Office to promote speedy registration and easy tracking of records of owners and operators with huge accumulated number of traffic violations to raise business fees and penalties

• The Market Administration System will be designed in order tosupport the revenue collection efforts of the city through the provision of an updated, accurate data of all business/franchise owners in the market

• ThePropertyManagementSystemwillbedesignedanddevelopedto properly manage all the city government’s assets

GOVERNANCE

1. Barangay On-line (P5.25 Million)

• Aimed to connect all barangays so information sharing wouldbe a lot smoother and coordination would be clearer and easier thereby promoting transparency and people’s participation

• Each barangay would be given a computer unit and internetconnection to improve communications between the barangays and the city government as well as between the residents and their relatives in far-flung areas

• Aimed further to promote the thrust of the city government,which is the use of ICT in improving the services offered in the barangays

2. Barangay Week (P80Million)

• Done twice a month, this is aimed at bringing down the basicservices to the barangays and to assess the needs of all residents

3. Balanga City Hall Expansion (P20 Million)

• Tomaketheworkingareasofthedifferentdepartmentsofthecityspacious and conducive for working thereby rendering efficient and effective services

4. New City Hall Building (P290 Million)

• ConstructionofthenewCityHallBuildingattheproposedone-square kilometer City Center at Barangay Tuyo

5. Human Resources Development Program (P10 Million)

• Toconductvarioustrainingprogramsforallcityemployeeseveryquarter

FUNDING SOURCES

The identified city priority projects with their respective objectives would be implemented through various sources of funds. Foremost is the city’s General Fund, which would include the expected increase in local revenues resulting from the implementation of the Updated Revenue Code of the City; assistance or donations from Non-Government Organizations such as the He and She (HAS) Club of Balanga, Couples for Christ and many others as well as from national government agencies and the provincial government; loans from financing institutions like the Land Bank of the Philippines; and through partnerships with the private sector (Build-Operate Transfer scheme and its variants).

The attached Capital Investment Program (CIP) for the priority projects indicate that the timeframe for the implementation of these projects runs from this current year 2008 and ends in 2017. Most of the projects are to be undertaken within the first three-year period of 2008 to 2010 and the major funding sources for these proposed projects are indicated therein.


CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN

1 Iskolar Balangueño 555.40 21.00 25.20

2 Galing Health Card 100.00 10.00 10.00

3 Balanga City Public Market 76.50 24.00 30.00

4 e-LGU 12.50 5.00 0.50

5 Barangay Week 80.00 8.00 8.00

6 TeACHNOLOGy 5.00 0.51 0.51

7 Barangay On-Line 5.25 0.75 0.50

8 City Hall Expansion and Renovation 24.00 24.00

9 Improvement of Balanga Town Plaza 16.00 16.00

10 Balanga Festival 35.00 3.50 3.50

11 University Town 80.00 3.00 18.00

12 Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Center 105.00 45.00 30.00

13 Farming and Fishing Facilities 10.00 1.00 1.00

14 WIFI Based Security Camera 15.00 15.00

15 Purchase of Dump Trucks & Operation 12.50 8.00 of Materials Recovery Facility

16 Human Resources Development Program 10.00 1.00 1.00

17 Driber Balangueño 5.00 1.40 0.40

18 Farm-to-Market Roads 60.00 6.00 6.00

19 Provision of Assistance to PublicSchools 145.81 8.15 9.20

20 Redesign & Reconstruction of Balanga 250.00 117.25 Plaza Arcade

21 Metro Balanga 20.00 2.00 2.00

22 Housing Project 19.60 14.60 5.00

23 Bird Watching Facilities/Bay Park 30.00 10.00 15.00

24 Construction of New City Hall Bldg. 290.00

25 Surrender Site Museum 6.00 5.00 1.00

TOTAL COSTS 1,968.56 232.91 284.06

PROJECT NAME TOTAL PROJECT COST 2008 2009

(In Million Pesos)


2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

30.20

10.00

22.50

0.50

8.00

0.51

0.50

3.50

20.00

30.00

1.00

1.00

0.40

6.00

15.36

132.75

2.00

5.00

289.22

36.40

10.00

0.50

8.00

0.51

0.50

3.50

10.00

1.00

1.50

1.00

0.40

6.00

16.62

2.00

97.93

43.90

10.00

2.00

8.00

0.51

0.50

3.50

5.00

1.00

1.00

0.40

6.00

18.00

2.00

101.81

52.90

10.00

0.50

8.00

0.51

0.50

3.50

5.00

1.00

1.00

0.40

6.00

14.51

2.00

40.00

145.82

63.80

10.00

0.50

8.00

0.51

0.50

3.50

5.00

1.00

1.50

1.00

0.40

6.00

16.19

2.00

250.00

369.90

76.90

10.00

0.50

8.00

0.51

0.50

3.50

5.00

1.00

1.00

0.40

6.00

13.42

2.00

128.73

92.90

10.00

2.00

8.00

0.46

0.50

3.50

4.50

1.00

1.00

0.40

6.00

15.86

2.00

148.12

112.20

10.00

0.50

8.00

0.46

0.50

3.50

4.50

1.00

1.50

1.00

0.40

6.00

18.50

2.00

170.06



Source of Financing

a General Fund 827.02 103.49 61.26

b Special Education Fund 60.40 2.68 3.20

c Provincial Gov’t Funds 325.20 32.50 27.10

d Barangay Funds 0.53 0.08 0.05

e Bank Loan 475.50 70.00 88.00

f BOT/Private Partnerships 222.50 17.50 97.25

g Grant/Subsidy from Nat’l Gov’t Agencies 57.41 6.68 7.20 and Others (NGOs/POs) COSTS 1,968.56 232.91 284.06

PROJECT NAME TOTAL PROJECT COST 2008 2009

(In Million Pesos)


2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

77.76

3.78

29.60

0.05

67.50

107.75

2.78

289.22

72.36

4.41

17.70

0.05

3.41

97.93

71.11

5.10

21.45

0.05

4.10

101.81

109.11

5.86

25.95

0.05

4.86

145.82

76.06

6.72

31.40

0.05

250.00

5.68

369.90

76.11

8.05

37.95

0.05

6.57

128.73

85.06

9.52

45.95

0.05

7.55

148.12

94.71

11.10

55.60

0.05

8.60

170.06

Percentages

General Fund 0.42

Special Education Fund 0.03

Provincial Gov’t Funds 0.17

Barangay Funds 0.0003

Bank Loan 0.24

BOT/Private Partnerships 0.11

Grant/Subsidy from Nat’l Gov’t Agencies 0.03and Others (NGOs/POs)

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