DEVELOPMENT NEEDS pa's total roed length is 254.00 kilometers and the tla land area of the ct is 20,940.00 hectares, The existing road « land rato of tho city is 1.212 kms!100 hectares which is sbove the slandard rato of thnV100 hectares, This does not >. mean thatthe cy need nat have to constrict new oes, With the new developments happening In the ety, major trafic problems dre encountered, Opening of new roads and_acquston of roads agh-o-way for ‘the consiniton of creumferentlal roads shall bo given pris, Widening of existing roads shal be considered. By tho year 2002, a foal addtional roadlot requromert wil be 110.66 hectare, ‘The Interconnection of roads and brdges to form and epproximate th rail and concene nelverk made! fs envisoned, This Includes the upgrading, widening | and improvement of oxstng road inasiructuro netwerks. Provision of tae Separators, lane markings, pedesttan wally and parting epaces shall be | neourgod. Eslblshmenl ofa fest and efilent alway transport aystom Soran 1 the CALABARZON transportation devalopment program wal be | ‘Toe opening ofthe miltary base to the pul, making Ka domestic lrport in ‘SrmpoM of Betanges Iniematona seaport Is a tg fetor in sobing atic "0 Scanned with CamScannerb. Communication “lag 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) ‘TelegraptvTelegramvTelex ‘There ore thrve tolographologramelex offices located at the clly that provides the residents with telagraphic service: the govemment owned Philipine Telecommunication Office (TELECON), Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Co. (PTET) and tho Radia Communication of Ine. (ROP). Telephone Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLOT) provides telephone service ofthe residents. There are a total of 1,442 subscribers, 800 residential and (642 commercial. (1895 data) As of 1996, ___ barangays are serviced by the PLDT as part oftheir program, “Soon, Globe Telecom and Digite! would! instal lancine connections. which offers more advance features, Aside from fixed tines, mobile phonestcallulars are boing operated by private companies tke Exteicom, Pitel, Smar,Islacom, Sunbeam and ‘Mobline which even ordinary etizens can afford, ‘Aside from the existing communication faites n the city, same NGOs and private companies use handheld radios. Every barangays of the city ‘communicates with each other through these handheld radios. Freight Services pes deliveries, packages les, elegans re provided by aeent fet save ofc ate nt ely. "Tove ae te LSC Exess Abate Bes, JRS Capes, DHL Pia, Compand he, Broadcast Media ‘An Fil station, GV 98,9 locate at Barangay Balintawak operates in the cy. It relayéd informations nationwide. Ser ‘Al television ‘stallons are clearly receved. With the presence of Cable Television (CATV), curent informations, news lacal and intemational are Viewed and receive. Print Media Newspapers. and magazines published in Metro Manila are available in ‘newsstands. | Regional, provinclal and local. newspaper - DAHON. is <érculating inthe loca. Postal Service ‘The Philippine Postal Office i located at tho interior , Morada Ave. with @ branch at the Now Cty Hal Buidng, Mail boxes are located strategically In the poblacin, The volumes of transaction for incoming and outgoing mats, as.of May 1994, are 1,114,481 pleces and 763,488 pieces, respectively. ‘The Lipa City Post Office has 25 personnels, of which 18 are postmen. The ‘standard ratio should be 1|postman for every 5,000 population. Scanned with CamScannerDEVELOPMENT NEEDS FFrom the present data, only 4.18% of the tolal households have telephone Connections. Based on the planning quiolines, the standard rato for telophono service Is 1 telophona connection por 5 urban households, There aro 4173 ‘urban households, which means the cty needs 835 connections. As of 1885, {here are only 806 residential connections, thus, the ly fs below the standard, Its ewistoned that during tho planning pertod, pt only urtian bit rural barangays of the cly wil have telephone ines because of the presence of two ‘other telephone companies; the Globe Telecoms and the Dig. For postal services, n population of 177,243, latter carers of Lipa should bo 35: therefore, Lipa needs addtional personnel roquirement of 17 fttor caniors to ‘eet tho standard rao which moans adaftlonal budget allocation. 12° Scanned with CamScanner©. Power Lipa City’s power supply Is served by the Batangas Il Electric Cooperative (BATELEC If), a sem-govemment company located at Barangay Antipolo del Norte, wiich ‘in tum gets iis supply of energy from the National Power Corporation. Lipa experiences power shortage because of the increasing number of subscribers. Electric posts and lines are outdated that even the slightest blow of wind causes power failures. ‘Table No 131 below stows the number of consumers by type Table 131 - Number of Connection By Type 1096 1 NUMBER OF ‘AVERAGE 5 CLASSIFICATION SERVICES CONSUMPTION 3 (KWHIMONTH } Residential 193320 4,987,966 5 ResidentialOommercial 72 268.07 Public Buildings 768 420,286. i rectights 78. 56,984 } {commercial Ts 7267. 510 ) Industrial 6 490,015 : ‘Cornmuria Water 719, 242,698, ye a 76,788 BN TOTAL i ‘Sourée ; Batangas Bochie Cooperative j Although the 72 barangays of the city are serviced by the BATELEC Il, the total 5 ‘number of households served is only 22,381 (he data from BATELEC and q household survey difer from each other due to the Tact thal one or more 5 households are connected to only one meter) which is 64.70% of the total ‘households. The remaining households which Is 35.30% are located in far-flung 7 sitios and can only-Be-Edénded the necessary facies if they are wiling 10 bs shoulder the expenses for extending the power tines up to their respective f laces, 7 i Sigua ce x Malvar, San Jose, and Padre Garcia. 3 ti 2 i 5 g Mi { i = 7, 413 Scanned with CamScanner$ DEVELOPMENT NEEDS “From the ebove information, wo can soo thal BATELEC serves not only the cy ‘of Lipa but the adjacent monicpaliies. Because of this, power supply end faaltes are divided, therefor, paver shortage Is fet, BATELEC must improve thelr powor nes and upgrade thar existing facts to cope wih he increasing numberof subsertber, “Te supp of power to run Indust factors, plans and manufacturing facies {o.operete simple houschold appliances, ofce equlpmantand othr machines fs ‘cal to th very If of the focal economy. The cy must doviso a program for the conservation of energy and develop atemative sources of energy avaiable in the aty In coordination wth the Department of Energy, the National Power ‘Corporation and the BATELEC, Table 132. Projected Power Requirement ‘kwhmonth ‘1996-2002 Scanned with CamScannerLA SEIN ES ase 5 seen LN EARS LUNE Ute MN “BAY PND! Water ~ ‘The Lipa Cty Water Distt (LEWD) is a goverment company that supplies water to the oly and the adjacent municipalities. The bik of water that constitutes about 7% of the foal water production of tho water dstict (fr Lipa alone) comes from the 128, ‘pumping station throughout te ty. ‘The total capactyproducton of thesa pumping Satlons Is 7,458,742 cum /annum and te tte volume of consumption is 6,367, 888 cata annum whieh only mean thal hero is an excess of 1,110,678 cum. of war for {he aly of Lipa. Of the total household population, only 19,173 households of £85,854 soviced by the Lipa Cty Water Dist, ft ‘Table 133 shows the data on water gathered from the Lipa City Woter Distt ‘Table 138 - Data on Ublities Lipa City 1200 +1995, a 0 | aT ar co) ee 88 Tene a Sane | Tata ae Wi i) iene |? aaa re | Nenbered inp | eo] a 7 me = ‘Salon Test Saas | Sma | Samas | aT | Tass | Te Tal Vi eae of | RS | wae | SoS | Sa cy % am Tube Sar a 7 oF nga Ses mba ef a a Hote Gaed ‘There are othor sourcBsro-water supply forthe cy besides the Lipa City Water Dist Four (springs were tapped as sources of water forthe fe () barangays of the city; these are Alulod Spring, Bualacao, Melt and the Sto. Niio Spring ~ a Cluster of eleven (11) springs located st Nt. Mialipunyo, east of the cy which were ‘aggregated together. Alulod Spring supplies water to Barangay Bulacnin; Bualacao Spring supoiles water to Barengays Halang. and Bulaclacan; Malt Spring to Barangay Malt and Sto, Nilo Spring to Barangays Sto, Nifo, Taisay, Lumbang, San fio, Murting Pulo,and parts ofthe poblacon, Cooperative Water System operates in berengays Lumbang, San Lucas, Plaidel and Talsy. Households not enjoying the Level It water supply system avail of the Level 1 (artesian we in their respective barangays. Thore ar a total of 498 artesian well in the oly, OF the total, only 309 are funcional. Scanned with CamScanner‘Table 134 - Inventory of Artesian Well LOCATION Lipa city 1995 FUNCTIONAL TNON- FUNCTIONAL [1] Barangay 3. Ha 1 Barangay 5 Barangay 9 Balintawak, Bugtong ne PU, ‘Bulacnin Dagatan, Tnosluban ‘Lumbang, ‘Marawoy Plaridol Busi ‘San Lucas, Talsay ‘Sub - Toad alefes|afultslo}stsfo}s|~4-|=|>| 3fol-Ists}stole|={a}-fe}el| glolalo|a|ylolulolar|a| Lil EAST DISTRICT ‘Aaipolo del Sur i ‘Antipolo del Nore ‘Barangay 10 Latag ‘Munting Puls 7 2 3 4 ie Mall e T a Pinagkavan ‘Sabang 4 ‘9 | San Colesing 70 | Sto, Tobi. 714 | San Francisco 42 San Benito 73] San sige 44 | San Jose: 15 | Sto. No 16 Tangob- 47 | Mipacan——S=. ‘Bub - Tou lalelslolalele|o|ss}o|sjo||=|s]=l} lalelalolstol~l=|a}a|rlol-l+le}-lo} SOUTH DISTRICT Barangay 6 Barangay 7 ‘Barangay 8 ‘Barangay @-A ‘Asya Ail 7 2 3. 4 5 | Barangay 11 6 7, 8 ‘Ani Taba ‘| Batbok slaslslss|=lro|lenlo} 70 Galamias | % 14 | cuba, 4 | #2 | Kayumanoal 73 | Lodlog 7 | 14 [ Mabin it 15 | Malagoniona 10, [te | Quezon Rizal 47 | Rizal 15 "18 | Pag olngin Bata 49 | Pag-olingin West 20 [ Pag-oingn East 2 Scanned with CamScanner21 | Sampaguita 22 San Gulleomo 2 [San Sebastian __ Sub-Total WEST DISTRICT é lafohol>|=|-|>}>]>|2|>|-| 8 lol-|a}inlo}-je|-|e|-}e|ol- 13] tof feo}es| al lerl-lolo}o}ofolat~lolml<|of=js|o| Carlos M008, Soe: Ofc ote aT Scanned with CamScannerDEVELOPMENT NEEDS * From the data presented, Lipa has an excess of 1,110,676 cum. This does not mean thatthe ely need not have to plan for the next years. Sinco Lipa Is fast progressing and new developments are coming In, ke the construction of golf Courses which uilizes 10,000 gallons of weterdayihectare, water requirement willbe higher. “The ally shall dovelop programs to ensure potablly of water supply to lessen, ‘minimize and prevent water-bome diseases. vee Possible sources of water should be preserved and protected tke the Mt Nalrya wich is conered ror. Spgs ee load ‘within the ‘mountain. {tts envisioned that by the year 2902, all households availing the Level ! water ‘system wil be using Level lil, Level | water system will be used when there is water shortage or power intemuptons, ‘Table 135 - Projected Water Production / Consumption 1996 -2002 ‘Upa city vesomrion _| aod Tau] vasa [1009 [tooo [200% Pisjeced Nuriber of Service | 2osia | 2185 | 206 2878 "2e010 Src toe ren toon | seer: ame | saree | asmce | oss eet aah pepntvarad | ease | ait} ream ean] asta] coma | ene im) "Sere Up Gy Water Be Water supbly wil not be a problem forthe city. Based on Table No 135, the ‘volume of produaion is bhvajs greater than the volume of consumption. Scanned with CamScanner‘@. Environmental Management << 4) Environmentally Critical Areas Upe has several environmentaly erica areas, These are the open quarry found in Aniiao Labao, Maer tut ring and tuff cone at Aniiao, Barangays Sto. Niro, ‘Malt and Talay bolong to the mountainous area and found to be susceptible {o land sides, Barangays. Bulaclacan, Halang and: Duhalan are areas along shores of Teal Leke and are ode un ey easns an wherever ris igh ide. 2) Solid Waste Management ‘Solid waste disposal 1S not much a problem In the ety. Task Foree on Sol ‘Waste was created to seo to Mt that all laws, rules and regulations and ordinances are followed. Garbage fee Is collected and computed as to the ‘volume of garbage and typeof establishment ‘The cy uses five (6) compactor trucks; three @) big and two (@) small ‘compactors, and one (1) open dump. truck in collecting garbage in the urban ‘barangays and rural barangays along the national road, The average dally ‘collection of garbage is 84 cum. pet day. The dumpsite, which has an area of Al $2216 nectar ected at Sti Cumve, San Iso, pa Gly. Reston n x the ural barangays esr to bung and composting. s Table 196 - Datzon Garbage Golection pa cy y 4900-1998 z Bescintion iarbarveat 3 : "TRO [roa | toe T1908 | sees T1888 ~ J Volume of j garbage ssa7ae | 192198] zaov0 | 25200 | 42048 toected gat) d Nb oF ] Burne ej 6 |e Joe.foe fos trick Turmber of Per sonnel so | so | 5 | so | w | 10 beh ‘Source : Solid Waste Management, Offce of the Giy Engineer 3) Excrota Disposal | ‘As of 1095, household populstion with tle facies totaled 25,520 or 78.94%, Of ‘these, 3313 are automalic flesh type; 16,235 are water sealed; 3,115 are closed pit ‘and 21887 are open pit. The remsining 26.08% are using the unsanitary method of disposal RBM DAT MINOLUN DAI ena Scanned with CamScannerpup don AY Coy9 ‘sere “somog) Sonunn TEI Aueno EI Geuoneoiooey exeiarved LI ‘eu ESI usnon fusuoa wmporn LI ursnoy Avsuag MOT LJ t | eI upsnoy A 160103 ousdung | rwrossunuoo ET pees wuotseyyAiaiowed [I reursnput-os8y Ea] jesmynouby ES peasled PIO onan pros 6unsea /\/, Her epunog AeBuese “> / pusbe7 dew 9 ¥aT1 JO av sna BNILSIXS S661 4 ee 4 ae de a RR a om OE AN 1 OVO. Mi Scanned with CamScanner4) BurialCemetery ~ ‘The city has six (6) cemeteries located at six (@) barangays with a total land area of 203,940 sqm. or 20.334 hectares. Of the six cemeteries, three (3) are public cemeteries, two { 2) are private cemeteries and one (1) mixed publicprivate ‘cometery located at Barangay Antipolo del Norte. Table 137 - List or Existing Comoteries/Memorial Parks 1986 LOCATION CLASSIF- WANE, TOTAL LAND CATION AREA (SOM) ‘Antipolo del Norte |" PubleiPrivate | Antipolo del None | 73,440 Barangay Cemetery 72 Banay - Banay Public Banay- —‘Banay TAT Barangay Cemetery ‘3 San ero "Publis San isiro Barangay [9480 Cemetery ‘4, Lodlod Public Todiod Barangay 9508 Cemetery 5 Tnoshiban Privaie ‘Elemal Gardens 35,000 6. Warawoy Privals | Floral Garden 6.424 | Pena ‘Sars T ORS ee OY asa 5) Slaughterhouse uy Siaughteratse ts Tocated in Barangay Marawoy, wihin the compound of te Ups Cry usin Mat Tes ben devaed no. Gs ak wares izing sate ofthe art facies. Its being managed and operated by the Lipa City Government. 20 Scanned with CamScannerDEVELOPMENT NEEDS ‘The treation of a City Environment and Natural Resources Office is needed to ‘monitor and protect our environment. it shall coordinate with the City Health Office, NGOs and the private sectors. ‘The Mi. Malarayat watershed areas, a declared forest reserved area, shall be Protected as a possible source of water supply in the city for the future requirement. ‘Adaitional area requirement for cemetery Is 2.4834 hectares in year 2002. ‘Tho City Health Office should launch a sanitaion program regarding the Rovio of Individual excrete disposal in every household. This wil greatly Inthe prevention of diseases, 1m Scanned with CamScanner‘su012W 0001 ‘008 0 ss91eni 00sz : | 2189S § jeuoneasseyseoeds uedo [_] jemsnpu; FI) jawed L_] jevonmasu; ES BusnoH Asueq YB LI BuisnoH Aysuad wnipew [1 yes L] Asepunog AeBueseg 77 pug /\/ puebe7 POLLY UT TEN ANNI OT MOONS TV NW EON Scanned with CamScanner5. PRESENT LAND USE, TRENDS AND EMERGING PATTERNS “There have been noted changes in the land use pattems of the city. These changes ‘are reflective of the alteration or variation of the socio-economic impact andlor ‘consequences of the land uses. ‘One significant factor, that dilated the new or emerging land use pattems, is the Prices of the land end thelr acation or zonal valuation. The economic stuatlon ‘eflects on the land use wiich also caused tho prevailag market prices or values of eh Les ‘Most part ofthe Lipa City’s tand is used for agrcutural purposes and bull-up area. Forest and creeks also form some part of the cily's land use, as wel as Industial and ‘agroindustral. In addition, quan and roadiots also canttibute to the compostion of ‘he aly. Table shows the diferent land classification In the clly, its area covered ‘and lis percent coverage ofthe cys total land use. Cluster of residential, commercial and: institutional uses and those of the § ‘settlement use make up the ctys bullup area. The bult-up area in the city is ‘grouped into districts 2s to urban, noth, east, west and south districts; which is further summed up info urban bull-up which fs 127.6986 hectares end rural buit- R up areas which is 2,112,768 hectares. Total built-up area ofthe city ts 2,240, 4024 or 10.70% of the ety’ total land use. Please refer Table 1995 Existing Bull-up Areas and Table 1995 Existing Land Use, 1), Residential Development Seesaw ‘ ‘nthe decade'70' residential reas inthe city (urban and fura) were not as dense as they are now. Dwelling units wero mostly single detached E ‘Structures or duplexes with some apartments visible in the urban area. Residential subdivisions In'the’ urban area were mostly vacant. Some ‘Potions of eqrouttural ands have since been converted into residential subdivisions both in the urban area such as Brgy. 7-which is practically ‘composed of subdivisions, t ‘The desade 90's [ias Séen the growth of residential subdivisions ‘onan outward sprawl, This spread stared in the 80 and continues up {0 the . present. There are now 63 residential subdivisions in the city as compared in the 70's when there was roughly oly 8, i ‘The present residential area covers about 1,807.0549 hectares or €0.66% of | the aly total buil-up area. Urban area covers about 95.5312 hectares or i 74.85% of the citys total urban buil-up area or 5.29% of the cly’s total i existing residential are. ! Chie ab a esl on ne sl dt epsnioy 1,711.5237 hectares or 81.01% ofthe ct’ total rural buil-up area, Of this, ‘te blggest portion is found inthe west cistict covering an appraximate area’ i of 498,0203 hectares of 27.58% of the city’s total residential area. South strict contributes an area of about 478.3764 hectares or 25.36% of the 1m { VEE Eee Scanned with CamScanner‘ly’ total existing residential area, east distct and north district contributes about 443.3942 hedlares or 24.54% of the city's total existing residential ‘rea and about 283.7328 hectares or 16.25% of the citys total existing ~ residential area respectively. ‘Subdivisions now being developed inthe city are mostly located in the East dist. Single detached/attached dling units located In residential subdivisions ‘are slowly boing replacod by mule family dwelings or apartment unis of four (4) doors or mor. \Natieablo too are the typeof construction materials used. Almost aro dwelings made of indigénous materials such as sawall, bamboo andlor ‘cogon In thelr place Instead are dweling units made up of permanent and ‘slrong materials such a5 concrete, wood and steel trusses for roofing {ramework and G.I, sheets, 2) Commercial Development ‘The commercial district was just a speck in the urbaa area. it was liited 0 the steels of V. Malabanan along the front side of CBL Public Market, P. ‘Tomes St from the comer'of A. Mabini St, Esteban Mayo St. from the ‘comer of A. Mabini St, Rizal Street from the comer of A. Mabini Sireet all ‘ong towards the’ pubic’ market's location. There were some commercial {slabishents also along the C.M. Recto Avenue although of low-medium intensly. Aside from the public marke, the Lipa Cy Commercial Center bulging was the oni atemative destination wiere the shoppers could 90. “This was the scenario during the 70's period. SE ‘When the 80' came, the commorial dstict hap significantly spread ‘outwards. The transfer ofthe bus tp rom the cy proper os fest ocation at Matas na Lupa along the IBRD By-Pass Road (now refed to as Ayala Highway) has spured development inthe area and caused a jack up of and ‘ices i the area. The highway wich was once an uninhabited place of (gractand s now repcy toeming wth commercial establishments of food Gains such as Max’ Restaurant, Chowkng, Me Donald, our very oan Pminggalan Resiawran, the ‘car aooessoies mart now undergoing cansiucon not to meni the Mary Mediaix Medical Ceter and Mecix Medial Center among eters wich are als inthe ere, ‘The. streets. surounding the! public market. nave become - densely commercialized. The whale stretch of O.M, Recio Avenue northward and southward bound dieédions, P. Tones St from the comer of A. Mabinl St. ‘Geng towards the eastward. direction. Is also becoming . densely ‘commercialized. The entire length of B. Morada Avenue heading towards the west direction goin through Mataes na Lupa unl Paninsingin of Expy. ‘Tambo has also become commercialized. Presently the commertial area tn Lipa covers. en’ approximate area of 29.5709 hectares or 1.32% of the city’s total buil-up area. Majorty ofthis ‘area. found in the utbon, distic covering about 14.1158 hectares. or 47.73% ofthe &y's total commercial area or 11.08% ofthe ci’ total urban built-up area. ‘Rural barangays contibulo about 15.4853 hectares or .73% ofthe y's {ofall bul-op aa, OF tis, on approximately 7.0711 hectares or 23.81% ‘ofthc total exiting commercial are isin the. east dsc, 4.7589 hectares ‘oF 16.08% of the cys tla existing commercial rea i in the roth ti, 3.2600 hacares of 11.05% in ha wast and 0.3503 hecares or 4126 nthe south dst. Fiesta Word Shopping Mall, Lipa’ frst shapoing imal and Batangas frst mal, s now undergoing. constusion atthe non distil a. Scanned with CamScanner3) Institutional Development ~ ‘The ely Is the seat of the Archdiocese of Lipa. It is the site of many + churches of the catholic fat ard of other religious sects. Many religious ‘convents and seminaries of Catholicism are also found here. FFrom tho yedts past, thas also emerged as the center of the medicat i services. Within the province, Lipa Ciy’s medical facities'has the latest 2 technology on’ medical treatment, There are threo (3) private medical centers, ene (1) Government District Hospital, one (1) Govemment Military Hospital and six (@) other Private Hospitals, 1°" Inthe field of education, ther are sinty-fve (85) Public Elementary Schools, “Twenty-Ono (21) Private Elementary Schools, two (2) Pubic Tertiary ‘Schools and four (4) Private Tertiary Schools. Lipa has the Lipa Public College (LPC) which isa ety government run school and offers free tertiary education, This school was conceived and implemented In response to the % clamor of Lipa residents, The cy also boasts of an international Talning Genter on Pig Husbandry, The lying school of the Femando Alr Base Is : ‘A host of other goverment inttutions or offices aside from thase of the Ee focal. goverment can be found in the oly. To name_a few, these ere & Department of Trade ahd Industry Provincial Office, Provinclal Agrarian 3 Reform Office, Land Transportation Regional end Dist Offices, Land ‘Transporation Franchising and Regulatory Board and Department of Pubic i ‘Works and Highveays District Office. “The institutional area. comprises about 675975 hectares or 2.02% of the . y's total existing built-up area. Of this area, the urban cistiet covers an approximate arva of 14:1110 hectares or 11.06% of the city's total existing ‘urban bull-up area or 20.88% ofthe cly’s total exsitng insitutional area. ‘Tha Nowth Distt conbuies about 23.3148 hectares. oF 34.49% of the cy’ total exstiginttuonal area [East Dishet. cavers ‘abnit 0.6995 tectares’ or 14.34% of tho city’s total ‘existing Insittional area, the West District cavers about 12.0516 hectares, ‘17.83% ofthe cys total existing insttutional area and the South District ‘covers approximately 84Z71 hectares or 12.47% of the cly total existing lnsiuonal area" 3 a ‘4) Functional Open Space ‘The only avalabe facites for recreational purposes during the 70'S : ‘were billards, Plaza Independencia and Paraiso ng mga Bala as open } ‘paces, basketball courts, cockpls, a number of peta cours, 2 bowing f alleys, and movie houses. lle ‘When the 80% came, the FAB Golf'ink was, added to the lst of ae recreational facies, yolléybal-couts were buit in th ‘rural barangays ‘and: more basketball cours were avaliable, The mast. significant ~ evelopment during the poriod was the establishment and operation of ‘he Lipa Gity Sports Complex at Granja, Lipa Cty. “The period 00's ushered in more in terms of avaliable recreational and parts facies, Swimming pools, were built and became. operational ‘suchas the Kalibak. Swimming Pool, the Auster’s Plaza Swimming | + Pool and Vila Carmelita Resort with three (@) swimming pools, the Scanned with CamScannerFemily Hotel Sidmming Pool within the Poblacion, and the swimming pool at LPL compound inthe north dist. ‘Year 1996 saw the operation ofthe Lipa City Youth and Cuttural Center which is naw the venue for sportsrecreaton activiies as well as the ‘concerts, assembles of varied nature, Great opportunites havo since been accorded to the city's youth, children and elder wath tho upgrading and improvement of the Lipa ‘Gly Sports Complex. It has given the clly the chance to host the Southem Tagalog Regional Athetic Association meetin 1995. Wh ‘also provided the ctizonry with a place 0 unwind and stretch one’s ‘muscles. IIS a breather from the structures that Is stating fo congest the Poblacion. ‘The umber‘of video tapo rental shops has also multiplied, Karaoke bars are algo beginning to step up as well as ballroom dancing venues. Currently the recreational area covets an approximately 9.0536 hectares Urban parks and plaza occupies about 3.8788 hectares or 13.20% of the ‘y's total funcional open space area, East District contributes’about 2.0108 hectares or 6.84% of the city's ‘otal functional open space. Whereas, the west district shares about 1.7140% sq.m. of 5.83% of the it's total functlonal open space, Parks and Ptaza in the noth and In the south distiets cover an approximately 13848 hectares or 4.71% of te cys total furilonal (open space end approxima 0.0854 hictares oF 0.22% of the ays {oll functional open space respectively ‘Cometery/Memorial Park Development ‘Cemeteries and memorial parks. cover an. area of approximately 20,3840 hectares. From the period 70s up to the present, only the Etemal Gardens in Barangay nosloban has been added tothe Memoria Parkin operation. While the Floral Garden in Barangay Marawoy has ‘an approximate area of 6.424 hectares, Etemal Gardens started wath ‘in appropidmate area of 8.5000 hectares respectively. Etemal Gardens has 'epansion of about $5,000 sq.m. CCemtéris “consisting ‘of the’ Cathoto Cemetery, Government Cemetery, Protestant Cemetery and Chinese Cemetery, all located ‘Antipolo del Norte occupy ‘ah estimated area of 7.2440 hecalers and. “about 0.6480 heciares ich represents the cemetery at Barangay San Isidro, The cemetery at Barangay Banay-banay covers an approximate ‘area of 0.7487 hectares, while the cemetery at Barangay Lodiod is (0.9509 hectares, Dump site From 1970 unl ety 1988 the city's dump ste vas st Barangay Tenguay Toca tthe West Disc inthe cy wth an approximate area of 250 sqm. ‘When the land was saturated wah fash and there was no oer wa to dump {he garbage there, tomporay ste was ieniied atthe North parton of New Engineering Compound in Marawoy, Lipa Cy. “The employees ofthe Englaesting Office, CPDO, Veterinary Office, DAR and suounding residents hago sacefce from the stench of the “mountain” (of garbage emanating fom ihe ste fora period of about six (6) years. 1 Scanned with CamScannerRecovery/Treatment Plants Development “The present trend of development inthe cty dictates the need for public treatment plans: for solld wastes and liquid wastes. Unless such plants fre constructed, the aly will be faced vith insurmountable problems, Garbage will accumulate which will be impossible to dispose of sanitary, Tho onvironment such asthe rivers will be highly polluted. Finally, by 1992 the City Govemment was able to purchaso a new site {or ks dump sit, .Said ste Is located at Sito Cumbe, Barangay San {slo al the East District nd occuples some 7.2216 q.m. oF 032% of the ely'stotal bul-up ares, Currently, the cty ispases is trash through ‘open dumping method but periodically land filing I done. In support, Zero Waste Mangement Program of the: Sipaglakas ‘Movement was introduced and presenti in effec. 6), Uslities Development “The principal utilities of power, water and communications are all existing in the ely. New developments taking shape and becoming dominantly vise isthe onruh of calder ielecommunicatons,.Telecormuncation towers of ‘giant firms such es Smart, Mobiline of Piltel, Exteloom and. Globe are eoming Up. From June 1955 through tae the Republic Telohone Company served the telephone needs ofthe ci, 1 was later bought by the Phifepine Loog Distance Telephone Company. in 1976 the RETELCO had a total of 393 Subseries and zed the manval swchiboa type. The PLOT has since tized the automate sneer ye. 1n 1987 PLDT fad 676 subscribes which went up to 88 in 1998 and now has a total of 1.700 connections. AS of Sep. 40, 1098 a ttl of 6,132 applications for telephone connections are pending with PLOT. PLOT has ‘ow vite lepone line connections to cg echnoiogy in Lipa City wih drect istics dialing (ODD) features “The long pending applications for telephone connections by Lipa residents with PLDT has rendered the colluiar phone business a profitable and brisk venture. This has also attracted the proffered operations of, Digtl. and = Globetines, both and ines, ‘There i also @ Cable TV Network inthe city which started inthe earty 90, "Now being heard over the sinwaves isan FM radio Salon (GV 99.8) located along the Ayala Highway. “The estimated ital area occupied by powotight and water is approximately 4.5678 hectares 0F 0.07% ofthe c's total bultup area. ‘7. Miltary Use! t ‘Barengay Femando Air Base is a special military based Barangay located in the West District end covers some 298.0000 hectares .or 13.20% of the citys otal bultup area. 126 Scanned with CamScannerFAB also known a the 100” Training Wing Is the Fiying School of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), New developments to shape up within FAB are expected to take place inthe near future b, Industrial Development Indusies exsting during the 70's were mostly home and cotage industries such 8 wooderal, food preservation, tallring, neodio graft, The majorly of the Industios wero ogro-Industtal based such 3s pouty, plogery and feed iting. Garment manufacturing was also wide In scope. By the decade 90's the enty of industies which are ovmed by muithnationals began, Examples of hese companies aro tho Pilipinas Kyorsu, Inc. and Neste Pillppines. Vast areas of agrtultural land have been converted to industrial use, ‘Some 58.0193 hectares “or 0.27% of the ‘it's total Iand area is covered by Indust use, i Inthe West District, the ight indusral area comprises an approximately 27.1874 hectares. or 47.78% af the aly’ lotal Indust area. Nest Philippines in ‘Barangay Bagong Pooks located inthis district, ‘The Indust area in the noth is about 15.6882 hectares oF 27.92% ofthe city's ‘ola Incustal area. To name some ofthe industries existing in he noth area ‘are the Luzon Spining Mis n Barangay Dagatan and Plipinas Kyohrisu Inco ‘Barangay Inosluban. ‘The upcoming fist industrial estate In the city wit also be located inthe noth dist, East district, onthe other hand, contributes an approximately 10.2598 hectares oF 18.02% ofthe als flat industial area, Whereas, 2.4169 hectares oF {6.00% of he ety total Industral area is found nthe south, Urban industrial area covers about 0.1682 hecatres or 0.20% of the city’s total Industrial area. © Agro-ndustrial Development : ae ns “The agroivestétk dustry Inthe oly began in the: 70s vth the raising and breeding of pouty - bors and layers. The success of this Industy-led sugarcane growers nthe iy fo jon the venture and thus began the boom of the poultry business. Lipa Cy wes haled as the “Eag Basket of the Region’. As of 475 some 7.12 has. of and ware occupied by fight industries which were mostly ‘composed of pouty industry. By January 1978 the area covered by poutry Industry had risen to two hundred seventy-six and sixy-one hundredth (278.61) hectares, wih atoll capecty of 2,070,685 for brolers and three huncred thity six thousand nine hundred exghty, 628,980) layers. ‘was also in 1978 that hog raising caught up withthe pouty industry with one ‘hundred. twenty-nine (129) raisers coming from the twenty-eight. 28) rural ‘barangays and the city proper. Hog ralsing reached an estimated capacty of four thousand two hundred forty (4,240), “To compliment the needs of te pouty industry, feed miling was bor nthe cy. LIMCOMA has since become the forerunner of olher feed mils inthe cy which as of 1908 has reached a total of twenty one 2). ‘Agrocndustal area in Liog now comprises an approximate 276.9423 hectares (of 132% of th cys lta land area. This does not ncude the backyard agro- livestock Industes existing lathe agricuturel areas and rural residential reas ‘operating without business permis, Based on the aforementioned erea some 700.6614 hectares’ oF 38.35% ofthe ct’ total agro-ndustal area is present in sat. Scanned with CamScannerthe north district, ‘About 100.4218 hectares or 36.26% of the city’s total agro-industrial area exists inthe east, whereas about 45.1101 hectares. or 16.29% of the cly’s total agro- Thdustrial area is found inthe south district ‘The West district on the other hand contributes approximately 29.4455 hectares ‘F 10.63% of the cys total agro-industlal are, ‘Aso, the urban area covers an approximate 1.2096 hectares or 0.47% of the Aly's total agro-ndustal area, These Include the feedmills operating within the poblacion, rae Agricultural Use ‘The predominant land use inthe ct is agrcutural ince way back nthe 70's. AL ‘hat time, the City of Lipa was 90,369 agricultural in use, Wh the urbanization aloof pa geting higher, prions of he agutal ands fave been converted it varus Neregicafel vss suc reset sbaiaons ‘commercial uses, institutional uses and industrial use among. a , ‘Of Lipa's total land area of 20,040.00 hectares, approximately 10,$58,9008 hectares or 70.07% is agricutura in use and is devoted tothe cultivation and Production of palay, sugarcane, com, peanuts, vegetables such as egoplans, ‘omato ec. rooterops such as cassava, gab, ube and sweet potato. Perennial trees and vine crops can be found both in lowlands, and upland parts ‘of the cy. Among these are coconut, mango, coffee, lanzones, ais, tamarind, ‘banana, guyabano, cus, chico and black pepper. ‘Vast tracks of agricultural land can be found in the east dist. ‘The city's prime agricutural land, meaning inigated tand, can be found at ‘Barangay San Guilermo and Barangay Rizal in the South Distt, The intensity Of agrcuttural use in terms of crop. production volume and crop values ere highest in the east, noth, west and south districts respectively, Considered high value crops aéide from rice and com are: coffee, black pepper, cacao, lanzones. MR MANGO. Se gs ©. MinesiQuarry ‘The total quarry area is approximately 22.8905 hectares or 0.11% of the city’s total land area, ‘Stone quarry Is the only existing mine in the city, Quanying takes place inthe ‘east district at Barangay Antipolo del Nose and inthe nor at Barangay Talisay. No quanying activities is allowed in the city except in these designated areas only {, Infrastructure Development “Te toa length of conc roads in te Gy eng the mid-T0's was only 2904 ‘min engin the urbana. This Was the CM. Reco Avenue secon staring 1m Scanned with CamScanner