What Dumaguete Was and Where it is Today:
Best Practices in Local Governance
By:
William E. AblongCity Administrator/City Agriculturist
Best Practices1. Economic Governance
- City Investment Code - Business One-Stop-Shop (BOSS)
2. Environmental Governance Wastewater and Sanitation Management Waste To Food Project Plow Now Pay Later Coastal Resource Management Urban Forestry
Map of the Philippines Map of the Province of Oriental Negros
Map of Dumaguete
Brief Profile of the City of Dumaguete Total Population (2010)
120,883 Daytime population = 300,000. (estimate)
Urban Population (2010 NSO) 120,883
Average population Growth Rate (1990-2010)
1.86%
Administrative land area, sq.km.
3,425 hectares; coastal zone 10,000 hectares
Population density, pax/sq.km.
34/hec. (3400/sq. km.)
Number of households (2007)
23,278
Commercial Ports (sea, air) Sea – 2; airport – 1.Air transport – Philippine Airlines–2 daily flights Manila/ Dumaguete Cebu Pacific – 2 daily flights Manila - Dumaguete Cebu-Dumaguete - daily
Dumaguete’s rich natural resources including water, are essential for the city’s economic development.
Water resources of the city include:
1. Fresh water (river, creeks, underground water)
2. Marine (bay and coastal waters)
At Risk of ContaminationA. City’s Source of water supply
a. 15 Deep Wells operated by the Dumaguete City Water District (a govt-owned and controlled corporation)Total annual production – 5,000,000 cubic meters
b. 900 shallow wells Per capita water consumption = 140 liters per day
(0.14 cubic meters) (35 gallons per day)
At risk of land-based pollution:Coastal and marine resources
SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION
Night time Population 120,883
Day time population 300,000
No. of households (2000) 21,000
No. of Businesses
(with 300 food establishments)
4,500
No. of Tertiary Hospitals (3) 400 beds
No. of Elementary & High Schools 17
No. of Colleges and Universities 7
Total student population 30,000
Vision
Dumaguete is a city of gentle, peace loving, self-reliant, and socially responsible citizenry living in an ecologically balanced center of sustainable development with accountable, responsive, and transparent leadership and wholistic education.
MISSION
To uplift the well-being of its people through local autonomy and maximum utilization of available resources for efficient and effective delivery of services for the common good.
City Development Goals
1. To enhance and promote the city as a center of quality education;2. To promote the city as investment destination for commerce, trade and business process outsourcing.3. To provide efficient infrastructure facilities and high level of access to basic social services and economic opportunities;4. To ensure that sectoral programs are geared towards the development of the city’s constituents.5. To provide high level of access to community services and economic opportunities.6. To ensure transparency and responsible community participation in governance.7. To sustain and maximize utilization of land and resources in a manner that will protect the environmental integrity of the city;8. To provide spatial direction in the location of settlement, agricultural production areas and protection zones that will effect rational distribution of population.
ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
SOURCES OF REVENUES
1.Local Revenues – real property taxes; business permits and licenses fees; building permit fees; locational clearances and sub-division approval fees.
2.Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) Fund
3.Trust Funds
Budget 2015: P529 M IRA: 316M or 60% of the total budgetRevenue from local taxes: 213M or 40% of the total budget
2014: P487MIRA: 282M (58%)Revenue from local taxes: 205M (42%)
ECONOMIC GOVERNANCEBusiness Process Outsourcing (9,000 employees)
TeletecheVentus (PLDT)SPIQualfon
Major institutions of higher learning (research centers, colleges, universities, trade schools) with a total student population of 20,000.
Universities – Silliman University - 1901 St. Paul’s University - 1904 Foundation University - 1948 Negros Oriental State University Colleges – ACSA Cathedral College; STI; Maxino College
Connectivity facilities (telecom, internet, etc) Cruztelco, Globe, Smart, Bayantel with IDD and NDD; PLDTInternet cafes
City business office (investor relations office, investment promotion office)
Office of the City Administrator (coordinates with the Negros Oriental Business Development Foundation, Inc. and Neg. Or. Chamber of Commerce and Industry. )
City Investment Code (City Ordinance No. 138, s. 2009)
Grants incentives to business locators.
Business One Stop Shop (BOSS)/Negosyo Center:Average number of days to issue or renew a business license/permits
Business Permit renewal – 30 min.Property assessment – 10 minENRO – 5 min Refer to Citizens Charter Transaction Guidebook for other services.
Availability of amenities Health care Hotels Public transport modes Shopping Malls
Brgy. Health Centers - 28Hotels – 40Groceries – 4 (major stores)Convention Center – 1Robinson’s Mall, Lee Plaza, Cang’s Shopping Mall
Labor cost Minimum – P250/day
Financial services Savings bank Commercial banks Rural banks Pawnshops/lending
Commercial banks – 21Rural banks – 9Government banks – 3Non-bank financing institutions - 45Credit Coops – 12Pawnshops - 45
ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
Business Establishments/Investors Who Availed of City Ordinance No. 138, S. 2009Name of Firm Capitalization
/Amount of Investment
No. of Employees
Hired
No. of Years
Granted
Period Covered
Date Granted
Robinsons Land Corporation (Property Development & Commercial Complex)
P525M 500 5 April 22, 2012 - April 22, 2015
April 26, 2010
July Development Corporation (Agriculture and Real Estate Development)
145M 2,000 (Qualfon)
3 August 1, 2010 -August 1, 2013
August 1, 2010
SPI CRM, In. (Business Process Outsourcing)
69.96M 677 3 Nov. 3, 2010 - Nov. 3, 2013
Nov. 3, 2010
SPI Technologies, Inc. (BPO)
175.6M 1,073 3 Nov. 3, 2010- Nov. 3, 2013
Nov. 3, 2010
Go Hotels (Robinsons Land Corporation)
141.169M 35 3 April 1, 2012 – April 1, 2015
April 1, 2012
ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
PERFORMANCE MONITORING
1.State of Local Governance Report - findings of the survey of the Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS) as conducted by the city DILG. The SLGR contains the pertinent data and careful analysis of trends and popular responses of respondents
2.Public Financial Management Assessment Tool – is a self assessment instrument designed to assists LGUs in evaluating their Public Financial Management performance
3.Dumaguete City Citizen’s Transactional Guidebook – is a tool for improving public service delivery through enhanced transparency and accountability in local governance in Dumaguete City
The population in Dumaguete City is continuing to grow. Supplying the increasing people with food constitutes a growing challenge. To make things even more difficult, while the need for food is increasing, the amount of available farmland per capita is continually shrinking. Based on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan or CLUP enacted by the City Council in 2000, 1,233 hectares has been allocated for agricultural purposes to supply the needs of the city population, however, beginning last year (2014), following the enactment of a City Ordinance by the City Council updating the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP), the remaining agricultural land of Dumaguete City has been reduced to only 675 hectares.
Dumaguete City Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment
• The vision for sustainable agriculture, coastal and fisheries management in Dumaguete City adopted after a series of workshop in 2008 is meant to see a city where every person has access to sufficient food to sustain a healthy and productive life, where malnutrition is absent, and where food originates from efficient, effective, and low-cost food systems that are compatible with sustainable use of natural resources.
• This vision initiative has the primary objective of promoting a shared vision and consensus for meeting food needs while reducing poverty and protecting the environment.
WASTE TO FOOD and PLOW-NO-PAY LATER
This “Waste to Food” project which emphasizes the city’s sponsorship and promotion in the use of recyclables at the City Dumpsite focuses on waste segregation and the reduction of dumped biodegradables that are converted into organic fertilizers to support the city’s “Plow-Now-Pay-Later Program” through the subsidy of farm inputs to farmer constituents which in return generates job opportunities for scavengers as they work to segregate biodegradables from the non-biodegradables.
Waste-To-Food ProjectBEFORE: January 27, 2015 - tons of garbage encroaching road
shoulders and street at Bgy. Candau-ay.
January 28, 2015 - City Mayor Manuel Teves Sagarbarria and City Administrator supervising solid waste management activities at the city dumpsite in Bgy. Candau-ay and monitoring the effect of plastic segregation and application of biological enzymes to eliminate foul odor, reduce garbage volume and transform biodegradable wastes into organic fertilizers through thermolysis composting with the enzymes.
Waste-To-Food ProjectAfter a month-long application of the biological
enzymes (January 27- February 26, 2015), monitoring results revealed the following findings and observations:
1.Lessened volume of garbage despite the dumping of 40 tons of garbage per day.
2.Eradication of foul odor at the dumpsite and surrounding vicinity.
3.Production of more MTS organic fertilizers (under the “Waste-to-Food” program) resulting from the thermolysis composting of biodegradable solid wastes through the biological enzymes. We are producing about 70 bags of organic fertilizers a day at 50 kls per bag. These are being given for free to our farmers.
4.Treatment of polluted leachate after spraying with the biological enzymes. Cleared the area from garbage for some meters away from road shoulders, street, pathwalk and drive way, thereby decongesting the area from tons of odorous garbage.
5.The cleared area was converted into road, driveway, a wide landscape and open space.
SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMRecipient:
2012 Galing Pook Award for Environment
for its best practices in innovating and implementing the city-wide Septage
Management Program in the Philippines
Dumaguete City is the first LGU to undertake the establishment of a
septage management system in the country.
Partnership between city government and water utility company with 50-50 sharing of capital and operating costs.
Institutional ArrangementJoint venture between two government entities:
1) LGU
2) GOCC through DCWDCreation of City Septage Management Authority
(CSMA)Financial Management:- Sharing of Net Income- Collection of septage fee is done by DCWD with the net
of 5% on the amount collected goes to DCWD to cover administrative expenses related to billing and collection as per MOA.
What the Ordinance Contains
• Design Standard for Septic Tanks or Onsite Collection Tank
• Septage Collection and Hauling Procedure• Operation of the Septage Treatment Facility• Imposition, Collection, and Management of Septage Fees• Penalties
RESOLUTION NO. 141, ORDINANCE NO. 18, Series of 2006, Approved: April 6, 2006
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE
CITY OF DUMAGUETE
Commercial Desludgers
(Collection Only with No Treatment)
Septage Management Ordinance
Res. No. 141, Ordinance No. 18 Series of 2006April 6, 2006
a. Residences – P3,000.00 to P10,000.00/trip
b. Commercial - + P10,000.00/trip
Ave. monthly household water consumption = 15 cu.m.
Septage user fee of 2.00/cu.m = P360/year
Total User Fee in 3 to 5 years = P1,080 to P1,800.
(US$25 to US$42)
The city’s septage fee for collection and treatment is less compared to desludging fees of commercial
desludgers.
Comparison Between Commercial Desludging Fees and City “User Fees”
Sharing of Septage “User Fee”
Sharing of Income Between City Govt. and Water District:
Gross Income:
Less: 1) O&M
2) Barangay Assistance Fund for Host Barangay
3) Reserve/Contingency
Net Income = Gross – (1+2+3)
City Govt Share = 50% of Net IncomeWater District Share = 50% of Net Income
Project Staff: Drivers and aides – (7 trucks x 3 laborers/truck) = 21 Mechanic – 1; Welder - 1 Septage Treatment Plant staff = 5
YEARLY GROSS INCOME
2010 P 6,827,818.00
2011 P13,903,114.00
2012 P14,752,489.59
2013 P15,063,778.70
2014 P15,856,817.40
TOTAL P66,404,017.15
YEARLY NET INCOME
2010 P 3,927,376.50
2011 P 5,891,300.32
2012 P 5,461,077.08
2013 P 3,285,426.12
2014 P 2,486,303.12
TOTAL P21,051,483.14
DUMAGUETE
CITY’S
SHAREP 10.53M
2014 Income
Gross Income
1st Quarter: P 3,799,104.16
2nd Quarter: P 3,996,699.93
Total Gross Income P 7,795,804.09
LESS: Expenses 6,340,745.05
Total Net Income P 1,455,059.04
Lessons learned being shared with many visitors are useful for others in the Philippines and other countries.
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Successful Septage Management System
Dumaguete City Business District (Poblacion)
All lead to Dumaguete Bay!!
Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Plant
Anaerobic Baffle Reactor
Sedimentation Tanks
Anaerobic Baffle Reactor
Planted Gravel Filter
Raw Wastewater
Effluent or Aeration tank
To sea or to plants
Process Flow of Public Market Wastewater Treatment Plant
Total Cost –P3,500,000 (US$73,000)
Public Market Wastewater Treatment Plant Dumaguete City
Anaerobic Baffle Reactor
Settling Tanks
Anaerobic Filter
Planted Gravel Filter
Gravel Filter(planted with cana)
Objective: To protect and preserve underground water.
Result
• Met BOD standards• Eliminated foul odor• Heightened
environmental awareness
Impact• Reduces health-related
expenses• Generates local employment• Efficient mgt of wastewater and
solid wastes• Economic efficiency with
healthy sanitized environment• Preserves the potential tourism
destinations• Improve business investment
competitiveness
Water Borne Disease
Level 1 CRM Certification
Benchmarks for beginning level delivery of CRM
as a basic service of LGUsFor every coastal city or municipality:
(1) Annual LGU budget allocated for CRM
(2) City or Municipal Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management Council established and active
(3) CRM Plan drafted
(4) CRM best practices planned or initiated such as:
• CRM and fisheries ordinances implemented• Registration, licensing, and fee system established for
municipal water use• Marine sanctuaries established and functional• Mangrove areas under Community-based Forest
Management Agreements• Environment-friendly enterprises initiated• Coastal law enforcement units operational• Shoreline development monitored and regulated• Municipal water boundaries enforced• Other habitat protective/open access restrictions in place
KEY RESULT AREA/MAJOR
INTERVENTIONSTARGETTED ACTIVITIES
ACTUAL ACCOMPLISHMENT
Establishment and management of marine protected areas/marine sanctuaries
1. Marine Sanctuaries in Bgys. Banilad, Looc and Bantayan:•Maintenance of concrete sinkers, ropes and marker bouys•Enforcement of the Marine Sanctuary Ordinance by Bantay-Dagat.
2. Activities to support the proposal for a Marine Sanctuary establishment in Bgy. Mangnao:•Identification of potential site for marine protected areas at barangay Mangnao.•Consultative meetings with barangay council, fisherfolks assn. and coastal stakeholders•Conduct of bio-physical and socio-economic assessment of the proposed marine sanctuary in barangay Mangnao•Submission of resolution and ordinance to the city council.
Implemented
Conducted
Status of Coastal and Fisheries Management InterventionsAs of December 31, 2014
Status of Coastal and Fisheries Management InterventionsAs of December 31, 2014
KEY RESULT AREA/MAJOR INTERVENTIONS
TARGETTED ACTIVITIES ACTUAL ACCOMPLISHMENT
Mangrove Reforestation
Coastal Law Enforcement
1. Establishment of mangrove nursery for the production
2. Mangrove planting at barangay Banilad
3. Identification of other possible site for mangrove plantation in barangay Bantayan
1. Regular monitoring (seaborne and foot patrol) in Marine Protected Areas/Marine Sanctuaries of Bgys. Banilad, Looc, and Bantayan
2. Regular surveillance and sea borne patrol
Implemented
conducted
conducted
Conducted
conducted
FISH CATCH DATA SUMMARY OF 2014
Name of Barangays
Total No. of Fishermen
Total No. in kilograms
Total No. in metric tons
BANTAYAN 36 25,920 25.92
PIAPI 29 19,140 19.14
LOOC 17 10,200 10.2
TINAGO 23 12,420 12.42
CALINDAGAN 107 77,040 77.04
MANGNAO 26 9,360 9.36
BANILAD 78 56,160 56.16
TOTAL 316 210,240 210.24
Establishment of Marine Sanctuary in Barangay Looc
Bio-physical survey of the proposed Marine Sanctuary in Barangay Mangnao
Coral reefs in Barangay Mangnao
DATE NAME VEHICLE PLATE NO.
COMPANY/ORGANIZATION
PHONE REASON FOR VISIT IN/OUT SIGNATURE
BANILAD MARINE SANCTUARY VISITOR/GUEST LOG BOOK
Mangrove Nurserying in Bgy. Banilad
City-assisted 4-H Club members undertake mangrove enrichment planting in Bgy. Banilad
Probationers conduct regular mangrove planting and cleaning up
every third Friday of the month.
Organizing and mobilizing stakeholders for coastal clean-up in shoreline barangays.
Planting of assorted species Planting of assorted species of forest and fruit treesof forest and fruit trees
Through its urban forestry program implemented since 2002, the City has increased its forest cover from 18% in 2001 to 30% in 2014. This is
equivalent to 1,100 hectares planted and grown trees.
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