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Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Council can't abolish committee hearings
By Barbara Carla R. Quiero
DAVAO City Councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang laughed off suggestion of a city-based developer to abolish committee hearings to hasten the approval of housing permits.
Dayanghirang said the appeal to scrap committee hearings on housing is illegal.
"It's not within the framework and inconsistent with what is provided for in the Local Government Code. How can you vote on a measure without committee hearings?" Dayanghirang said during his privileged speech in Tuesday's regular session.
Developer Carlito Dublan, president of Primeland Properties Inc., has blamed committee hearings in the City Council for the delay in the issuance of their permits.
But if there are delays in the processing of their permits, Dayanghirang insisted the developers themselves could have caused it.
"We do not know, (these developers) have caused the delay. Maybe it's their own doing because they failed to comply with the requirements. Perhaps the documents they submitted are lacking," he said.
In the wake of this development, Dayanghirang asked City Council committee on housing chaired by Councilor Arnulfo Cabling to respond to Dublan's suggestion.
"Or else, the committee will be accused of failing to discharge its duty and obligation," said Dayanghirang.
In a letter addressed to Vice Mayor Luis Bonguyan, Dublan said his company had incurred losses because of the delay in the processing of Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance and Development Permit.
The letter was dated August 31, 2005, but was only scheduled for deliberation in Tuesday's session.
Dublan said that to gather council members for a committee hearing is hard to achieve.
He said the work of the City Council housing committee should instead be delegated to the city housing and land use regulatory unit, composed of the City Planning, City Engineer, City Health and other local government offices.
Dublin also requested that the approval of Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance and Development Permit be lumped into one and approved simultaneously instead of processing them separately.
"This way we can reduce the period of approval by 50 percent because concerned agencies and City Council assigned are on the same groups that review and recommend the said documents," Dublan said.
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