SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

__Introduced by Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

House Bill No.
EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill was originally filed during the 15" Congress where it was approved by the
Committee on Transportation.

Last June 15, 2013, the Laguindingan Airport was officially opened. 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 Northem 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.

My

MAXIMO'B. RODRIGUEZ, JR.


SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES }
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.
3664

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 seeding nursery;

the site of a livestock and poultry farm; and

g. 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. Effectivity — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2)
newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,