Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya, chair of the City Council planning, innovation, and people’s organization accreditation committee, spearheaded a meeting to advance the draft ordinance for the City Green Building Code, which seeks to promote sustainable building practices to enhance resource efficiency and reduce environmental impacts.
“The City should have higher standards,” Nacaya remarked in the meeting yesterday and sought to expedite the implementation of green building practices, recognizing their role in reducing the city's carbon footprint and bolstering its resilience against future climate threats.
Photo: Office of Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya
As used in the draft ordinance, Green Building (according to the Green Building Code of the Philippines) means the practice of adopting measures that promote resource management efficiency and site sustainability while minimizing the negative impact of buildings on human health and the environment.
Photo: Office of Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya
This practice complements the conventional building design concerns of economy, durability, serviceability, and comfort.
Meanwhile, Green Building Standards are referred to as the design guidelines, a rating system or set of rules for constructing buildings that ensure site planning sustainability, water efficiency, energy efficiency and renewable energy, sustainability of materials, solid waste management, and indoor environment quality.
Councilor Nacaya jointly authored the said proposed legislation with Vice Mayor Bebot Rodriguez in the hopes to promote public health, safety and welfare by assuring that residential, commercial and civic development is consistent with the City’s goals of supporting and promoting a more sustainable community by incorporating green building measures into the design, construction and maintenance of buildings thereby improving the efficiency of buildings in the use of natural resources, contributing to the global efforts in reducing Green House Gas (GHG) emissions and minimizing impact of buildings on health and environment through Green Building Regulations.
By adhering to these standards, the city hopes to decrease pollution and mitigate climate change, ultimately improving the quality of life for city residents.
Photo: Office of Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya
Gisugyot ni Konsehal George Goking, chairman sa komite sa trade and commerce, ngadto sa Oro Trade and Investment Promotion Center (ORO-TIPC) ang kolaborasyon uban sa Konseho kon adunay sila’y irekomendar nga mga improvement sa Business One Stop Shop (BOSS) sa business registration.
Kini ang gipasabot sa konsehal atol sa tigom sa Komite niadtong Biernes human gituki ang sulat ni Mr. John Asuncion, Local Economic Development and Investment Promotion Officer ORO-TIPC nga nagrekomendar sa pag-improbar sa Business One Stop Shop (BOSS) sa panahon sa pagrehistro sa mga patigayon karong tuiga.
Lakip sa gisugyot nga ipalambo mao ang pag-implementar sa Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PCIS), cybersecurity optimization sa tax payments site ug sa pag-revise sa business permit unified application form.
Si Raymundo Talimio Jr., sa CdeO-MisOr Micro Small and Medium Enterprise Development (MSMED) Council, mibutyag nga sa gipahigayong panagtigom sa council, nahisgutan ang PCISC code sa Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ug sa syudad kay ang problema dili updated ang code sa syudad hinungdan nga dili kini aligned.
Matod ni Konsehal Goking nga sayod siya nga gahinam-hinam ang ORO-TIPC sa pag-implementar niini apan kinahanglan gihapon ang kolaborasyon sa Konseho ug iyang gitugyan sa maong buhatan ang pagpanubag kon ugaling man adunay mga legal nga implekasyon tungod kay wala man kini magikan sa Konseho nga lakang.
“Kun adunay mga illegal implication o pangutana, you take full responsilbility,” pahayag ni Konsehal Goking.
The city is eyeing to declare the Cagayan de Oro City government-owned property in Barangay Baikingon, as site of the proposed Cagayan de Oro Memorial Park – District I.
Councilor Edgar Cabanlas, chair of the committee on subdivision and landed estate and author of the proposed ordinance, said the 2.8-hectare lot will serve as the second city cemetery, which will cater to the burial needs of the city residents in Barangay Pagatpat, Iponan, Bulua, San Simon, Baikingon, and other neighboring areas.
Once materialized, the west side cemetery which can accommodate 8,000 apartment niche units will lessen the burden of the main city cemetery in Bolonsori.
“The new city cemetery will be developed by the city government, but we hope that this will be managed by the barangay under the supervision of the city government,” Cabanlas stated.
Currently, Cagayan de Oro City has 11 public cemeteries and seven private cemeteries.
