Honorable Vice Mayor Sarah Duterte, Attorney
City of Davao City
Republika Ng Pilipinas
RE: Request For Audience Concerning Risks To Human Life And Violations Of Law Presented By Subdivision Development Of Shrine Hills
Your Honor:
Respectfully, we come to you for an audience to discuss the risks to human life, destruction of property and the beauty and environment of the City of Davao arising from the development of Shrine Hills.
Those are the same risks and concerns discussed by Councilor Pilar C. Braga, PhD in her privileged speeches before the City Council of Davao on October 16, 2007 and November 8, 2007.
In addition, since our formal involvement on February 28, 2006, the lack of enforcement and penalties against violations of law by Shrine Hills subdivision developers going ahead without proper permits has also caused us to turn to the Executive Branch and your Honor for an Audience to review this situation and help in these matters.
Sincerely yours,
Teodorico T. Tinio, President
Brgy Ma-a Federation of Homeowners Associations, Inc.,
Dinaville, Barangay Ma-a, Davao City
Tel. 244-1857
Engineer Jaime T. Olegario, Chairman
Environmental Committee, Brgy Ma-a Federation of Homeowners Associations, Inc., and President, St. Michael Village Phase II Home Owners Association,
46 Pigeon Street, Brgy Ma-a, Davao City Tel. 303-3795
Note: The Office of the Vice-Mayor called for a meeting but this was scheduled on November 28 same hour as the already confirmed dialogue with the Developers at the Maa Barangay Hall. The Homeowners begged off.
Those are the same risks and concerns discussed by Councilor Pilar C. Braga, PhD in her privileged speeches before the City Council of Davao on October 16, 2007 and November 8, 2007.
In addition, since our formal involvement on February 28, 2006, the lack of enforcement and penalties against violations of law by Shrine Hills subdivision developers going ahead without proper permits has also caused us to turn to the Executive Branch and your Honor for an Audience to review this situation and help in these matters.
Sincerely yours,
Teodorico T. Tinio, President
Brgy Ma-a Federation of Homeowners Associations, Inc.,
Dinaville, Barangay Ma-a, Davao City
Tel. 244-1857
Engineer Jaime T. Olegario, Chairman
Environmental Committee, Brgy Ma-a Federation of Homeowners Associations, Inc., and President, St. Michael Village Phase II Home Owners Association,
46 Pigeon Street, Brgy Ma-a, Davao City Tel. 303-3795
Note: The Office of the Vice-Mayor called for a meeting but this was scheduled on November 28 same hour as the already confirmed dialogue with the Developers at the Maa Barangay Hall. The Homeowners begged off.
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Consunji to sue housing
project oppositors
By ROGER M. BALANZA
A housing developer proposing a high-end project in Matina Hills in Davao City has threatened to sue officers of a group for “grossly irresponsible statements” leveled against the company.”
David M. Consunji-Urban Planning Development, Inc. (DMC-UPDI) is filing civil and criminal actions against these irresponsible persons, said DMC-UPDI manager Victoria Joy Adriano of officers of the Federation of Maa Homeowners Association.
The federation has blamed the developer---planning to build a 15-hectare project at the east side of the 300-meter Matina Hill---for allegedly causing floods in downhill housing subdivisions in Maa. They also feared landslides that could swallow their houses, claiming the area has been identified by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) as land-slide prone.
Adriano was referring to statements made by Lothar Tricher, a Canadian national and officer of the federation, during a recent committee hearing conducted by the Davao City Council committee on housing chaired by councilor Arnolfo Ricardo Cabling.
Tischer, Norma Javellana and another foreigner, Stacey Breid, are the most vocal members of the federation who lock words with DMC-UPDI administrators in the Cabling committee hearings.
Floods and landslides
Other than raising the issue of flooding and potential landslides, the group has also accused the developer of starting development---denied by DMC-UPDI---even as it still has to secure permits from the local government and the national agencies.
The Cabling committee is hearing the developer’s application for Preliminary Approval of Locational Clearance (PALC), an initial requirement before issuance of Development Permit (DP).
Adriano dished out the threat of legal action in a position paper she submitted to the Cabling committee. She said the group, Tischer in particular, imputed on her company “unfounded, baseless, grossly maliciously and irresponsible statements” during a committee hearing held on June 25.
Irresponsible persons
These are “grave assaults to the company’s reputation which are bases for filing of civil and criminal actions against these irresponsible persons,” said Adriano.
She said the accusations are serious because they were not only peddled by the group before city councilors and Vice Mayor Sara Duterte, but also publicized in media through press releases issued by the federation.
Company of pirates
Quoting from minutes of the hearing, Adriano said Tischer described DMC-UPDI as a developer violating laws “with a pirate’s attitude for profit rather than human life.”
Tischer, she said, also said the company committed “flagrant, obvious violations” and should not be “rewarded (a permit)” and not be “trusted to keep future commitments to do things properly.” Tischer was also quoted as saying the violations of DMC-UPDI have already “injured many and are putting more people at risk.”
Safety a top premium
In her position paper, Adriano said the Spine Road (access road) and drainage system---claimed by the federation officers as development work to the housing project---built on the site had permits from the City Engineering Office and the Department of Public Work and Highways.
She denied the company is now developing the site, saying it has yet to get a Development Permit, which grants the company the go-signal to start development. Adriano said what the company is seeking now is the PALC, which only approves locational clearance.
We assure that when development starts after grant of the Development Permit, we shall be monitored by the local government unit, Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board and the national agencies, said Adriano who adds that the company would give premium to the safety and welfare of its clients, residents, partners and other stakeholders. Adriano, in an earlier committee hearing, had told Tischer’s group that the issues they raised are better heard when the company applies for approval of Development Permit, and not during the hearing on its application for PALC.
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