Formulation of the Land Use Development and Infrastructure Plan (LUDIP) of Eastern Visayas State University

D r / E n P. G e r r y B . d e C a d i z

November 8, 2013Typhoon Yolanda cut a swath of destruction across the central part of the Philippines.

The typhoon precipitated a

storm surgein the seas around the coastal towns of Eastern and Western Samar and

Leyte that led to grave loss of life and massive damage to private and public assets

We were devastated. . .

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BRIEF DAMAGE REPORT

The Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU) has been severely

affected by Typhoon “Yolanda” in terms of infrastructure and

academic facilities. Based on ocular inspection and on-site

damage assessment, all five (5) campuses of the University

sustained severe damages in terms of classrooms, laboratories,

offices and other auxiliary structures.

The functionalities of buildings have been compromised due to

multiple and critical destructions. Representatives from the

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) –

Regional Office No. 8 visited EVSU Main Campus last

November 25-26, 2013 to assess and evaluate the extent of

damage to the buildings and other infrastructures in the campus.

Based on the initial infrastructure appraisal of the Head of

Physical Plant and Infrastructure Development of the

University, it was observed that several buildings were deemed

to be unsafe for occupancy and should be demolished. The rest

will require extensive repairs and renovations.

Thus, it is deemed

necessary to

implement

immediate repairs to

avoid further

damages to those

structures that can

be salvaged, while

construction of new

buildings are of

much priority to

replace those which

were destroyed by

Typhoon “Yolanda”.

Disaster

recovery is a

strategy to

restore order

in the

University

after a

calamity.

The ideal disaster recovery process recognizes

the possibilities of the situation, and manages

the necessary activities so that they are

solutions, not additional problems.

The University should strive to fully coordinate

available assistance and funding while seeking

ways to accomplish other institutional goals

and priorities, using the disaster recovery

process as the catalyst.

The EVSU

disaster

recovery

process is one

where the

academe

proactively

manages:

a) Recovery and redevelopment decisions to balance competing

interests so constituents are treated equitably and long-term

institutional benefits are not sacrificed for short-term

individual gains;

b) Multiple financial resources to achieve broad-based support

for wholistic recovery activities;

c) Reconstruction and redevelopment opportunities to enhance

economic and institutional vitality;

d) Environmental and natural resource opportunities to enhance

natural functions and maximize organizational benefits; and,

e) Exposure to risk to a level that is less than what it was before

the disaster.

Disaster assessment

DAY 1 - 30

P 150,000

Rapid assessment

Preliminary damage assessment

Site assessment

Victims’ needs assessments

“Lessons learned”

Short-term recovery

MONTH 1 - 12

P 798,315,000

Impact area security

Temporary shelter/classrooms

Infrastructure restoration/repairs in all campuses

Structural retrofitting

Equipment procurement

Debris/waste materials management

Donations management

Disaster assistance

Medium-term reconstruction

YEAR 1 - 2

P 351,085,000

Hazard source control and area protection

Land-use practices

Building construction practices

Public health/mental health recovery

Economic development

Infrastructure resilience

Historic preservation

Environmental recovery

Disaster memorialization

Recovery management

DAY 1 ONWARDS

Agency notification and mobilization

Mobilization of recovery facilities and equipment

Internal direction and control

External coordination

Public information

Recovery legal authority and financing

Administrative and logistical support

Documentation

The Post-Yolanda Recovery Strategy of Eastern VisayasState University

EVSU Main Campus188,500,000

37%

EVSU Carigara Campus68,800,000

13%

EVSU Tanauan Campus69,000,000

14%

EVSU Burauen Campus67,200,000

13%

EVSU Ormoc City Campus

119,815,00023%

Estimated

Cost of

Damage to

Priority

Infrastructure/

Buildings

S H O R T – T E R M

B U D G E T A R Y R E Q U I R E M E N T

2014

513,315,000.00

[ 399,628,466.00 ]

The New Face of EVSU

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Eastern Visayas State University

MISSION

Develop a Strong Technologically and Professionally Competent Productive Human Resource Imbued with Positive Values Needed to Propel Sustainable Development

VISION

A Leading State University in Technological and Professional Education

RA 11396SUCs Land Use

Development and Infrastructure

Plan (LUDIP) Act

Effectivity: August 22, 2019

Anchors of EVSU LUDIP

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YOLANDA REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM

The University was totally damaged lastNovember 8, 2013 with about 85% of itsphysical facilities and equipment destroyed orlost, aside from the four employees and twenty-seven students who lost their lives. However,the support of the national government throughits Reconstruction Assistance for “Yolanda”enabled the agency to implement rehabilitationprojects in all its campuses. The EVSU alsospent from its income the reconstruction ofclassroom and laboratory buildings,procurement of equipment andtraining/scholarships of its constituents.

ASEAN INTEGRATION IN EDUCATION

The ASEAN Integration in Education last 2015 signified aparadigm shift on how EVSU will implement itsmandated functions. Primarily, it recognized thenecessity to carve a niche among leading institutions ofhigher learning in Southeast Asia. It adopted theOutcomes-Based Curriculum System which enables theUniversity to align its curricula to international standardsand professional equivalency, aside from the continuedsubmission and compliance to various accreditationsystems. The establishment of research centers pavedthe way for innovating new technologies beneficial toregional development, while at the same maintaining astrong engagement with its service-communities.

Land Use Planning Concepts

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A Land Use Plan is the end product of the land use planningprocess. It is a written document containing a profile of theuniversity, its vision and the strategies on how the developmentmandates and thrust will be achieved. It consists of a mapshowing how the use of land within the campus shall be utilized.

The EVSU Land Use Development and Infrastructure Plan (LUDIP)will be accompanied by a duly approved enabling standards andguidelines through a Resolution of the Board of Regents,provided under Section 3 of Republic Act No. 11396, otherwiseknown as the “SUCs Land Use Development and InfrastructurePlan (LUDIP) Act”.

The LUDIP will identify the general future allocation anddistribution of land facilities as well as identification of multi-sectoral elements and engagements in the built and naturalenvironment in the University.

Site Development Map of EVSU Main Campus

Legal Basis of EVSU LUDIP

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The 1987 ConstitutionThe Congress shall give highest priority to the enactment of measuresthat protect and enhance the right of all the people to human dignity,reduce social, economic, and political inequalities, and remove culturalinequities by equitably diffusing wealth and political power for thecommon good. To this end, the State shall regulate the acquisition,ownership, use, and disposition of property and its increments. (ArticleXIII, Section 1)

Republic Act No. 11396It is the policy of the State to provide for a rational, holistic, efficient andjust allocation, utilization, development and management of thecountry’s land and water resources that is consistent with the principlesof equity, social justice, environmental integrity and sustainabledevelopment for the common good. (Section 2)

Republic Act No. 10121To mainstream disaster risk reduction and climate change indevelopment processes such as policy formulation, socioeconomicdevelopment planning, budgeting, and governance, particularly in theareas of environment, agriculture, water, energy, health, education,poverty reduction, land use and urban planning, and public infrastructureand housing, among others. (National Disaster Risk Reduction andManagement Act)

Republic Act No. 8292Powers and Duties of Governing Boards. To authorize the construction orrepair of its buildings, machineries, equipment and other facilities andthe purchase and acquisition of real and personal properties includingnecessary supplies, materials and equipment x x x. (Higher EducationModernization Act of 1997, Section 4, paragraph f)

Republic Act No. 9311Powers and Duties of the Board of Regents. To authorize theconstruction or repair of its buildings, machinery, equipment and otherfacilities, and the purchase and acquisition of real property, includingnecessary supplies, materials and equipment; (EVSU Charter, Section 7,paragraph g)

EVSU Board Resolution No. 115, s. 2017University Land Titling and Land Use Planning Committee (ULTUPC). TheUniversity Land Titling and Land Use Planning Committee is herebyconstituted to be composed of the University President or his/herauthorized Representative as Chairperson, Vice President forAdministration and Finance as Vice Chairperson, Vice President forPlanning, Research and Extension Services, as Vice Chairperson, andDirector for Planning and Development, Director for AdministrativeServices, Director for Finance Services, and Campus Directors, asMembers.

LUDIP Principles

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The Master Development Plan which embodies

the EVSU LUDIP and subsequent planning

processes should be guided by five interrelated

and mutually-supportive principles. These

principles respond to the issues and

opportunities that emerged early in the process

and encapsulate the main objectives of the

plan. They describe an integrated approach to

sustainability, recognizing that the stewardship

and development of the campus must balance

academic, social, environmental and economic

priorities, over time improving its setting for the

benefit of all people and ecosystems.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Support the Academic Mission. The EVSU shall support and cultivate academicsuccess and growth, providing open, collaborative and adaptable environments forteaching, research, service and outreach, the exchange of ideas, and the nurturing ofinnovation.

Promote Stewardship. The institution shall respect and manage the physicalenvironment of the campus and its broader land base for the health of EVSUconstituents, its immediate community/barangay and the larger regional ecosystem.

Enhance the Campus Experience. The University shall contain a diversity ofinviting, accessible and safe places, for social and culture interaction, recreation,athletics, and passive enjoyment by faculty, staff, students and visitors. It will maintainand enrich its legacy of memorable landscapes and become a more pedestrian-oriented campus.

Reinforce Community. The University shall enhance the community-buildingaspects of the campus. It will explore the possibility of providing housing/dormitoriesfor students, and better yet, for employees. It will expand the campus’ social andcultural infrastructure and promote a healthy, vital greater academic community.

Ensure Integrative Planning and Design. In the planning and design of thecampus, EVSU shall integrate disciplines, engage communities, and coordinateacademic, development, landscape and infrastructure initiatives.

Land Use Strategies

The University shall create a balanced land use plan

that functionally accommodates all key campus

components and activities while achieving the highest

and best use of the land. The plan represents a first

step toward better land utilization by coordinating

land use with existing activities and investments, and

new land use requirements emerging from the

university’s vision. It intends to maintain and expand

the current growth boundaries. Infill development

should be encouraged to accommodate growth and

expansion of the campus.

The EVSU LUDIP will consolidate functions and

activities which occupy multiple sites across the

campus to improve land utilization as well as campus

efficiency and functionality, i.e., a number of service

functions, in particular, can be consolidated for land

use and operational efficiency. Likewise, it will provide

and maintain spaces for lawns, recreation areas,

forested land sufficient for quality accommodation of

the daily campus population and additional campus

visitors on days of special events, thoughtfully

interconnecting these spaces with systems of

roadways, walkways, bikeways, and parking areas.

Essential Features of the PlanBased on Republic Act No. 11396, the EVSU LUDIP shall include the following:

Campus planning framework, principles and processes,including master development plan;

Detailed geographical description and survey of the siteoccupied by EVSU, including all idle lands and campuses,branches or extension sites titled under the name of theUniversity, other sites occupied by EVSU and adjacentcommunities;

Inventory of all existing buildings, facilities, and otherinfrastructure within the compound or areas occupied byEVSU and other real estate assets;

Cadastral survey of land occupied by EVSU, includingdetailed geographical descriptions on land disputes,natural and man-made hazards for climate change issues,zoning projections, and process flow of how these areapproved and revised;

Detailed description of the research core, academic core,residential areas covering both housing for faculty and staff,dormitories for students, and detailed geographical descriptionand survey of the site intended for dormitories for studentsand housing sites for employees of EVSU, including thearchitectural design and estimated cost of construction;

Detailed geographical description of land used for commercial,agricultural, fishery, forestry, and other activities, includingopen and recreational spaces, landscape features, and campustransportation system, among others;

Design and estimated cost of construction, operation,maintenance of other infrastructure needs of EVSU; and,

Financial plan, which shall include the conduct and submissionof feasibility studies, sources of funds, income, loans, public-private partnerships, and other financial schemes orarrangements.

Formulation & Implementation SchemeA Committee for the EVSU LUDIP Formulation needsto be constituted by the University to organizing theterms of general land uses. The land use plan willpromote a greater integration of uses in strategiclocations to facilitate academic interaction, supportcommunity building, encourage sustainable modes oftravel, rationalize infrastructure and generally improvethe quality of life on campus.

The land use plan will consider in its execution theconcentration of academic buildings in the lower areaof the campus while creating a second academicunits, residential hubs and ecological/recreationalspaces in the upper area. It will ensure to strengthenand protect outdoor teaching and research facilities.Administrative uses and facilities will be clusterednear gateways to provide easy access of clients. Theplan will feature also high-quality recreation andathletics complexes and expanding the campus’ssocial and cultural infrastructure.

The project implementation scheme is necessary to bringthe project from planning stage to implementation stagecertainly. All work items should be included to secure ofproject’s feasibility. Initially, preliminary cost should beestimated based on work results of the conceptual designand preliminary design of infrastructure. Othersubsequent works should be followed by the preliminarycost estimation.

Finally, project schedule with phasing process should beproposed under consideration of economic and financialaspects, comprising of (a) Preliminary Cost Estimation; (b)Economical and Financial Analysis; (c) ImplementationBody and PPP Scheme; (d) Fund Raising Plan; (e) RiskAnalysis and Countermeasure; (f) Identification ofPermission Procedure; and, (g) Project Schedule orPhasing Development.

When the situation and availability of personnel warrants, the EVSU management will

tapped the expertise in the conceptualization, formulation, technical designs and

reporting of the entire LUDIP from the different University professionals. Related agencies

will be requested for assistance such as the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board

(HLURB), the University of the Philippines School of Urban and Regional Planning (UP-

SURP), the Department of Public Works and Highways - Regional Office No. 8 (DPWH-

RO8), Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Land Management Bureau

(DENR-LMB) and other government offices or agencies in drawing up the EVSU LUDIP.

Formulation & Implementation Scheme

Funding Scheme

The amount of budget to fund various components of the EVSU LUDIP will be

requested from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) under the

General Appropriations Act and/or to be taken from the Internally-Generated

Fund of the University.

Public-Private Partnership and other financial schemes or arrangements will

also be explored subject upon terms which must be advantageous to EVSU.

Timeline

The proposed EVSU Land Use Development and Infrastructure Plan can be done within a three-

month duration with the following schedule:

GERRY B. DE CADIZ, Ph.D., EnPLicensed Environmental PlannerPRC Reg. No. 0001047

Sustainability is an

outcome of a planned

and well-managed

nexus of natural

ecosystem and healthy

human environment!

enp.gerry.b.decadiz@gmail.com

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