BAGUIO City Mayor Maurico Domogan remains optimistic on the segregation of the Camp John Hay villages.

Domogan said a letter will be sent to John Hay Management Corporation (JHMC) as well as the Bases Conversion Development Authority anew to ask them to adhere to the 19 conditionalities set by the city government in 1994.

Domogan said the change in leadership at the BCDA and JHMC has given new hope for the segregation of the villages.

Barangays eyed for segregation include Camp 7, Country Club Village, Greenwater, Happy Hallow, Hillside, Loakan-Apugan, Loakan-Liwanag, Loakan Proper, Lower Dagsian, Lucnab, Military Cut- Off, Sta. Escolastica Village, Scout Barrio and Upper Dagsian.

Domogan said talks with JHMC president Allan Garcia indicate good news for the city.

The 19 conditionalities include a provision to which the BCDA will exclude all affected barangays from the John Hay Reservation crafted in 1994 for the Master Development Plan For Club John Hay.

In 2002, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued Executive Order No. 132, separating John Hay Poro Point Development Corporation (JPDC) into two entities and renaming them as John Hay Management Corporation (JHMC) and Poro Point Management Corporation (PPMC), respectively. JHMC is now the implementing arm of the BCDA over the JHSEZ.

The conditionalities include ancestral claims which indicate portions of John Hay shall not be considered as closed and instead treated as pending so that from the time an ancestral law is passed by Congress implementing the provisions of the 1987 Constitution, the said claims should be decided by the appropriate administrative body or the courts and whoever are entitled to be compensated shall be given due and just compensation.

Domogan said areas in the CJH which have been identified as forest reserves will remain as green patches even if it is segregated to the city.

Previously, Michael Lawana, president of the Baguio City Association of Barangay Councils and the City Council said talks with Garcia show much promise as the administration now is bent on resolving the decades old impasse between the villages.