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Documentation Report

Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Planning Workshop

January 20-21, 2015

at the Barangay Hall, Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City, Philippines

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Documentation Report

Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Planning Workshop

January 20-21, 2015

at the Barangay Hall, Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City, Philippines

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Table of Contents

Abbreviations ……………………………………………………………................ 3 Introduction …………………………………………………………….................. 4-6 Preliminaries and Program ……………………………………………………….. 7-9 Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Assessment ………………………….. 10-11 Evacuation Planning and Center Management …………………………………. 11-15 Planning/Mapping Workshop and Reporting …………………………….……… 15-22 Consolidation of Three Maps to One Map ………………………………………. 23-24 Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 Annual Investment Plan and Structure ……… 25-26 Summary of Gaps and Open Forum ……………………………………………. 27-28

Open Forum/Closing Remarks …………………………………………………… 28-29

Validation, Finalization and Approval of Documentation Report and Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Map of Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City ………………………………………………….. 30-33 Annex I: Attendance Sheet – January 20-21, 2015 …………………………….. 34-36 Annex II: Privileged Speech of Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera …………… 37-38

Annex III: News Coverage of the Privileged Speech of Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera …………………………………………….. 39-40

Annex IV: Attendance Sheet – January 20-21, 2015 …………………………… 41

Annex V: Barangay Budlaan Map ………………………………………………. 42

Annex VI: Barangay Budlaan Map ………………………………………………. 43

Annex VII: Barangay Budlaan Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Map …………………………………………………… 44

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Abbreviations AIP - Annual Investment Plan BDRRMC - Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Management Committee BDRRMP - Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Management Plan DCW - Day Care Center Worker DRRM - Disaster Risk Reduction Management EC - Evacuation Center ECC - Evacuation Center Code FORGE - Fellowship for Organizing Endeavors, Inc. GAD - Gender and Development GK - Gawad Kalinga IGES - Institute for Global Environmental Strategies LGU - Local Government Units PCVA - Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Assessment

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Introduction

A two-day Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Planning/Mapping Workshop was conducted at the Barangay Hall of Barangay1 Budlaan, Cebu City initiated by the Office of Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera and with funding support by the Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) based in Kitakyushu City, Japan on January 20-21, 2015. This planning/mapping at the barangay level was aimed at validating the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Management Plan, Contingency Plan and the Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Assessment result formulated in the previous year as basis in the formulation of Barangay Budlaan Comprehensive Maps. The generated maps serve as sitio-based2 information of the constituents in times of disasters in the barangay, enhance the community preparedness during emergencies and provide details on coordination with the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. The maps also measure how the barangay can execute orders, coordinate and support the sitio leaders during evacuation. The participants were the members of the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Management Committee3 such as the Barangay Captain, Barangay Councilors, Academe, sitio leaders, Gender and Development Focal Person, Barangay Tanod, Barangay Health Workers, Lupons and representatives of homeowners’ associations totaling 48 persons (32 females/16 males). Majority of the BDRRMC members are women because most of the time their husbands are at work daily for their food and other provisions. Women, therefore, are the frontliners in every emergency situation who can quickly respond and know where to lead their community to safety base on the generated maps. Serving as facilitators for the event are staff from the Fellowship for Organizing Endeavors, (FORGE, Inc.), one of Cebu-based civil society organizations advocating/facilitating community-based Disaster Risk Reduction Management and mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation to local development plans. The facilitators and resource persons from FORGE Inc. as follows: Ms. Ana Marie V. Duran, Disaster Risk Reduction Advocacy Officer; Mr. Vidal Auxilio, Division Manager; and Rowena Padillo, Program Coordinator; ably assisted by Crisivic Busarang, Community Organizer, who served as the process documenter.

1 A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native term for a village, district or ward. Municipalities and cities are composed of barangays and they may be further subdivided into smaller areas called purok (English: zone) or sitio, which is a territorial enclave inside a barangay. 2 A sitio in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. The sitio does not have administrative function; it is purely organizational. 3 As provided under Republic Act No. 10121, otherwise known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, there shall be a Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (LDDRMC) at every local government unit (national, regional, province, city/municipality, barangay) and the BDRRMC serves as the LDRRMC in the barangay tasked to: (a) approve, monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan and annually review, test and develop the plan consistent with other national and local planning programs; (b) ensure the integration of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into local development plans, programs and budgets as a strategy in sustainable development and poverty reduction; and (c) recommend the implementation of forced or preemptive evacuation of local residents, if necessary.

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Providing valuable contribution from the office of Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera were Mr. Edgar Batucan, Master of Ceremonies, Ms. Richy R. Honoridez, photo documenter, and Mr. Jonathan Eric Tenefrancia, secretariat support. Why the Workshop and Barangay Budlaan? The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) under its Study on Development of Resilient City Policy Model and its Application in Asian Cities, funded by the Ministry of Environment, Japan, has embarked on a project that aims to analyze the existing vulnerability factors, institutional, financial, technical, policy gaps and key factors that make a city resilient and the arguments for moving cities in this direction. The Philippines is a good choice to include in this project having been ranked as number one among countries affected by climate change based on events of 2013 through the Global Climate Risk Index 2015, published by the environmental organization Germanwatch. The Index analyzes to what extent countries have been affected by weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves, etc.).4 Cebu, meanwhile, with Cebu City as its capital, is the second largest center of business in the country with business establishments increasing six times over the last 15 years. Cebu City faces numerous environmental challenges attended to urbanization and economic development. A recent study points to Cebu City likely finding itself caught in a “climate sandwich” as saltwater intrusion affecting its groundwater sources intensifies, sea levels rise and more intense typhoons last the coastline with storm surge.5 With much of the City’s land area on steep slopes, with barely 15 percent of the land area sitting on flat terrain, this makes the uplands highly vulnerable to landslides, according to the same study. IGES entered into a partnership with the Cebu City Government, through the Committee on Environment of the Cebu City Council, the city’s legislative branch. With City Councilor Nida Cabrera at the helm as the Chairperson of the Committee on Environment, a passionate environmental advocate herself who steered Barangay Luz, Cebu City into national and international prominence due to its innovative approaches in solid waste management during her time as the barangay chief, the city tapped the services of FORGE, Inc. as facilitator. Barangay Budlaan became a natural choice as the pilot barangay for the workshop. With Barangay Budlaan identified as highly susceptible to landslides together with 18 other barangays in Cebu City, officials have already initiated vulnerability assessment and disaster risk reduction and management planning, becoming one of the few barangays in the City of Cebu ahead in terms of actively implementing the mandate under Republic Act No. 10121. Another relevant point is the identification of Barangay Budlaan as a relocation site for informal settlers in the urban centers who were evicted from their homes due to lack of security of tenure. The City Council has in fact approved a P50-million budget for site development at Barangay Budlaan’s relocation site to ensure that the safety needs and other amenities of new settlers in the barangay are adequately addressed.

4 Global Climate Risk Index 2015 – Germanwatch, www.germanwatch.org 5 2014 Business Risk Assessment and the Management of Climate Change Impacts, World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Foundation, www.wwf.org.ph/brstudy

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The two-day workshop seeks to address current development challenges in Barangay Budlaan posed by changes in the climate and hopes to mainstream the same process in the other 79 barangays of Cebu City. This general objective is in accord to the Philippines’s National Climate Change Action Plan 2011-2018, whose ultimate goal is to build the adaptive capacities of women and men in their communities, increase the resilience of vulnerable sectors and natural ecosystems to climate change, and optimize mitigation opportunities towards gender-responsive and rights-based sustainable development.6

6 http://adaptationmarketplace.org/data/library-documents/NCCAP_TechDoc.pdf

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DDDaaayyy 111---JJJaaannnuuuaaarrryyy 222000,,, 222000111555 The training commenced at 09:45 in the morning with an opening prayer led by Mrs. Hermena Escarpe, sitio leader, and followed by the singing of the Philippine National Anthem led by Wendy Gargar, daycare teacher. Acknowledgement of participants was made by Edgar Batucan, staff of Councilor Nida Cabrera. The welcome remarks were provided by Budlaan Barangay Captain Nerissa Antolihao. She welcomed all the participants, guest and speakers for the two-day activity. Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera gave the background and rationale of the two-day Planning/Mapping activity. According to her, this workshop aims to come-up with one map comprised with three (3) vital information: the hazards and risk existing in the area, resources available and evacuation sites, in order to strengthen resilience and capacity to face potential disasters. Councilor Cabrera also expressed her deep appreciation to the partner institution, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Kitakyushu City, Japan who funded the workshop. Further, she emphasized that out of the 80 barangays in Cebu City, Budlaan is the first barangay in Cebu City that conducted the workshop and shall be the first barangay also to come up with a comprehensive hazard, resource and evacuation map.

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Ana Marie Duran added that barangays generate only the hazard map when conducting the Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Assessment Workshop; Barangay Budlaan is fortunate to be choosen by Councilor Cabrera and IGES as the first barangay to have a comprehensive hazard, resource and evacuation map. The facilitators then proceeded to check the participants’ expectations for the workshop, which are summarized as follows:

• To gain additional knowledge about disaster preparedness and know where to manage their people during emergency situations.

• To know what sitios need to be evacuated during emergency situations. • For the resource persons to explain the topics clearly with a tinge of humor. • For participants to cooperate, listen attentively to the discussion and treat each other

with respect. • For participants to share the recent disaster risk issues in their respective sitios,

specifically at the relocation sites. After the expectation setting, Ana Marie V. Duran presented the two-day program flow for the information of all participants:

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08:30 – 09:30 Arrival and Registration of Participants Councilor Nida Cabrera’s Office Secretariat

09:30 – 10:15 Opening Preliminaries - Invocation & National Anthem - Welcome Message

- Rationale

- Flow of Activity - Getting to Know You - Expectation Setting

Video Presentation Barangay Captain Nerissa Antolihao Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera Ana Marie Duran

10:15 – 11:45 Participatory Learning and Action / Participatory Capacity & Vulnerability Analysis

- Definition and Tools Hazard, Resource, Evacuation Map

Ana Marie Duran

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1. Hazard Mapping 2. Resource Mapping 3. Evacuation Mapping

Closing Remarks

Facilitators: Vidal Auxilio Rowena Padillo Ana Marie V. Duran

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08:30 – 09:00 Opening Preliminaries - Invocation - Recap

Participant Participant

09:00 – 12:00 Consolidation of the Workshop Output into 1 Map and Action Planning

Facilitators

12:00 – 01:00 Lunch Break 01:00 – 03:30 Reporting, Critiquing , Finalization and

Approval of the Map Facilitators

03:30-04:00 Presentation and Review of BDRRMC 2015 Annual Investment Plan BDRRMC Structure

Councilor Malazarte BDRRMC Chairperson Barangay Secretary

04:00 – 05:00 Closing Activities - Message from Barangay

Captain - Message from representative

of people’s organization - Message from sitio

representative - Message from Councilor

Cabrera - Message from Dr. Kumara

- Distribution of Certificates

- Ways Forward

Facilitator: Ana Marie Duran To be facilitated by Dr. Kumara, Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera and Barangay Captain Nerissa Antolihao Facilitator: Ana Marie V. Duran

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• Identify the key vulnerabilities of a particular community; • Understand how community members perceive risks and threats to their lives, properties

and livelihoods; • Analyse the resources (capacities) and strategies available to them to address or reduce

these hazard/climate risks and; • Help the LGU/community develop an action plan to address identified vulnerability and

risk.

If done well, the PCVA has an empowering effect by reinforcing people’s capacity for collective action, enabling communities to understand the risks they face and identifying opportunities available to manage those risks. Further, the resource person shared the FORGE experience in their partner barangays in Metro Cebu that practice the PCVA before planning and budgeting. She also presented the usual PCVA Tools being used by FORGE. The resource person presented the hazard map and its definition. According to her, the map is the top view of the entire barangay in which all hazards are indicated as well as the number of exposed population affected in times of emergency. Under the PCVA, the community identifies their hazard per sitio, then ranks the same into high, medium and low risks with corresponding underlying factors as bases in the prioritization of projects in the barangay planning and budgeting. The discussion was followed by the presentation of the resource map. The resource map helps identify all the resources present in the barangay either private or publicly owned. Through this

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map, the barangay could also identify if the location of the structure/project is correct and what other basic service is lacking in the area that needs to be considered in the prioritization of projects during the barangay planning and budgeting. The next tool presented and discussed was the Barangay Hexagon of Assets. The tool is used to check the present situation of the barangay, what are the existing capacity and vulnerability in terms of human, natural, physical, financial and political assets. All the vulnerabilities must be consolidated and should serve as the baseline data to implement programs on vulnerability reductions. Next to be presented was the matrix in Vulnerability Assessment and Inventory of Population to be evacuated during emergency, with gender disaggregated data. Through this tool, the number of vulnerable sector and mentally-challenged per sitio must be accounted because they are the first priority to be rescued in times of crisis in the area. The resource person encouraged the participants to have an updated data that should be indicated in the maps for the information of the people in the barangay, as well as to people from outside the barangay, during emergency situations. The last tool presented and discussed was the Timeline. The tool was used to recall the significant catastrophes that happened in the barangay in the past 20-30 years, how many people were affected, the number of casualties, and the extent of damage of livelihood and properties either public or privately owned. According to the resource person, the importance of gathering this data is to compare the situation before and the present, especially in terms of how these catastrophes affect the population. What if a previous hazard strikes again in the area? After the explanation of the PCVA Tools, the resource person encouraged the BDRRMC to always prepare the worst case scenario in their plan prioritization in accordance to the mantra “PLAN for the WORST and HOPE for the BEST.” EEEvvvaaacccuuuaaattt iii ooonnn PPP lll aaannnnnn iiinnnggg aaannnddd CCCeeennnttteee rrr MMMaaannnaaagggeeemmmeeennnttt RRR eee sss ooo uuu rrr ccc eee PPP eee rrr sss ooo nnn aaa nnn ddd FFF aaa ccc iii lll iii ttt aaa ttt ooo rrr ::: AAA nnn aaa MMM aaa rrr iii eee VVV ... DDD uuu rrr aaa nnn Evacuation is the organized transfer of people from danger/unsafe area to a safe area. This process saves precious lives, livelihood and properties. But she reminded the participants that not all hazards need evacuation for the people. The Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Assessment (PCVA) is the best tool that will guide communities on what situations that need evacuation. There are Three (3) Steps in Evacuation: First is the Pre-emptive Evacuation. This is either a temporary or permanent evacuation, and it depends upon the result of the area assessment after the emergency. If the affected area is unsafe to live again, another area shall be scouted to be used for relocation site(s) of the affected community. If the affected area is safe for habitation again, the evacuees return to their area as per advice by the person in authority. The facilitator cited the case in Barangay Guinsaugon, Municipality of Saint Bernard in Southern Leyte, where the landslides resulted to a permanent evacuation of the people because it is already unsafe to live after the incident; the people are now relocated in a safe area called the New Guinsaugon Community.

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Second step is the Rescue Evacuation. This is a temporary evacuation and transfer to safer area either in school buildings and other durable facilities in the community during and after the hazard hits the area. The last step is the Reconstructive Evacuation. This is a permanent evacuation for the reason that the place is very devastated and no longer safe for habitation by the affected people after the hazard hits the area. It is the standard operating procedure to have the warning for evacuation preparation, warning for actual evacuation, staying at the evacuation center and returning back to the permanent area of the evacuees or transfer to other safer area, depending on the assessment results after the crisis. This information must be established at the family so that during emergencies family members can prepare the things needed for three days of evacuation. Bringing basic needs intended for three (3) days per family is important because relief distribution from outside responders usually takes place after 3 days of the crisis. In connection to the process of evacuation, the facilitator also discussed the ideal process of evacuation planning. The considerations are as follows: 1. Revisiting of the Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Assessment results is a must

especially the hazard mapping result as basis to identify a safer area for evacuation center per sitio;

2. Usage of early warning device with system during emergency cases most especially during the pre-emptive evacuation is very effective;

3. Updated master list of the highly expose population to be evacuated and the considerations of the mentally challenged and vulnerable sector per sitio;

4. Familiarize and disseminate barangay contingency plan per family and conduct regular drills to be always in times of emergency. This is putting to action the theory in the contingency plan conducting regular drills;

5. Per family first aid kit including food and other needs good for three (3) days; and 6. Logistics, transportations, medicines, road signs, communal equipments, warning

equipments and others must be prepared and ready 24 hours, 7 days a week (24/7). The Three (3) Steps on Evacuation was followed by the presentation and discussion of the BDRRMC’s Evacuation Obligations, as follows: In the Pre-Evacuation the BDRRMC must: 1. Prepare the Evacuation Plan and post it in all sitios for public information; 2. Conduct regular drill exercise base on the identified hazard in the area; 3. Prepare needed logistics for evacuation; 4. Update population profiling regularly and; 5. Initiate networking, coordination and resource generation for evacuation. In the Actual Evacuation, the BDRRMC must: 1. Manage the needed equipments for evacuation; 2. Ensure the proper instructions during evacuation; 3. Ensure the assignment of guides during evacuation; 4. Ensure the head count of the people who evacuated and not evacuated and; 5. Initiate search and rescue operation.

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In the Evacuation Center, the BDRRMC must: 1. Monitor the health, sanitation, food and security of the evacuees; 2. Ensure to relay exact information to the evacuees; 3. Manage the relief operation and; 4. Make networking, public information and resource generation. In the return of evacuees to their respective areas, the BDRRMC must: 1. Make sure to verify the information that it is already safe for the evacuees to return home; 2. Ensure to clean the evacuation area before leaving; 3. Assist the evacuees in returning back to their respective areas; 4. Ensure the safety of the people in returning back to their places, and; 5. Repair immediately the facilities damaged by the emergency. After the discussion, participants’ concerns based on their experience during Super Typhoon Haiyan were raised to the team of facilitators. According to one of the participants, residents from danger areas were evacuated to schools as their temporary shelter/safe area, but after the evacuation the school teachers complained because they left the area dirty and some of the classroom things inside the classrooms were lost. In response, the main facilitator explained that during the preparedness activity, people expected to be evacuated to schools during emergency must be oriented in the usage of the evacuation center (school). The BDRRMC is the responsible team who provides the appropriate orientation about Camp Management and Evacuation Team. In addition, she also reminds the BDRRMC to prepare a document with the school on what specific classrooms can be used as temporary shelters during emergency, thus, the need to have a representative from the schools/academe in the BDRRMC. The facilitator then discussed Evacuation Center Management. She presented the right process on how to manage Evacuation Centers. She said that the BDRRMC must give primordial importance to the participation of evacuees and other people in the community by organizing an Evacuation Center Management in preparation to any emergency case in the community. Further, the facilitator encouraged the BDRRMC to consider the following criteria in choosing the ideal Evacuation Center, as follows: It should have an access to water and other resources, preferably at the center of the barangay with safe access road, safe location and proper drainage/canals, must have enough space for the evacuees with communal services and with separate spaces for people, livestock and belongings. Things to do in Evacuation Center Management: 1. The community must have an Evacuation Site Plan; 2. The safety of the evacuation site is not the only consideration; also equally important is to

determine who owns the land rights, and if it is private or public land; 3. Conduct site assessment whether the area is wide or comfortable enough for the expected

number of evacuees in the area during emergency cases. 4. Site planning, in order to provide all the needed areas for an ideal evacuation center, such

as rooms, kitchen, bedrooms, comfort rooms, washing area, open space for relief distribution and separate room for multi-purpose center.

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After the discussion, clarifications and concerns were raised by participants based on the current situation in the area. Open Forum: Question (Q): (Wendy, a Day Care teacher, addressed to City Councilor Nida Cabrera): Why the repair of the damaged Budlaan School not prioritized? The school was damaged during the October 15, 2013 earthquake but City Hall was unresponsive on the reports submitted. Answer (A): (Councilor Nida Cabrera): The Cebu City government has a Special Education Fund (SEF)7, but if this fund is not available they can charge it to the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund. Councilor Cabrera advised them to make a letter to the City Council as basis for further discussion and corresponding action by the City Government. Q: (Hermena Escarpe, sitio representative, addressed to City Councilor Nida Cabrera): The City Department for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) relocated to the KAPASAR relocation site in Barangay Budlaan the people demolished from Warwick. DWUP relocated the people without any development in the area. The new settlers lived in the steep area which is very prone to landslide. One landslide occurred in the area and affected the house of Asteria. Those affected transferred to the KAPASAR chapel. After the incident, only Councilor Archival visited in area but no feedback or appropriate action was received after his visit. Shall the people go back to the landslide prone areas, or will they stay permanently in the chapel for a life time?8 A: (Councilor Nida Cabrera): Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera was confused why the City government did not implement the allocated 50 Million Pesos approved by the City Council for relocation site development.

She reminded the Barangay Councilors to utilize the 70% Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Fund according to the people’s needs based on the PCVA result. The City DRRM Fund is supposed to augment the Barangay DRRM fund. She also informed the group that the Cebu City Government has allocated a budget in the amount of 10 Million Pesos per barangay for basic services, which barangays can use for disaster preparedness-related programs. Q: (Budlaan Punong Barangay Nerrisa Antolihao, addressed to City Councilor Nida Cabrera): The barangay has an on-going covered court project in the area. One hill with a mango tree shall be affected based on the project engineer’s recommendation. Is there a need to conduct a public hearing and get a permit from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for this concern? 7 In accordance to Republic Act No. 5447, the law creating the Special Education Fund, “which shall be expended exclusively for the activities of the Department of Education” to include, among others, the “programming of the construction and repair of elementary school buildings, acquisition of sites, and the construction and repair of workshops and similar buildings and accessories thereof…”

8 For further data gathering: When did the landslide happen? How many families were directly affected? How many families were relocated?

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A: (Councilor Nida Cabrera): The barangay officials need to formulate a Barangay Council resolution on this matter and submit it to the Cebu City Council with an attached picture of the mango tree. She also committed to clarify this to the DENR office. Q: (Budlaan Councilor Rodeline, addressed to City Councilor Nida Cabrera): One of the relocation sites in Budlaan (UCHOA) is in need of a water system. Can we ask assistance from the barangay so that the pipes/hoses of Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) reach the area? The relocation site is near Mehitabel Corporation where the pipes end. ]If MCWD will disagree to the request for assistance from UCHOA, can the barangay utilize the 10-Million fund from the City Government for this purpose? A: (Councilor Nida Cabrera): The barangay can utilize the 10-Million fund from the City Government because putting up a water system is part of the basic services. She advised the group to incorporate it in the Barangay Development Plan. The budget for said water system must be approved by the Barangay Council based on Program of Works and Estimates (POWE) made by City Engineering Office. Q: (GawadKalinga Housing representative, addressed to City Councilor Nida Cabrera): The road network to their area is very curvy and slippery also during rainy days resulting to many vehicular accidents. Can the Barangay or City help to solve that concern? A: (Councilor Nida Cabrera): The City Councilor commits to go to the area to see the actual situation. She also advised to the GK representative to go to her office to discuss this concern. (Lunch break@ 12:05 Noon) PPP lll aaannnnnn iiinnnggg aaannnddd MMMaaappppppiiinnnggg WWWooorrrkkkssshhhoooppp FFF aaa ccc iii lll iii ttt aaa ttt eee ddd bbb yyy AAA nnn aaa MMM aaa rrr iii eee VVV ... DDD uuu rrr aaa nnn The activity resumed at exactly 01:00 o’clock in the afternoon. After the icebreaker, the facilitator gave the workshop instructions to the group: Participants were divided into three groups for the workshop activity. Group Number 1 will undertake the workshop on Hazard Mapping, with Vidal Auxilio as facilitator; Group Number 2 on Resource Mapping, with Rowena Padillo as facilitator; and Group Number 3 on Evacuation Mapping, with Ana Marie Duran as facilitator. The 3 groups each identified their facilitator, documenter and reporter. She also reminded the group to acknowledge their group members and write at the back of the Manila paper. The facilitator illustrated how to conduct a comprehensive map for the participants’ guide, and emphasized that the hazard, resources and evacuation mapsw are plotted per sitio in one map.

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Hazard Mapping Workhop

The Hazard Mapping Workshop was conducted with emphasis that it must be a sitio-based identification of hazards with the inclusion of the expected number of families who will be directly affected during emergency cases and as well as the indication of legends in the map. Resource Mapping Workhop

In the Resource Mapping Workshop, all the resources per sitio in the map was indicated such as the infrastructures, livelihood, trees, creeks, waterways, chapels, schools and others found in the area, with their corresponding legends. Through this map, the barangay can identify whether a project is located in a safe location or within a danger area. Further, through this mapping the

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barangay can identify the basic services/projects per sitio that are lacking which shall serve as basis during the barangay planning. Evacuation Mapping Workhop

In the Evacuation Mapping Workshop, specific information were emphasized such as the barangay evacuation code, the evacuation center name and its capacity and the facilities within, which all must be projected in the map for the information of the people within and outside the barangay. Further, there was also emphasis in the following considerations in choosing the ideal evacuation center: access to water and other sources; safe location, preferably at the center of the barangay, with safe access road and proper drainage/canals; sufficient space for the evacuees with communal services, with separate space for people, livestock and belongings. She also reminded the group to consider the distance of the evacuation center from the sitio, road accessibility from the sitio to the evacuation center, and emergency equipment present per sitio as baseline data in the planning and budgeting in the barangay. All three (3) workshop groups finished at exactly 4:30 in the afternoon. The first day of the activity was close by prayer lead by Monolito Home owner’s Association representative at exactly 04:45 in the afternoon.

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Dr. Premakumara

Reporting by the Hazard Mapping Group

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During the reporting it was found out that Barangay Budlaan is multi-hazard area, prone to landslides, floods and fire. Dr. Premakumara asked for the parameters in choosing the number of families that are exposed to different hazards found in the area What followed thereafter is a plenary discussion on the specific criteria used in identifying families prone to specific hazards. The group agreed that for the families exposed to fire hazard, their houses are congested and made up of light materials; for families exposed to flood hazard, they are residing within river banks and creeks; for families exposed to landslide, they are residing in areas with steep terrain and with history of landslides or soil erosion. In addition, the facilitator emphasized that the map’s color coding must be consistent to avoid confusion within people in the barangay and those outside of it. The Resource Mapping Group reported through Barangay Councilor Rodeline Rios, which started with the explanation of the legend codes of the resources found in each sitio in the barangay and the corresponding location of these resources in each sitio.

After the reporting, the group mentioned that some of the sources found in the sitios were not indicated, such as the deep well at the back of the school in Proper Budlaan proper, the Baugo tailoring livelihood, the six-room communal toilet in KAPASAR, and the 250-square meter

Reporting by the Resource Mapping Group

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communal vegetable farm tilled by the Budlaan Farmers Organization located in Proper Budlaan. The last workshop output was reported by the Evacuation Mapping Group through Hermena Escarpe. Most of the identified evacuation centers per sitio are the school, chapels and different barangay facilities. According to the group members, they have not identified an ideal evacuation center based on the previous criteria discussed in choosing evacuation sites. Chapels, the school and other barangay facilities do not qualify as evacuation centers but only as temporary shelters/safer areas.

After the reporting from the Evacuation Mapping Group, the Day Care worker, Wendy, asked why the Gawad-Kalinga (GK) Multi-Purpose Center, which has a bigger area compared to other day care centers, is considered only as a last option among evacuation centers/temporary shelters.

The Gawad-Kalinga Day Care Center worker explained that there are many valuable things, such as books, placed inside the Gawad-Kalinga Multi-Purpose Center.

Wendy suggested that the personnel of the Gawad-Kalinga Day Care Center can keep things secured inside the center before allowing the evacuees inside in order to avoid things getting lost.

The Gawad-Kalinga Day Care Center worker has committed to provide feedback on the said suggestion.

Reporting by the Evacuation Mapping Group

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In relation to the evacuation map reporting, Dr. Premakumara shared his observation that some identified evacuation centers lack basic facilities such as water, kitchen and comfort rooms. According to him the identified evacuation centers are enough but should include add these missing facilities. He proposed that the prioritization of these facilities is a must as basis in the barangay planning and budgeting. In addition, he reminded the group to consider how long can the families stay in the identified evacuation centers.

After the suggestions of Dr. Premakumara, Barangay Chief Nerrisa Antolihao expressed that their barangay is in need of an ideal evacuation center, hoping that partners such as IGES may be able to facilitate the establishment of such an ideal evacuation center in the future.

Facilitator Rowena Padillo suggested for the inclusion of the Mabolo 2 mini gymnasium and the roof top of the Budlaan Barangay Hall as temporary shelters during emergencies, adding that the wall of the Budlaan Integrated School is not safe to be a temporary shelter because of the cracks in its concrete walls.

Facilitator Ana Marie Duran advised the BDRRMC to coordinate with some building engineers to check the integrity of structures in the barangay to determine if the same need immediate repair or retrofitting.

The GK Day Care worker suggested that the GK basketball court can be used as temporary shelter during emergencies but there are no tents available for use.

In connection to the concerns raised, facilitator Vidal Auxilio recommended to the BDRRMC to lobby with the Cebu City Government while waiting for feedback from existing partners.

Barangay Councilor Rodeline Rios informed the group that Sitio Stephenson is prone to landslides and there are 8-10 families directly affected.

Barangay Councilor Gualiza also shared that during Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan some of the people were not evacuated for lack of a safe evacuation center.

After the short open forum the participants proceeded to consolidate the results of the three (3) maps into one integrated map: the Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Map.

Before the plotting of maps started, Facilitator Rowena Padillo recommended that the correct number of sitios and their correct names should be reflected in the comprehensive map to avoid confusion in the plotting of legend and codes. There are different number of sitios indicated in the three (3) maps and different names of sitios listed therein depending on the resident’s preference.

After Rowena Padillo’s concern, the barangay officials worked on and finalized the correct names and number of sitios of Barangay Budlaan.

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The Barangay Budlaan officials in the process of finalizing the number of sitios, the correct sitio names, and respective boundaries to be indicated

in the Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Map

Parallel with the Barangay Council’s map finalization, the other participants were instructed

to draw and cut their legend/code base on the information they have on their individual maps. This is to ensure that corrections will be easy because the cut-out paper can be posted

or transferred in another sitio if needed. After the validation of maps, sitio boundaries and sitio names, the participants have concluded that Barangay Budlaan has 17 sitios namely: (1) Cambawog, (2) Cang-ombao, (3) Dao, (4) Gawad Kalinga, (5) KAPASAR, (6) Lower Tac-an, (7) Lower Baugo, (8) Maaslom, (9) Mary Grace, (10) OCHOA, (11) Otak, (12) Pasilagon 2, (13) Proper Budlaan, (14) Saint Vincent Ville, (15) San Roque Ville, (16) Upper Baugo, and (17) Upper Tac-an,

(Lunch break at exactly 12:10 pm)

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The first posting of legends is for hazards, followed by the resources and the last is the evacuation site. It was done per sitio per group. The generated Barangay Budlaan Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Map is shown in the opposite page. But this is still subject for the community stakeholder’s validation, critiquing and finalization before the same comprehensive map shall be posted in the 17 sitios in Barangay Budlaan.9

After the activity, additional information were shared. According to the group, Sitio San Roque Ville has 10 families to be evacuated during emergencies. They suggested that five (5) families will go to Evacuation Center (EC)-7 and five (5) families to Evacuation Center (EC)-10.

Afterwhich, Dr. Premakumara asked the group how they will disseminate the map information to the rest of constituents. The GK Day Care worker answered that the information dissemination can be done through general assemblies, monthly meetings of schools and people’s organization based in the

9 Validation Workshop is set on a separate day – 10 March 2015. It’s documentation is incorporated in the second part of this report.

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barangay. She also proposed that all sitios will be provided with a copy of the comprehensive map printed in tarpaulin.

The Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Map subject to further validation by stakeholders

Hermenia Escarpe shared that one of the strategies to disseminate the maps information is to conduct study circle or small group discussion per sitio. Facilitator Ana Marie Duran added that posting the comprehensive map in all conspicuous areas in the barangay is one of the strategies for the people’s information. She encouraged the barangay to conduct sitio-based orientations about the map’s content. Vidal Auxilio suggested that the barangay officials must know how many families need to be evacuated when a particular hazard strikes a particular area. A master list should be readied at all times. Likewise, families who are expected to vacate on a particular hazard should know the particular circumstance when they should vacate their respective areas, what to do and where to go during emergency situations. All suggestions were positively taken by the group.

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According to Barangay Councilor Malazarte, who presented the current year AIP, the Barangay’s DRRM Plan with corresponding budget was incorporated into their Barangay Development Plan (BDP), which was already approved by the Barangay Development Council and is now ready for implementation. After the AIP, presentation Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera suggested to store certain rescue equipment in a sitio, assign a keeper, and train the residents about the usage of the equipment so that in emergency cases they can respond quickly considering that they are the front liners in the area. She also added that aside from the barangay funds they can request augmentation of disaster fund through the 10-Million Pesos City funds to address the climate risk and multi-hazards issues in Barangay Budlaan. Facilitator Ana Marie Duran also suggested that in purchasing rescue equipment it must be based on the PCVA result, must be hazard specific per sitio and must be quantified before distributed to the intended area. She then reminded the group that for budget consideration, to include the conduct of sitio-based dissemination on the newly-formulated comprehensive map. Further, Vidal Auxilio pointed out the specific activities or trainings to be conducted under the plan on trainings and seminars on disaster preparedness. He reminded the group to look at the DRRM Fund utilization and verify if the fund is not monopolized by purchases of equipment only. In response to Vidal’s clarification Councilor Malazarte mentioned that they will conduct sitio-based orientation on disaster preparedness.

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After the presentation of the AIP, the review of the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee Structure followed, facilitated by the Barangay Secretary. She read the task and functions of the committee.

Open Forum: After the presentation, participants agreed on the huge responsibility that they have to perform to the people in Barangay Budlaan. The challenge of each action team is how to effectively lead in the implementation of the DRRM Plan as well as undertake the sitio-based dissemination of the maps to transform the barangay and its constituents into a resilient community. Further, Ms. Enojardo, GAD Focal Person, expressed that with the risks per sitio already identified, she wanted to ask assistance from the BDRRMC and the Barangay Council to conduct a DRRM-climate change adaptation (CCA) orientation per sitio. In addition, she also asked for the list of families relocated from Warwick Barracks who are currently residing in Phase 3. In response, Facilitator Ana Marie Duran advised the group to incorporate the sitio-based DRRM-CCA orientation into their plan to ensure the budget appropriation. Likewise, the representative from the relocatees from Warwick Barracks, Mr. Saquilabon, who is a president of a people’s organization, mentioned that they have existing officers in the organization. He also wished that their group be acknowledged in the barangay. He also committed to gave the list of members their group as soon as possible

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With no other concern raised, Facitator Ana Marie Duran proceeded to her next presentation: the summary of gaps. In connection to these gaps, Councilor Nida Cabrera encouraged the Barangay Budlaan officials to coordinate with Cebu City Government and appeal to the City to study first the relocation site before relocating the people into the site. Vidal Auxilio added that based in the Urban Development Housing Act (UDHA), there should be no demolition if there is no adequate relocation site; meaning all relocation sites must be developed first including the basic services before displaced families transfer to the area. Open Forum: • According to Punong Barangay Nerissa Antolihao, the DWUP relocates people from urban

centers without informing the Barangay Budlaan officials. Confronted with this concern, the DWUP personnel cannot offer proper explanation. She said this lack of coordination and lack of prior risk assessment of the relocation site become an additional burden to them because they have to attend to the well-being of the 56 families living in landslide-prone areas.

• Councilor Cabrera shared that as stated by the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction Management Act of 2010 (Republic Act No. 10121), the local government unit (LGU) has the responsibility to make their constituents safe all the time. But at the same time, there is a need for DWUP to recognize the attendant risks facing displaced families who are transferred to the relocation site in Barangay Budlaan sans the proper risk assessment, concerns that she will include in her privilege speech in next week’s Regular Session of the Cebu City Council.10

10 Refer to the annexes for a copy of the privilege speech and the resulting news coverage of the privilege speech.

Summary of Gaps: 1. There are people residing in high risk areas that need to be evacuated during

emergency situations but there are no available evacuation centers;

2. Based on the mapping result, all the identified evacuation centers are only temporary shelters based on the strict criteria in the establishment of evacuation centers. The identified temporary shelters in the whole Barangay Budlaan can cater only to 250 persons. Based on the hazard mapping, there are 1,200 persons expected to be evacuated during typhoon emergencies.

3. The Cebu City DWUP office has not conducted site inspection in the relocation site

in Barangay Budlaan prior to bringing the displaced people into the area.

4. If demolition happens in Cebu City, DWUP office puts the displaced families in Barangay Budlaan with no coordination with barangay officials.

The 56 families demolished from Warwick Barracks recently resided in a very steep and undeveloped area at Phase 3 KAPASAR which is very prone to landslides.

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• Facilitator Ana Marie Duran added that DWUP is putting people to another types of hazard: from fire-prone dwellings in the City’s urban centers to a landslide-prone site in the Barangay Budlaan relocation site, a condition that contradicts the mandate of RA 10121.

Further, LGUs have responsibilities to ensure the general welfare of their constituents, in accordance to Section 16 of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Philippines’s Local Government Code of 1991. In said section, “every LGU shall exercise the powers expressly granted, those necessarily implied therefrom, as well as powers necessary, appropriate, or incidental for its efficient and effective governance, and those which are essential to the promotion of general welfare,” and “within their respective territorial jurisdictions, local government units shall ensure and support, among other things, the preservation and enrichment of culture, promote health and safety, enhance the right of the people to a balance ecology, encourage and support the development of appropriate and self-reliant scientific and technological capabilities, improve public morals, enhance economic prosperity and social justice, promote full employment among their residents, maintain peace and order, and preserve the comfort and convenience of their inhabitants.” Another provision in RA 7160, Section 24, also provides for the liability of local government units and their officials in cases of death or injury or damage to property.

• Facilitator Vidal suggested the inclusion of the relocation sites in Sitio Laguerta, Barangay

Busay, Cebu City in Councilor Nida Cabrera’s privilege speech.

• Councilor Nida Cabrera committed to mention all Cebu City relocation sites in her appeal to conduct first a survey/risk assessment before putting/transferring displaced families in the existing relocation sites of the City.

Closing Remarks: City Councilor Nida Cabrera gave her thanks to Dr. Premakumara, officials of Barangay

Budlaan, the multi-sectoral participants and facilitators for the very good output of the two-day activity. She suggested scheduling a meeting with the Barangay Officials and Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Management Committee regarding the status of the Evacuation Center in the area. She likewise queried if it is possible Barangay Budlaan to come up with three (3) ideal evacuation centers. She committed to help Barangay Budlaan for that plan.

Dr. Premakura was very happy with the group because he learns a lot from the activity. He said being a researcher he wanted to always learn. He emphasized that hazard is given. It becomes a disaster when it strikes high risk areas and plenty of exposed population. Based on his observation of the generated comprehensive hazard, resource and evacuation map, the affected families per hazard were identified. He wants that the women, children, persons with disabilities and elderly should also be given appropriate attention because they are the most affected sector in times of crisis. He also added that disaster preparedness is not only an emergency response. He cited the case of Cebu City that has a good plan but whose focus is on the Command Center and more on emergency response. He encouraged Barangay Budlaan to be prepared to minimize the losses of lives, livelihood and properties in every emergency situation. He gave emphasis that disaster preparedness is not only to purchase expensive equipment or spending lots of money. The Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation map they generated is one of the best, but he highlighted that

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they must have to educate and have information sharing with the people in the entire barangay for their awareness. He encouraged the groups to give importance to those things. Lastly he mentioned that the two-day experience is good for them and he is very happy to be part of the team.

Barangay Chief Nerissa Antolihao gave thanks to City Councilor Nida Cabrera for choosing Barangay Budlaan, expressed appreciation to Doctor Kumara of IGES for funding the two-day activity, and commended FORGE for the lots of learning since the start of their Disaster Risk Reduction and Management activity partnership. According to her, with the help of FORGE she was awarded as Most Outstanding Barangay Captain in 80 Barangays of Cebu City. She was hoping that with the helped of Councilor Nida Cabrera and Dr. Premakumara, Barangay Budlaan can acquire a Centralized Evacuation Center intended for the expected families to be evacuated in times of emergencies. Lastly, she expressed her thanks and appreciation to the barangay councils and the sectoral representatives who attended the two-day training.

The closing ceremonies culminated with the distribution of Certificates given by City Councilor Nida Cabrera assisted by Barangay Chief Nerrisa Antolihao and Dr. Premakumara.

BARANGAY BUDLAAN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (BDRRMC) TOGETHER WITH COUNCILOR NIDA CABRERA, DR. PREMAKUMARA AND FORGE STAFF.

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Validation, Finalization and Approval of Documentation Report and Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Map of Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City,

Philippines -March 10, 2015-

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Preliminaries

A one-day validation, finalization and approval of the Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Map was conducted in Budlaan Barangay Hall, Cebu City, Philippines initiated by the Office of Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera with funding support from the Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Kitakyushu City, Japan on March 10, 2015. The activity aims to validate the Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Map formulated during the Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Planning Workshop held on January 20-21, 2015 at the same venue and obtain approval from the barangay constituents before the same map is printed into a tarpaulin and posted in 17 sitios in Barangay Budlaan, for the information and guidance of all barangay residents. The participants include the barangay officials, leaders from 15 sitios in Barangay Budlaan, and personnel from the office of Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera, totaling 26 persons in all, comprised of six (6) males and 20 females. Two (2) sitios – Sitio Pasilagon and Sitio Mary Grace – have no representatives. Ms. Ana Marie V. Duran, Disaster Risk Reduction Advocacy Officer, facilitated the whole day activity with documentation support from Crisivic Busarang. Both are from the Fellowship for Organizing Endeavors, (FORGE Inc.)

Ms. Richy R. Honoridez and Mr. Jonathan Eric Tenefrancia, served as the secretariat both from the Office of Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera.

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Highlights of the Validation Workshop The training commenced with an opening prayer lead by the Budlaan Barangay Secretary at exactly 09:45 in the morning. Welcome Remarks was then given by Budlaan Barangay Captain Nerissa Antolihao. She welcomed all the participants, guests and speaker/facilitator for the one-day activity. Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera gave the rationale of the one-day activity. She emphasized that the activity is the continuation of the two-day mapping conducted on January 20-21, 2015. According to Ms. Cabrera, this activity aimed to validate and approve the map before the same is posted in 17 sitios. Validation Proceedings: Mr. Jonathan Eric Tenefrancia posted on the board the huge tarpaulin showing the partially-generated comprehensive map for the group’s reference. He also distributed a sitio map for the representatives per sitio for their reference in validating the hazard, resource and evacuation map. Facilitator Ana Marie Duran instructed the team to look at their individual map per sitio. Further, she emphasized to the team the information to be validated – the hazards, resources, evacuation centers, number of population, expected population to be evacuated, children ages 0-14, persons with disability, number of elderly and number of livestock per sitio – so that these information can be projected in the map. She added a significant point: that the livelihood per sitio be considered in the map so that during evacuations the livelihood must also be evacuated to avoid the losses. Barangay Councilor Rodelyn Rios asked for a clarification of the validation process. Ana Marie Duran further explained that the process involves the verification of the comprehensive map. If there is some information to be added or changed, the same information must be placed in the blank map distributed to sitio representatives. Data on population should be written at the back of the map. The participants per sitio proceeded to verify the information cited in the comprehensive map. In the afternoon, the activity resumed with a reporting of the output per sitio, as follows:

1. Sitio KAPASAR and Mary Grace reported by Asteria Enojardo 2. Sitio Maaslom reported by Edna Baguio 3. Sitio Otak and Lower Tac-an reported by Barangay Councilor Castaneda 4. Sitio Cambawog reported by Rosalia Santiago 5. Sitio Lower Baugo reported by Josephine Abrenica 6. Sitio Budlaan Proper reported by Barangay Councilor Malazarte 7. Sitio Cang-ombao reported by Nicolas Ortiz 8. Sitio Vincent Ville reported by Ana Haniola 9. Sitio Upper Tac-an reported by Pascual Erasga

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10. Sitio Dao reported by Eriberta Artezuela 11. Sitio Upper Baugo reported by Barangay Councilor Nena Gualiza 12. Sitio UCHOA reported by Barangay Councilor Rodeline Rios 13. Sitio GK reported by Dionisia Malaug 14. Sitio San RoqueVille reported by GorgoniaGimena 15. Sitio Pasilagon reported by Rosalia Santiago

After the reporting Barangay Chief Nerissa Antolihao emphasized that Marie Ernestine School is located in Lower Tac-an and the OCHOA area reflected in the map is smaller compare to the actual area. Since the validation of the maps was finished and approved, Facilitator Ana Marie Duran proceed to discuss the Documentation Report during the two-day Comprehensive Mapping conducted on January 20-21, 2015. She presented the whole packaged of the documentation report. After presentation of the packaged documentation it was approved and adapted by the team. Closing Remarks: A representative from the office of City Councilor Cabrera, sitio representative from San Roque Ville, and the BDRRMC Chairperson gave their insights on the mapping activity. They gave thanks to the office of Councilor Cabrera, IGES, FORGE and the participants for the success in generating the Comprehensive Map. They were hoping that the approve map can be presented during their synchronized Barangay Assembly. Ways Forward: It was agreed by the group that before the Barangay Assembly scheduled on March 28, 2015, the map should be finalized and the in-charge is the office of City Councilor Cabrera. Councilor Cabrera’s representative committed to make two (2) maps in tarpaulin to be placed in the entrance of the barangay and in Budlaan proper and as well as 17 small maps to be given to seventeen (17) sitios. The activity ended at exactly 04:20 in the afternoon.

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Annex I: Attendance Sheet – January 20-21, 2015

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Annex I: Attendance Sheet – January 20-21, 2015

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Annex I: Attendance Sheet – January 20-21, 2015

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Annex II: Privileged Speech of Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera

Privilege Speech of Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera Hazards in Relocation Sites of Barangay Budlaan 28 January 2015 – Session Hall Mr. Chair, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, On January 20-21, 2015, a “Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Planning” was conducted in Barangay Budlaan, this city, with members of the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee in attendance, ably facilitated by staff members of the Fellowship for Organizing Endeavors, Inc. (Forge), a non-government organization whose personnel were trained by prestigious international relief and development agencies.11 Today, I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege to share with you the hazards posed against the city’s relocation sites in Barangay Budlaan and why there is a need to immediately stop accepting additional settlers. Much of the city’s land area is on steep slopes, with barely 15% of the total land area sitting on flat terrain. This makes the uplands highly vulnerable to landslides, according to a study of eight (8) Philippine cities published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the BPI Foundation, Inc..12 This risk is further confirmed by the geohazard mapping of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Twenty barangays in the City of Cebu were identified as landslide-prone areas, Barangay Budlaan among them. Geohazards are naturally occurring geological phenomena such as landslides, earthquakes and floods. While these hazards are induced by human activities, they cannot be totally prevented but can be mitigated to lessen the negative impacts. In the case of Barangay Budlaan, the Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Analysis and the succeeding hazard mapping conducted during the workshop showed that the barangay is a multi-hazard area, facing hazards such as landslides, fire and floods, which pose danger to people’s lives, properties and the environment. Further, Phase 3 of the Budlaan Relocation Project is also located in a steep slope, so that it not only poses danger to those living within it but also threatens dwellers below it who are part of the 11 FORGE is also a member of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CCDRRMC). 12 Business Risk Assessment and the Management of Climate Change Impacts, WWF and BPI Foundation, Inc., 2012

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project’s Phase 2. At present, at least 56 households are situated in this steep slope. The construction of houses on steep slopes is identified by the MGB as one of the aggravating factors of landslides. The increasing number of settlers in the relocation sites, the increasing incidence of heavy rainfall due to monsoons, thunderstorms and the like, plus the occurrence of earthquakes may serve as triggering mechanisms for the occurrence of more landslides and other hazards. Last week’s workshop, which is also co-organized by the Kitakyushu City, Japan, serves the purpose of identifying possible hazardous processes within Barangay Budlaan and making information available to planners and decision makers. The next step needed to avoid these hazards is to formulate various alternatives to minimize the threat to human life and property. In view of the foregoing, this representation moves for the following resolutions: (1) RESOLVED, to request the Office of the Mayor, the Local Housing Board and the Division for the

Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) to declare a moratorium of relocatees at the relocation sites located in Barangay Budlaan, this city;

(2) RESOLVED FURTHER, to request the Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) to prioritize the conduct of site development in Barangay Budlaan to address risks and vulnerabilities and other development challenges confronting relocatees in Barangay Budlaan; and

(3) RESOLVED FINALLY, to request the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

Committee of Barangay Budlaan and FORGE to submit results of the Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Planning workshop conducted on January 20-21, 2015 to the Local Housing Board and the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CCDRRMC) to serve as guide for planners and decision makers in addressing the multiple hazards in Barangay Budlaan.

So moved, Mr. Chair.

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Annex III: News Coverage of the Privileged Speech of Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2015/01/28/budlaan-not-safe-relocation-site-389094 ‘Budlaan not safe as relocation site’ Sun.Star Cebu Wednesday, January 28, 2015 THE Cebu City Council wants a moratorium on the relocation of displaced families to a City-owned property in the mountain barangay of Budlaan. The stand is based on Councilor Nida Cabrera’s speech during the council’s regular session yesterday. Bringing of additional settlers to the 2.4-hectare property needs to be stopped because Budlaan is a “multi-hazard area,” Cabrera said in aprivilege speech. She cited the capacity and vulnerability analysis conducted by the Budlaan Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, officials of Kitakyushu City in Japan and the non-government organization Fellowship for Organizing Endeavors Inc. last Jan. 20 to 21. Cabrera, chairperson of the council's committee on environment, said Budlaan is one of the city’s 20 barangays identified as landslide-prone by the Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB). She said that a portion of the relocation site is located on a steep slope, which can be dangerous to dwellers. She said that 56 families live on the same slope. They were among those displaced by a fire in Warwick Barracks in January last year. More than 500 families live on the City Government’s socialized housing site in Budlaan. “The construction of houses on steep slopes is identified by the MGB as one of the aggravating factors of landslides,” Cabrera said. “The increasing number of settlers in the relocation site, the increasing incidence of heavy rainfall due to monsoons, thunderstorms and the like, and the occurrence of earthquakes may serve as triggering mechanisms for the occurrence of more landslides and other hazards,” she said. Cabrera asked the Office of the Mayor, the Local Housing Board and the Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) to stop transferring families to Budlaan while the City Government has yet to address the geological hazards at the relocation site. She requested the DWUP to prioritize the site development of the relocation area. The City Government set aside P50 million for the site development of a socialized housing project in the area. Mayor Michael Rama said that Cabrera should provide solutions instead of stopping the relocation of families. “Where will they want the relocation site to be?” he asked. Rama said that it was the previous administration that bought the Budlaan property in 1997 so he only inherited the problem.

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Annex III: News Coverage of the Privileged Speech of Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera

http://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/2015/01/29/1417982/barangay-budlaan-body-formed-ensure-safety-relocation-site In Barangay Budlaan, body formed to ensure safety at relocation site The Freeman January 29, 2015 CEBU, Philippines - The Cebu City Council has created an ad hoc committee to ensure that relocation site in Barangay Budlaan is safe for occupancy. The ad hoc committee is composed of City Councilors Alvin Dizon, Gerardo Carillo, Leah Japson, Nida Cabrera, and Alvin Arcilla. In a privilege speech yesterday, Cabrera urged for a moratorium in relocating people at the relocation site in Budlaan because the area is not safe. "Much of the city's land area is on steep slopes, with barely 15 percent of the land area sitting on flat terrain. This makes the uplands highly vulnerable to landslides according to a study of eight Philippine cities published by the World Wide Fund for Nature and the BPI foundation, Inc.," Cabrera said. She said that the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources confirmed that Barangay Budlaan is one of the 20 barangays in the city identified as landslide-prone area. Cabrera said that the site is identified as multi-hazard area and faces hazards such as landslides, floods, and fires after the Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Planning was conducted by the barangay's disaster risk reduction and management committee in coordination with the Fellowship for Organizing Endeavors, Inc. last January 20-21. "Geohazards are naturally occurring geological phenomena such as landslides, earthquakes and floods. While these hazards are induced by human activities, they cannot be totally prevented but can be mitigated to lessen the negative impacts," she said. Cabrera is particularly concerned about the 56 households from Warwick Barracks who are relocated at the Phase 3 of the Budlaan Relocation Project because the slope is very steep. "The construction of houses on steep slopes is identified by the MGB as one of the aggravating factors of landslides," she said. She said that during night time, settlers living in the steep slope will go down to the chapel and will sleep at the tents since it is dangerous for them to stay at home. Councilor Margarita Osmeña said that the P50-million budget for site development should be properly utilized. "Sa kadaghan nga demolition sa siyudad nga gihatod didto, more or less, wala ni silay klarong planning maong nakaguba sa plano," said Arcilla. Mayor Michael Rama said that the relocation site has been there even before he became mayor. "Where will they want the relocation be? There is nothing wrong in suggesting but offer solutions," he said. "Give suggestion to what alternative action to do that is workable for all, not just disagree but never compromise your right if you don't agree," he added. Meanwhile, DWUP chief Collin Rosell admitted that Barangay Budlaan has been declared by MGB as landslide-prone area. Rosell said that his office is just implementing the plan from the past administrations. He said the area was purchased in the 1990s for socialized housing program. While admitting the danger present in the relocation site, he said that the city government will be implementing mitigating efforts in the area. Rosell said that site development plan is no longer applicable in the area, saying that more than 400 households are currently living there. "If mag-site development pa ta didto, maayo man gyud pero we have to admit that P50 million is lacking kay mura ta og mag-develop sa whole mountain," he said, adding that mitigating efforts such as giving free cement to the families is being implemented. — (FREEMAN)

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Annex IV: Attendance Sheet – January 20-21, 2015

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Annex V: Barangay Budlaan Map

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Annex VI: Barangay Budlaan Map

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Annex VII: Barangay Budlaan Comprehensive Hazard, Resource and Evacuation Map

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