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4.19.02 Case Study: A Barangay Map Survey and Information Product The Case Study Area Linao is a Barangay located in the west end of Ormoc City Urban Area. The Barangay became urbanized after the flooding in Ormoc in 1991 when a number of relocation sites were located in the Barangay. Prior to that, the area was mostly agricultural and industrial lands. Linao has a number of issues and inconsistencies when it comes to actual land use compared to the zoning of the Barangay. When comparing the aerial photo with the zoning, there are two major industrial activities (Petron Depot and the Mac Builder Corporation) located in an area which is zoned as residential. There is also a widespread area of informal settlements along the coastal areas which are not presented in the CLUP.

Current Zoning/Land Use Map covering the Barangay Linao

Barangay Linao has a total land area of about 87 hectares of which 50% is used as agricultural land and 30% as residential. The rest is used for industrial, commercial and institutional activities. There is a large swamp in the western part of the barangay. The Barangay used to be zoned as Industrial and has a large Petrol depot located in the central area. Later on, the zoning was changed to residential for the most part of the Barangay, except for the area where the schools and the Barangay hall are located, which is zoned as institutional. Today the population of Linao is around 9,000. Since 2003, there was a 32% increase in this number. Linao has one of the extensive areas of informal settlements in Ormoc City where just along the shoreline alone, there are approximately 200 households. The other 50

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households are located in other parts of the Barangay. There is a problem with lack of nutrition for the children living in the informal settlements, and apparently, this is due to the lack of adequate land to grow vegetables along the shore. Barangay Captain Sofronio Chu has started a program to grow plants in bags and plastic boxes which they distribute among the settlers to improve their ability to grow plants. In the Barangay hall today, they have no map that covers the whole area. The only map available is a Tax Map showing the Tax Parcels in central blocks. The map lacks topographical references and even the Barangay Captain and his staff have a hard time locating the precise points that the map presents.

Mr. Sofronio Chu together with his staff looking at the Tax Map.

Scope The main target of this survey is to gather useful data in the preparation of the CLUP and at the same time gather information for the preparation of a Barangay map to for use in the barangay hall. The scope of this survey is to:

Compare the Zoning with the Actual Land Use; Identify major changes in land use, newly built-up areas etc; Identify issues obtaining in the Barangay; Prepare findings for use in updating the CLUP, including a Land Use map; Locate facilities in the Barangay.

Preparation In preparation for the barangay survey, a meeting was held with the Barangay Captain, and secondary source materials such as aerial photos were used in locating the different objects of land uses that should be included in the survey. These were also marked on a map.

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Prior to the survey the following activities were conducted:

Scheduled a meeting with the Barangay Captain; Put together a survey team with a driver, a GPS operator and a person to take

notes and pictures during the survey; Prepared note-taking forms for the survey (GPS point ID, photo number, name

of location or activity etc); Prepared Maps to note the different objects to include in the survey; Made a list of objects and questions for the Barangay officials that are of

interest to the survey; Made sure that the following were available: vehicle, GPS recorder, digital

camera, extra batteries etc.; Prepared for outdoor walking, Prepared survey team provisions such as drinking water and raincoats.

It is good to have a survey team member living in the area who. Thus, the team is familiar with the different locations and can provide additional information during the survey. Implementation The survey started with a meeting with the Barangay Captain who went through a list of different services located in the Barangay and noted them on the aerial photo.

Mr. Sofronio Chu helping to identifying the different objects to be included in the Survey.

With the help of the Barangay Captain, the locations of sports facilities such as badminton hall, basketball courts and a sports hall under construction were plotted on the map, including schools (an elementary and a high school), a health center, police station, churches, bakeries, industrial activities, etc. that have been constructed and where new residential areas have appeared since the aerial photo was taken in 1997. He also presented other information about the barangay.

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Also identified on the map was the swamp area that is not suitable for residential use but is within the residential zone. The Barangay Captain also joined the field survey around the vicinity of the Barangay Hall, which took less than one day and covered interesting sites that are useful in the preparation of the full barangay survey. Some basic attribute data were also elicited from the elementary school principal and the Barangay Police Chief in Linao.

Survey team composed of a driver, GPS operator, photographer and a secretary

After the interview, the survey team drove around the Barangay visiting the different sites to gather GPS readings and take pictures of the objects, and at the same time looked out for other interesting objects in the area to survey that may relevant for the CLUP preparation and for the Barangay Map. Objects Surveyed The different objects listed by the Barangay Captain were visited during the survey. The team also ‘discovered’ and surveyed a residential area that is actually a housing area for urban poor which has been built after 1998 when the aerial photo was taken. This was noted among the objects to be surveyed. In total, 28 objects in the barangay were surveyed, ranging from industrial activities to bakeries and sports facilities. The Barangay Police Chief also provided information about crime rate in the area, and the elementary school principal gave data about the school.

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Objects visited during the barangay survey

1. Barangay Hall located at the center of the Barangay in an Institutional zoned area.

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2. Linao Police Station located next to the Barangay Hall

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3. Barangay Health Center located near the Barangay Hall.

4. Elementary School with 33 classrooms, 33 teachers and 1 principal. There are 273 students from Grades I to VI.

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5. Vegetable plantation area. A project for the family’s consumption in the informal settlements along the shoreline.

6. Basket ball court located near the center of the informal settlements.

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7. Center of Informal settlements with approximately 200 households. The settlement is situated along the shoreline. There are stores set up here and the houses have

access to water and electricity.

8. Dayka Bakeshop

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9. Christian Children’s Fund (CCF Inc.).

The foundation runs cooperative stores in the community and carried out the development of the NGO relocation site

10. Ormoc MacMercury Hardware A Hardware store located beside the Badminton Center managed by

the Mac Builder Cooperation.

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11. Badminton City.

A private sports center for badminton managed by the Mac Builder Cooperation.

12. Non-developed land.

Land area suitable for residential use located along the main municipal road through Linao. The landowner is currently living in the US.

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13. A basketball court located in a residential area.

14. A chapel located next to the basketball court in a residential area.

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15. Linao High School located in a residential zoned area

16. Industrial area, Mac Builder Motor Pool The industrial area constitutes 3.7 has. The Mac Builder Cooperation keeps the motor pool. The area

is zoned as residential but has been used for industrial purposes since 1994 when the relocation sites were allocated in the Barangay.

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17. New Development along the road that goes to Barangay San Isidro. Residential houses have been built since 1998 when the aerial photo was taken.

18. Relocation site built and developed by the local government after the flooding in 1991.

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19 Punta Punta Subdivision for urban poor developed after 1997.

20. Concreted Basketball Court in Punta Subdivision.

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21. Petron petrol storage plant, located in a residential zoned area. There is a considerably hazardous industrial activity going on with only 5 meter security zone towards the housing units to the north of the plant. The plant was built in the beginning of the 1980s when the whole Barangay

was zoned as Industrial.

22. End section of the informal settlement area along the shoreline.

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23. Residential Area. Relocation site for 200 families developed by World Vision after the flooding in 1991. It is

located right behind the Petron Oil Depot .

24. New Barangay sports hall with roof , seating and lighting under construction, but already being used by school children.

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25. Sari-sari stalls built underneath the Barangay sports hall and rented out by the Barangay.

26. Catholic Church

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27. Warehouse storage for San Miguel products.

28. Bakery and retail shop.

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29. New bakery under construction. Processing data and updating the Land Use Map During the conduct of the survey, it was determined that the Zoning in Barangay Linao was not reflective of the actual or even intended land use in all areas of the Barangay. This is illustrated by the Petron Plant which is a highly hazardous industrial activity. It is a permanent structure that is located right in the middle of a residential area. The Mac Builder area is also located in the residential zone.

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Surveyed object overlaid on the current land use map.

With this data and with the use of aerial photo, the current land use map can now be updated to have a better input for the next CLUP preparation process.

Updated Land Use Map based on the barangay survey and aerial photo

Based on the survey, the residential area was subdivided into smaller parts and the data for the major land areas were changed from residential to agricultural use. The areas occupied by Petron and Mac Builder were changed to industrial use, and the

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swamp area in the west end of the barangay was also indicated. The updated Land Use Map forms a good base for the updating of the CLUP and for a more accurate zoning for the barangay. Preparing the Barangay Map With the use of data gathered during the Barangay Survey it is also possible to prepare a barangay map that shows the location of facilities available in the barangay such as the Barangay Hall, Police Station, Health Center, Schools, Religious facilities and sports facilities. The barangay map is a useful information material in the barangay, and serves as an important tool in the political process when discussing development and visualizing the need for new locations for ongoing and proposed activities at the barangay level.

Barangay Map of Linao

The barangay map for Linao is printed in an A2 format, and laminated so it can be used in discussions where the local officials can also draw on the map with whiteboard markers and reuse the map for different projects.