City Development Strategy Report for Tanjay City 9 Mar 2009

Cities Alliance Project Output

City Development Strategy Report for Tanjay City 9 Mar 2009

City Development Strategies in the Philippines: An Enabling

Platform for Good Governance and Improving Service Delivery

P098173

This project output was created with Cities Alliance grant funding.

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City Development StrategieS in the philippineS:an enabling platform for gooD governanCeimproving ServiCe Delivery (CDS3)

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. Lawrence TevesAddress : City Hall, 6204 Tanjay City, Negros OrientalTel. No. : (035)4159385Fax No. : (035) 5270823URL/Web : www.tanjay.gov.ph

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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

Chairman : Hon. Lawrence S. Teves, City MayorVice-Chairman : Hon. Nilo R. Tam, City Vice Mayor

Members:Hon. Juvilo T. Napao , City Councilor Mr. Adolfo S. Adaza, Meat InspectorMr. Erkki Q. Lozarita, City Administrator Mr. Julio M. Zanoria, Jr. , City AssessorAtty. Arnel O. Vivar , Legal Officer Mr. Chito Bruno V. Real , City Civil RegistrarMr. Servideo D. Diputado, City Agriculturist Mr. Juvilo Villaflores, Land TaxEngr. Chester C. Reyes, City Engineer Hon. Rolando Tabaloc, City CouncilorMr. Emilio R. Silva, Licensing Officer Hon. Carl M. Condes, City CouncilorMr. Jose Filmer R. Torres, City Accountant Mr. Anthony M. Duran, City Planning & Dev’t Coord.Mr. Don Rey Calumpang, Executive AssistantMr. Wilfredo Calumpang, Secretary to the Mayor Mr. Allan Rey Vissoro, Encoder / Programmer

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Tanjay City

PREFACE

Spearheaded by the League of Cities of the Philippines, the Cities Development Strategies was brought to the fore, and the administration of the City of Tanjay is more than grateful for the City’s participation and its being a member of the Third Batch of the program. After all, it is through the CDS 3 that the present administration is provided with an enabling platform for good governance and the improvement of the methods for the delivery of services to the constituents through proper and well-guided planning techniques.

Ever since the present leadership took the reigns of government in 2007, it is already been the vision of this administration that the then Municipality of Tanjay be propelled to greater heights in terms of local development within the concept of sustainability, environmental protection and resource conservation. From a First Class Municipality of the Province of Negros Oriental, Tanjay was elevated to possess a city’s classification in the year 2001 by virtue of Republic Act No. 9026. Along with this, came opportunities as well as challenges. Challenges which require more complex solutions than they did when Tanjay was yet a municipality.

As the City moves further into the path of development, the principles of transparency, accountability, and participatory governance guide it along the way. And in squaring off the challenges of the new millennium, the City has been actively participating in all activities of the CDS 3 with a single purpose of evolving a comprehensive and strategic development plan which will serve as guideposts for the City as it traverses through the developmental trail, now and in the years to come.

Expectant of a full support from the local legislature as well as most if not all of the stakeholders, this administration envisions that the CDS Program will be a source of policy measures that will serve as cornerstones in this City’s development process.

Hon. Lawrence Teves

City Mayor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAgE

SELECTED URBAN KARTE INDICATORS

INTRODUCTION 1

SITUATION ANALySIS

LIvABILITy 6

COMPETITIvENESS 8

BANKABILITy 8

GOOD GOvERNANCE 9

vISION AND CITy BRAND 9

STRATEGIES 9

PRIORITy PROJECTS 10

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DEFINITION OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS

AIP Annual Investment PlanCDS City Development StrategiesCLUP Comprehensive Land Use PlanDENR Department of Environment and Natural ResourcesFLUP Forest land Use PlanIRA Internal Revenue AllotmentLGU Local Government UnitLWUA Local Waterworks and Utilities AuthorityNGO Non-Governmental OrganizationNOECO Negros Oriental Electric CooperativeOCOv One Cluster, One visionPO People’s OrganizationsPS Private SectorTAP Transparency, Accountability and ParticipationUSAID United States Agency for International Development


A1

A2

A11

A7

A15

A17

A

B

C

A18

A

B

C

D

L1

L11

L14

L30

L41

L45

C18

A

B

C

D

C29

C32

B3

B4

FP2 - B

FP2 - D

G2

70,169

74,855

6.68%

276.05 Km2

15,246

14,156

20,000

5,000

15,000

no

no

no

wide flatlands, fertile soil.

34%

95%

156

205

16

16

25%

20%

20%

28%

176.93

9.74

2 days

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

INDICATORS TANJAy

INTRODUCTION

Tanjay City is located at the center of the province of Oriental Negros, facing the fertile fishing ground of Tañon Strait. It is known to be the place where first human settlement in the whole island of Negros was established.

Tanjay got its name from the three legends: a Chinese merchant who was loved by the townspeople named Tan Hay; a tall Tanjay tree that stood about a hundred meters from the mouth of the river that served as a landmark to most of the sailors who tried to identify where the navigable river was; and from the local name of the bridge, Taytay

Tanjay became a component City on April 1, 2001 and has a total land area 276.05 square kilometers. Out of this number, 12.56 sq. km. represents the urbanized area or 5% of the total. Private landholdings which are classified as agriculture areas such as fishponds, rice farms, sugar cane, etc. are greatly involved in Tanjay’s economic progress. Upland forest, which total to 133.76 are in barangays Sto. Nino, Palew, Bahian and Sta. Cruz Nuevo.


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 TANJAy

2 days

8%

2-4 times a yr.


Mindanao

Visayas

Luzon

Tanjay City

Panay Gulf

Tanjay City CanlaonValle Hermose

La LibertadGuihuingan

Jilamalud

AyongonBindoy

Manjuyod

Tanjay

AmlanTampiSan Jose

DumagueteBacong

Maluay

Siaton

Bayawan

Pamplona

Bais

Mabinay

Giligaon

A. Negros OccidentalB. GuimarasC. Negros Oriental

C

B

A


SITUATION ANALYSIS

livability

The city is currently facing challenges brought about by urbanization such as, housing for informal dwellers, access to potable water supply, electricity, sanitation, and education among others ,which directly affect the quality of life of the populace.

Housing needs for the indigent families should be responded to in order to provide decent housing for families living in the coastal areas (50 Hhs), those living in makeshift houses near the river banks, and in the hills of hinterland barangays of Sto. Nino, Palew, Sta Cruz Nuevo and Bahian. Aside from the housing needs, the city also need to address the problem of flooding in about 27,605 has land area in Barangays 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and San Isidro where almost 60% of the area is considered below sea-level.

Out of the 14,156 households in year 2000, only 4,800 or 34% of these families were enjoying Level 3 system of water services. It means that only a small percentage of the households had access to individual water pipe connections while 4,091 or 29% were using Level 2 and 5,265 were using level one water system. Tanjay Water District, City and the Barangay Waterworks Development Program are the service providers for this purpose. The city government of Tanjay has recently completed the payment of the Php3Million debt of Tanjay Water District to LWUA.

On the other hand, 85% of the community’s power supply is serviced by the Negros Oriental Electric Cooperative (NOECO) with 12,000 residential, commercial, industrial and institutional consumers. The government aims to subsidize the remaining 15% of the households without electricity because of their poor economic conditions.

With respect to education, out of the total enrolment of 4,331 students (6% of the total population) in 2005, 4,114 were able to graduate from the elementary level. This level of survival rate is relatively high because the residents of Tanjay City place great value in the education of their children. Tanjay City is reputed to have the highest concentration of professionals among its population, as well as for having produced the most number of musical talents in the province. One of the priority programs of the City is

the promotion of education among its constituents. Hence, the provision for assistance to education has been a constant item in the City’s annual budget.

Health service delivery among the constituents is also satisfactory with the city having two (2) rural health units serving both rural and urban areas. The City has a public pharmacy where medicines are distributed free to indigents and it has subsidized amount for Philhealth memberships. However, due to the increase in population, the city could no longer afford to provide all households with Phil health subsidy. It is seriously considering the establishment of a health system mechanism in the future wherein the poor and disadvantaged families could avail of more comprehensive health services.

Although the health facilities which includes the health centers in the barangays could readily respond to first level health needs, there is still a felt-need for a hospital which could respond to more complex health conditions of Tanjay residents.

Waste management is another priority issue in Tanjay. At present, the City is still in the “collect and dispose” system without the enforcement of segregation, recycling, reduction and re-use of waste as mandated by RA 9003. Out of the 14,156 households only 2,426 or 17% have access to solid waste collection in urban areas alone. The city government is in the process of constructing their sanitary landfill and the flood river control project for environmental protection. Garbage collection, which is one of the basic and essential services, is managed by the City Government.

In relation to this issue, Tanjay has sought the help of the Eco-Gov Project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It has in fact developed an ISWM plan which includes Forest Land Use Plan (FLUP) and their Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) already approved by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). However, the city is still in the process of formulating and eventually passing an ordinance regarding solid waste management as their implementing tool. The City is currently conducting public hearings to support the passage of the ordinance.


COMPETITIVENESS

Tanjay City is predominantly an agriculture area. Of the 27,605 hectares, 68% is devoted to production. The biggest area (7,200 hectares or 38%) is devoted to corn production, followed by sugar cane (6,790 or 36%), and rice (l,062 or 6%). The city used to supply rice to the northern towns of Negros Occidental but due to the population increase and high production cost, Tanjay’s rice production is not able to even meet the demand of the domestic market anymore. The City Government aims to respond to this situation through the implementation of a sounder agricultural, business and trade development program. It also plans to provide livelihood assistance to rice farmers and small traders through a micro-lending program.

Employment-wise, Tanjay has a labor force of 38,036 with 65% or 24,723.40 in the productive endeavor. Of this number, 25% or 9,509 of the able labor force are unemployed and 10% or 3,804 are underemployed.

Aside from the availability of quality labor force, business and economic opportunities in the city maybe considered to be in their growth spurts. This could be attested to by the presence of banks and other financial institutions in the city. The major economic activities of the city include business and trade, which in turn, consists primarly of agri-businesses involving sugar and coconut production. Aside from business and trade, the government and the private sector comprise the major sources of employment in the city.

Likewise known as the City of Festivals, the City celebrates different festivities on a monthly basis whole year round, as one of the attractions it promotes in relation to its tourism related activities.

BANKABILITY

Tanjay City is now a 4th class local government unit. Its income has increased from P55 Million in 2001 to Php206M (an increase of 275%) in the current fiscal year. Its IRA shares enable the city government to fulfill its responsibilities of providing the basic needs of its constituency.

There is, however, a strong demand for the city government to improve its fiscal management, and thereby enhance access to funding opportunities With permanent and job-order workers doing the day-to-day work, the

city is spending 34.8% of the total income for salaries and wages. Tanjay also faces the most common problem of LGUs --- IRA dependence. The city is still 92% dependent on IRA and only 8% on local revenue.

GOVERNANCE

The City is managed by its Chief Executive, City Mayor Lawrence S. Teves, with the legislative branch in delivering basic and essential services to the constituents. Hon. Mayor Teves has adopted transparency and people participation (through the NGOs, POs) are being practiced by the city for improved governance. It has also established the Center for One Cluster One vision Area. It is currently planning to develop a city government center in San Isidro.

viSion

“Tanjay City, the City of Festivals, moving on to a progressive economy and balance environment with a friendly, healthy, morally upright, educated, God-loving citizenry and with a properly managed natural resources through sustained promotion of tourism, development of agriculture potentials, improved business and trade and revived cultural heritage and a transparent, accountable and participatory government.”

STRATEGIES

Tanjay City serves as the trading center of the neighboring city and municipalities of Oriental Negros providing sea transport, public bus terminals, and quality education for its people. It seeks to develop its tourism potentials for revenue generation and employment opportunities.

One of the flagship activities of the City, the One Cluster One vision (OCOv) development strategy spearheaded by the Department of Interior and Local Governments is an integrated area development approach for progress and development that will help Tanjay to be more economically progressive in Central visayas Region. The people of Tanjay, in unison, will endeavor to concentrate and mindset for the realization of this vision, thus focus on the following:


1) Facilitation of Sustainable Economic Development Tanjay City through the City Agriculture Office in close coordination with provincial and national agriculture authorities will focus on the increase of rice, fish, livestock, and all other agricultural production, as well as the sustaining thereof for the ultimate purpose of obtaining food security and self sufficiency.

It will enhance and preserve its cultural heritage and natural resources as tourist destinations through the development and promotion of the City’s tourism potentials in such sites as the Luparan Falls, caves in Sta. Cruz Nuevo, Red Soil Scenic view and the Tanjay white sand beaches at Brgy. Luca.

2) Fast-Tracking of Social Development. Improvement of the standard of living of the 30% poorest people in the City which is expected to come within the planning period as a result of a sustained delivery of basic services relating to health, education, local employment, and housing. Tanjay City shall continue to support promotion on education by extending financial assistance to small-scale traders and agricultural production initiatives.

The city government will likewise provide high quality health services for its constituency taking into consideration gender-sensitive approaches and focusing on the needs on the community through people participation in all phases of development processes.

It will subsidize educational programs and projects to promote quality basic education that is accessible to all, to lay the foundation for life-long learning and service for common good.

3) Enhancement of Urban Design and Transport. Tanjay City’s vision for urban development is to become environment-friendly, in harmony with infrastructure and agri-production for the uplifting of the Tanjayanons.

4) Preservation and Conservation of the Environment. Progress and development must be in harmony with the environment through a well-balanced industrial and agricultural advancement. Along this line, the City has purchased a 5 hectare lot for sanitary landfill to implement the solid waste management plan, a product of the technical support from USAID and DENR. Eco-tourism is also one of the programs in environmental management.

5) Enrichment of Cultural Heritage. Tanjay as the first human settlement in Negros Island carries a very colorful and rich history, which needs to be conserved as a cultural heritage. The city is not only widely known as the city of professionals, but also the place of music lovers. Many

Tanjayanons had composed lots of famous original songs one of which is the BodBod Sa Tanjay, dedicated to our food delicacy, Bodbod.

6) Shared Leadership in Participatory Governance. The city government of Tanjay applies the TAP which stands for Transparency, Accessibility and Participatory governance which is always practiced by the city’s government officials in the different special bodies within the LGU and in the monitoring and evaluation activities. It has improved its relationships and coordination mechanisms with the NGOs, POs and PS in the city. The CDS team in consultation with multi-sectoral groups made as references and guides in the making of this document the approved Forest Land Use Plan, Solid Waste Management Plan, Comprehensive Land Use Plan and the Coastal Resources Management Plan of this city

Priority projects

Socialized Housing Program

Satellite Bus Terminal

Integrated Motorpool

New Government Center

Seaport

Flood Control

Sulfuri Hot Spring Development

Sports Complex

total

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

PROJECT TITLE EST. PROJECT COST (1M PHP)

8M

8M

0.02M

90M

200M

10M

0.35M

10M

326.37m

LEvEL OF PRIORITy

PROPOSED FUNDING SOURCE

Bank Loans and in-crease in revenues

BOT

Through budgetary surplus and increase in revenue collections

Through budgetary surplus

National Government subsidies

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