An omnibus resolution proposing a final deadline for all offers for a new city hall site for Bacolod City will be submitted today by Bacolod Councilor Lyndon Caña during the Sangguniang Panlungsod session.

Caña said he is proposing that the deadline be set in February and that a public hearing be held in March to consider all offers. He said he is also proposing that Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia join the SP in the public hearing and request his technical men to be ready to discuss the proposed new site.

The city has received about 16 options, which include the proposal of former Bacolod Vice Mayor Ramiro Garcia for the SP to consider the present Bacolod Airport as a new site for the City Hall. The airport is scheduled to be transferred by mid 2007 to Silay City.

He said having the airport as a site for the new city hall will help spur the development of the southern portion of the city. He said the land on which the airport stands (northern portion) is owned by the Philippine Airlines and the other half (southern portion) by the Republic of the Philippines.

Garcia said an experienced architect, or group of architects, together with a team of engineers, should prepare the master plan.

The present lot acquired by the City Hall, Lot No. 22, was donated by Don Jose Ruiz de Luzuriaga to the Provincial Government on Nov. 21, 1906, Garcia said. The Deed of Donation has reportedly never been found, but a Certificate of Title in the name of the province exists, he said.*CGS

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