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Public Disclosure Authorized MANILA WATER COMPANY Public Disclosure Authorized RESETTLEMENT COMPLETION REPORT North & South Pasig Sewerage System Public Disclosure Authorized 6/22/2011 Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Completion Report: North&South Pasig Sewerage System Project 1 ATTACHMENT B: Table of Contents 1. PROJECT BACKGROUND: ........................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Background On Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City .......................................................................... 6 1.2 Background On Acquired Private Properties…………………………………………………………………………………6 2. OBJECTIVES OF THE RESETTLEMENT COMPLETION REPORT: ................................................... 7 3. LAND ACQUISITION PROCESS .................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Cruz Property: ..................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Rama Property: ................................................................................................................... 8 4. PROJECT-AFFECTED-PERSONS…………..…………………………………………………………………………………10 5. COMPENSATION, IMPLEMENTATION & MONITORING ARRANGEMENTS…………………………… 15 Annex A: Minutes of Phone Interview with Mr. Pepito Olarte ..................................................... 17 Annex B : Kasunduan sa Barangay ( Barangay Agreement) .......................................................... 18 Annex C : Group 3 – List of Uncompensated Families................................................................... 19 Annex D : Minutes of Meeting with Atty. Cris Cruz Saruca ........................................................... 21 Annex E : Location of Shanties of Group 3 .................................................................................... 22 Annex F : Memorandum of Undertaking....................................................................................... 23 Annex G : Acknowledgement Receipt of Compensation from Junjun / Carmen Lita ................... 25 Resettlement Completion Report: North&South Pasig Sewerage System Project 2 1. PROJECT BACKGROUND The North and South Pasig sub-catchment is a sewerage system sub-catchment area that is one of the twenty or so sub-catchments that forms the Three River Wastewater Management Master Plan Manila Water Company, Inc. (MWCI) which aims to expand sewerage infrastructure that will address pollution discharging into the rivers of Pasig, San Juan, and Marikina. The North and South Pasig Sewerage System project will allow for construction of a major sewage treatment facility and laying of sewer network to cover Pasig City has been nominated by MWCI for funding under the World Bank supported Metro Manila Wastewater Management Project or MWMP. The North and South Pasig sewerage system project will a total area of 3,443 hectares. The project area includes Pasig City, portion of Mandaluyong City and Quezon City and municipalities of Cainta and Taytay. Figure 1 shows the coverage area. Figure 1. North & South Pasig sub-catchment Resettlement Completion Report: North&South Pasig Sewerage System Project 3 It is bounded on the north and northwest by EDSA and Katipunan Ave., on the west and south west by Pasig River, on the east by Manggahan Floodway, and on the south by Laguna Lake. The land use for the cities and municipalities varies. In Mandaluyong City, residential land use still remains the dominant use due to increased housing by way of large clusters of residential towers and medium rise housing. The Pasig City land use plan calls for conversion of industrial areas to commercial areas. However, industrial activities are still present in the area. There are approximately 200 large industries located in Barangay Ugong, Bagong Ilog, Rosario and Manggahan. Prominent areas of commercial activity is the Ortigas Center ( Central Business District of Pasig) and the Pasig public market near the City Hall. The barangays of Bagumbayan, St. Ignatius, Ugong Norte and White Plains which comprise the portion of Quezon City is a mix of several offices, commercial and residential high-rise buildings. Meanwhile, Cainta LGU allotted more than 50 % on residential use and 10 % on commercial use. Commercial areas will be zoned along the town’s major roads. The Municipality of Taytay increase industrial land use which makes it different from the other LGUs within the sub-catchment. The North & South Pasig Sewerage System has two components: 1) Ilugin STP and 2) Sewer Networks. The project involves construction of STP and sewer network. The identified location of the STP is at M.H Del Pilar, Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City. The estimated capacity of the STP is 165 MLD designed to year 2020. The sewer network will be composed of approximately 64 km of sewer lines, 56 interceptor boxes, and 11 pump stations, based on the Pasig River Catchment Sewerage Project Feasibility Study. The STP site has a land area of 50,000 square meters with an access road of 889.5 square meters. It is located at M.H del Pilar St. Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City. Figure 2 shows the location of Ilugin STP. The Ilugin Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) is a component of the Pasig North & South Sewerage System sub-component. The project aims to treat collected sewage flows of Pasig City, portions of Mandaluyong City and Quezon City. Presently, the catchments to be served by Ilugin STP have an estimated 550,000 populations that mostly employ household septic tanks. However, septic tanks provide only primary treatment for domestic wastewater which is insufficient to meet sewage discharges compliant with environmental standards. Ilugin STP will provide complete treatment of the domestic wastewater of the catchment. Resettlement Completion Report: North&South Pasig Sewerage System Project 4 Figure 2. Location of Ilugin STP Resettlement Completion Report: North&South Pasig Sewerage System Project 5 1.1 Background On Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City Barangay Pinagbuhatan, where the project is located, is the largest and most populated barangay in Pasig City. Majority of the population are poor and low to middle income families. There are some middle to high income communities such as Greenwood subdivision are also present. The prevalence of poor to low-income communities can be traced back in the 1980s when Barangay Pinagbuhatan became a resettlement area of informal settlers from San Juan and Taytay, in the Nagpayong area in particular. Shanty and poor housing were improved around early to middle 2000 through community development projects and community mortgage programs implemented by the local government. After the devastating typhoon Ondoy additional informal settlers relocated in Barangay Pinagbutan fleeing flooded lands. Several shanties and semi-permanent structures can be seen along the newly opened C-6 road. To date, the office of Barangay Chairman (currently Mrs. Monica Asilo) has on-going relocation and compensation activities for informal settlers residing near creeks, canal and rivers to prevent any loss of lives during typhoon season. 1.2 Background On Acquired Private Properties 1.2.1 Cruz Property The acquired property, with an area of 50,000 square meters, was previously owned by the heirs of the deceased Cruz patriarch namely, Mirma Cruz- Saruca, represented by her son Atty. Cris Cruz-Saruca, Gabriel Cruz Jr., Adonis Cruz, Leny C. Ledesma, Armando Cruz, Roxani Cruz Olarte, represented by her husband Pepito Olarte, and heirs of the deceased Orlando Cruz, represented by their lawyer, Atty. Al C. Parreño. In the 1980s, the Cruz property was invaded by some informal settlers. The Cruz-Saruca family extended great efforts and expense to secure the property through the decades. In the intervening years, the property was left undeveloped and due to limitations in cash, the family did not properly fence the property. However, the Cruz family employed caretakers such as Ernesto Lita (also a handy man of the Cruz-Saruca household) to look after the property and prevent informal settlers from squatting in the property. Eventually, squatting of informal settlers was inevitable particularly at the margins of the property and some households squatted at the northern edge of the property along the banks of the creek. These group was informally endorsed there by previous Barangay Chairman Rodrigo Asilo (now Councilor), around 18 years ago, taking advantage of the poor delineation of the northern border of the property along a marshy creek. Among this group was Rodolfo Soberano, a friend of Mr. Asilo, and is employed by the barangay and is a driver of the Asilo family. This group of informal settlers built houses over the creek gradually reclaiming the marshes and gradually expanding their houses. Later on, geodetic survey Resettlement Completion Report: North&South Pasig Sewerage System Project 6 would reveal that the structures of this group of informal settlers lie within the Cruz property and have to be relocated. The Cruz family identified these families, seventeen in total, to be eligible for compensation. In recent years, another group of informal settlers were tolerated by the Cruz family with the understanding that they are relatives of the caretaker Ernesto Lita and that they till the otherwise unused land for agriculture. These families cultivated crops such as kangkong, malunggay, sweet potatoes, cassava, bananas and pechay for their consumption with the excess being sold at the nearby public market.