Philippines Creation Mega Tender

A veteran lawmaker has filed a bill seeking the creation of the Mega Cebu Development Authority MCDA to coordinate and promote socio-economic growth and sustainable development within Metro Cebu and the Province of Cebu. House Bill No. 11 defines the term Mega Cebu as the platform for inter-local cooperation public-private sector partnership and local-regional-national-integration promoting the big picture perspective that is long term multi-LGU local government unit metro-wide and advancing collaborative planning and action on shared assets and common trans-boundary concerns towards a sustainable smart and inclusive Cebu. It is anchored on and considers the island-wide or large provincial area or whole Cebu and regional area or Visayas context while starting out its on-ground engagement and intervention at the Metropolitan Cebu level. Rep. Raul Del Mar 1st District Cebu City author of the proposed Mega Cebu Development Authority Act said that as provided under the 1987 Constitution local government units LGUs may group themselves coordinate or consolidate their services efforts and resources for purposes commonly beneficial to them in accordance with law.Del Mar said that stakeholders in Metropolitan Cebu and surrounding areas in the Province of Cebu envision and aspire for a Wholesome Advanced Vibrant Equitable and Sustainable W.A.V.E.S. Cebu in 2050 through alignment of public and private sector efforts with the development strategy of competitiveness livability mobility and metropolitan management and the implementation of a roadmap for sustainable urban development.The bill provides that the MCDA shall comprise the core metropolitan area embracing the highly urbanized cities of Cebu Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu the cities of Danao Talisay Naga and Carcar as well as the municipalities of Consolacion Liloan Compostela Cordova Minglanilla and San Fernando and such other cities and municipalities as shall be included from time to time as provided under the Act.The bill declares it is the policy of the State to treat Metropolitan Cebu and the Province of Cebu as a special development and administrative area where certain policies programs and services affecting or involving the Metropolitan Cebu area and the Province of Cebu on a metro-wide or multi-local government unit LGU level are more efficiently and effectively planned supervised implemented and coordinated by a development authority as created under the Act without prejudice to the autonomy of the affected LGUs. Among the functions of the MCDA which shall be subject to the approval of the LGUs concerned are 1 to formulate coordinate regulate and monitor the short medium and long-term plans policies and programs for the sustainable development and integration of the Metropolitan Cebu area and the Province of Cebu 2 render services that have multi-LGU or metropolitan wide coverage and impact transcending local geopolitical boundaries or entailing substantial expenditures and 3 ensure that plans policies programs and services are pursued for the purpose of realizing the Mega Cebu 2050 Vision of a Wholesome Advanced Vibrant Equitable and Sustainable Cebu executing the Mega Cebu development strategy of competitiveness livability mobility and metropolitan management and implementing the Metropolitan Cebu Roadmap.Furthermore the MCDA shall ensure continuing research evaluation and monitoring to enhance plans policies programs services and efforts to anticipate or respond to the dynamic and changing realities and needs of metropolitan development and perform other related functions to achieve the Mega Cebu 2050 Vision and the objectives of the MCDA.The scope of the services of the MCDA shall include spatial and integrated planning and infrastructure planning and development transport and traffic management solid waste management water septage and sewerage and storm water management disaster risk reduction and management. The governing and policy setting powers of the MCDA shall be vested in and exercised by the Mega Cebu Development Board MCDB which shall be composed of 15 ex-officio members and six regular members.These MCDB members are the Governor of the Province of Cebu ex-officio Mayors of the seven cities of Metro Cebu ex-officio Mayors of the six municipalities of Metro Cebu ex-officio President of the League of Municipalities of Cebu ex-officio Five regular members from the private sector three from the business sector and two from the general public and the General Manager of the Authority to be appointed by majority vote of the ex-officio members and regular members of the Board who shall be the sixth private sector representative in the Board and shall serve as the Chief Operating Officer of the MCDA.Among the functions and powers of the MCDB which shall be subject to the approval of the LGUs concerned are 1 to adopt and approve rules and regulations to govern the conduct of business of the Board 2 approve the multi-LGU or metropolitan-wide short medium and long term development plans policies and programs and such projects developed and packaged by its Research Program and Organizational Development Technical Operations and Planning Office RPOD-TOPO the various committees and respective project management offices 3 promulgate policies and standards for metropolitan-wide application governing the delivery of services prescription and collection of service and regulatory fees and the imposition and collection of fines and penalties and 4 create a Conflict Management Committee CMC to address any controversy primarily between and among members from the LGUs national government agencies private and business sectors and civil society among others.