SIXTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Third Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
__ Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

House Bill No. 6388
EXPLANATORY NOTE

Last June 15, 2013, the Laguindingan Airport was officially opened by
President Benigno Aquino Ill. With this, all flights to Cagayan de Oro City were
transferred to the new Laguindingan Airport from the old Lumbia Airport.

Since then, the Lumbia Airport has been abandoned and remained unused
until today. This is quite unfortunate as Barangay Lumbia has great potential as a
new city hub because it is built on high ground, making it flood-free, and has a small
population. And with The United Nations Habitat, through its Achieving Sustainable
Urban Development (ASUD) program, choosing Cagayan de Oro as one of four
cities in the country for planned city extension (PCE) development, it becomes
imperative that ownership of the property be turned-over to the City government so
the City of Cagayan de Oro can use the 547-hectare property for a mixed-use urban
development concept.

UN-Habitat’s Achieving Sustainable Urban Development (ASUD) programme
seeks to address urban development issues affecting today’s cities. In its report, it
mentioned that Cagayan de Oro City is a highly urbanized city in Northern Mindanao.
Much of its urban development has been along the east-west corridor of the lligan-
Cagayan de Oro-Butuan National Highway. Over time, barangays (districts)
straddling this highway have evolved into vibrant commercial and residential areas.

Rapid demographic and economic growth in the last 15 years was
accompanied by changes in the city’s land use, where forests and agricultural areas
made way for residential and commercial projects. If expansion is left unchecked and
unplanned, the city is likely to experience a lopsided distribution of settlements
favoring only a few districts and driven by the real estate market with gated
communities that will hamper urban connectivity and efficient agglomerations. This
kind of urban development is clearly unsustainable, necessitating a guided and
planned city extension (PCE) development.

The Lumbia property can be used as site of the new City Hall of Cagayan de
Oro City and to house city government offices for Agrarian Reform, Agriculture,
Environment and Natural Resources, Tourism and the City trade and Investment
offices. Part of the property can also be used as a site of a City District Hospital and
a tech-voc training center. It can also be used to hold a big nursery for fruit and hard
trees seedlings, vegetable and cut flower demonstration farms and livestock


breeding for carabaos, cattle, goats and pigs. And can also be used for residential
and commercial purposes.

With this, the City can generate income from the use of the property instead of
it being idle.

In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

RUPUS B. ROD! EZ

MAXIM! ROBRIGUEZ, JR.


‘SIXTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES —)
Third Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

6388

House Bill No.

AN ACT
TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP OF THE LUMBIA AIRPORT PROPERTY IN
BARANGAY LUMBIA, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY FROM THE CIVIL AVIATION
AUTHORITY OF THE PHILIPPINES (FORMERLY THE AIR TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE) TO THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled.

Section 1. The ownership of the property where the old Lumbia Airport is located in
Barangay Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City is hereby transferred to the City
Government of Cagayan de Oro City.

SEC 2. The property will be exclusively used

to house the new City Hall of Cagayan de Oro City;
as the site of a new City District | Hospital;

as the site of a Technical Vocational training center;
as the site of the Agricultural Productivity Office;

as the site of a seedling nursery;

the site of a livestock and poultry farm; and

for residential and commercial purposes.

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The property shall likewise be open for investors under joint-venture or lease
agreements.

SEC 3. Separability Clause - Should any of the provisions of this Act or any part
thereof be declared invalid, the other provisions, so far as they are separable from
the invalid ones, shall remain in full force and effect.

SEC 4. Repealing Clause - All laws, presidential decrees and issuances, executive
orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC 5. Effetivity - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,