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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 40 -
IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7227 AUTHORIZING THE
BASES CONVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (BCDA) TO RAISE FUNDS
THROUGH THE SALE OF METRO MANILA MILITARY CAMPS TRANSFERRED TO BCDA TO
FORM PART OF ITS CAPITALIZATION AND TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES STATED
IN SAID ACT
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 7227 (“Act”)
declares a policy to accelerate the conversion into productive uses for
the former US military reservations and extensions, to raise funds
through the sale or portions of Metro Manila military camps, and to
apply said funds for the development and conversion to productive
civilian uses of the lands covered under the 1947 Military Bases
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the same Act created the Bases Conversion and Development
Authority (BCDA) which has been granted the power, among others, to
source its capital from the proceeds of the sale and/or disposition of
certain Metro Manila military camps except those which shall remain as
military reservations delineated and proclaimed as such by the
President, and to adopt, prepare and implement a comprehensive and
detailed plan embodying a list of projects provided in, but not limited
to those included in the Legislative-Executive Bases Council (LEBC)
framework plan;
WHEREAS, the Act further provides that the President shall authorize
the disposition by the BCDA of certain areas in Fort Bonifacio and the
Villamor Air Base six (6) months after the approval of the Act provided
that no disposition of such lands may be undertaken without a
development plan approved by the President;
WHEREAS, the Act also provides that the BCDA may plan and undertake the
relocation or resettlement of populations within its areas of
responsibility as it may deem necessary;
WHEREAS, a master development plan and a securitization scheme on
portions of the Fort Bonifacio and the Villamor Air Base have been
completed by the Public Estates Authority (PEA) as authorized by the
Office of the President in coordination and consultation with the
Special Operations Team for the Bases Conversion Program, the
Department of National Defense/Armed Forces of the Philippines
(DND/AFP), the LEBC, Philippine National Bank (PNB), Department of
Justice, Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Housing and Land Use
Regulatory Board (HLURB) to serve as the initial funds generation
program of the BCDA to be approved by the President for
implementation;
WHEREAS, in view of the urgency to undertake projects for the initial
funds generations program, the BCDA may exercise its power to enter
into contracts with the appropriate agency or office;
WHEREAS, the implementation of projects for the initial funds
generation program will require constant consultation and close
coordination between and among the BCDA and concerned governmental
agencies.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1.
The JUSMAG compound in Quezon City with an area of 0.14 hectare is also
hereby transferred to the BCDA pursuant to Sec. 7 (b) of the Act.
Other properties may be transferred by the President to the BCDA in
accordance with the Act.
The Land Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) and other concerned agencies are hereby directed to
assist and facilitate the necessary processing and documentation to
effect the transfer herein ordered.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
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3.2
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Pursuant to Sec. 8 of the Act, additional areas of Fort Bonifacio and Villamor Air Base may be identified for disposition after the implementation of the funds generation projects enumerated under subsection 3.1 hereof.
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5.
Access to development works and related matters shall be coordinated
with the DND/AFP.
Sec. 6.
Sec. 7.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 8th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety Two.
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