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The development of the government center in San Pedro Street and new parks are among the agenda of City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio during her State of the City Address SOCA held on Monday Nov. 16.There is a long-term plan to improve on the local government center in San Pedro St. and the priority is to expand the open spaces in Rizal Park and create an underground parking The Mayor said in her SOCA.There are ongoing constructions of several buildings along the Pichon Magallanes San Pedro Street Area where the City Hall City Council Sangguniang Panglungsod and other city government offices civic structures parks and open spaces are located.To this end we have moved the CSWDO City Social Welfare and Development Office office to its own 4-storey building and the City Engineers Office building is currently under construction adjacent to it is also the construction of the City Health Office building Mayor Sara cited the ongoing developments.The Mayor in her 2017 SOCA said they intend to create a mini- park in the soon-to-be vacated City Engineers Office CEO building which is adjacent to the City Hall located at the back of the citys Rizal Monument.The new building of the CEO which is under construction stands at the site of the former Museo Dabawenyo which was once housed the Court of First Instance Building.Museo Dabawenyo which will be a branch of the National Museum will soon transfer to a new building inside the Peoples Park. The four-hectare park built by then City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in 2007 is bounded by the newly finished building which houses the City Tourism and the Davao City Investment and Promotions Center. A MICE Meetings Incentives Conventions and Exhibitions building will also be constructed.The City Library which is located at the third floor of the Sangguniang Panglungsod building will soon transfer to a new building along Ponciano Street at the former location of the Citys 911 headquarters.ParksFor parks and open spaces development we have completed two new parks the Candelaria Park and the McArthur Highway Park and we are in the bidding for a park along the Dona Vicenta subdivision area. We are also to start the Phase 1 of the development of the Roxas Avenue Park funded by DBM Department of Budget and Management the Mayor said in her SOCA.Meanwhile the City has put on hold the long-tern development of Magsaysay Park and Sta. Ana Wharf as they await the completion of the Davao City Coastal Road project which will affect the two areas.Our Magsaysay Park and Sta. Ana Port development efforts are also on hold while awaiting the completion of the coastal road to ensure that any investment in these properties are not rendered useless by a possible redesign due to the coastal road the Mayor said.The City has previously constructed a tribal village in Magsaysay Park showcasing the 11 ethnolinguistic groups while Sta. Ana Wharf has been spruced up with a park tents comfort rooms and an open space for activities like concerts and aquatic sporting events. PIARG Alama
