TRANSFERRING THE MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BURNHAM PARK TO THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF BAGUIO

WHEREAS, the Burnham Park Reservation was reserved for park purposes by
virtue of Proclamation No. 64, promulgated August 6, 1925;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1762 dated January 6, 1981,
and Proclamation No. 2144 dated December 9, 1981, the Burnham Park Reservation
was ceded and conveyed to the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) for tourism
development purposes;

WHEREAS, in a move to centralize the planning, development, management and
operation of all national parks around the country, the management, maintenance
and administration of the Burnham Park Reservation was transferred and vested
to the National Parks Development Committee for a period of FIVE (5) YEARS
through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) dated March 10, 1989 between PTA and
NPDC as modified by a MOA between said parties dated August 7, 1989;

WHEREAS, said MOA of March 10, 1989 expired last 1994, and there is a need
to better and enhance the management, maintenance, and development approach for
the Burnham Park Reservation;

WHEREAS, there is a strong clamor of the populace of Baguio City for the
return of the Burnham Park Reservation for local management, maintenance, and
administration;

WHEREAS, local management, maintenance and administration of the whole
Burnham Park Reservation is just in line with the government’s devolution
program as mandated by the Constitution;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL
V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, hereby order:

SECTION 1. Transfer of Administration, Maintenance and Management. The
administration, management, maintenance, and operation of the whole Burnham
Park Reservation as defined and delineated under Presidential Decree No. 1762
dated January 6, 1981, including all the activities, facilities and
improvements thereon, is hereby transferred to the City Government of Baguio.

SECTION 2. Sunshine Park. The Administration, management, maintenance,
and operation of the present Sunshine Park including all the activities,
facilities and improvements thereon, is likewise transferred and turned over to
the City Government of Baguio.

SECTION 3. Excluded from the Transfer. The area where the present
Department of Tourism (DOT)-PTA Regional Office and the Secretary’s Cottage are
located, including all the activities, facilities, and improvements thereon, is
excluded from the transfer and shall remain under the exclusive use,
administration, maintenance and management of PTA and DOT.

SECTION 4. Control and Supervision. The City Government of Baguio shall
have full control, supervision and discretion in its management including the
award and regulations of all activities and concessions in the Park.

SECTION 5. Alienation, Encumbrance and Use. The City Government of
Baguio cannot encumber, mortgage, or alienate any portion of the Park and use
thereof shall be limited only to recreation and tourism-related activities.

SECTION 6. Promotion and Technical Assistance. The DOT and PTA shall
continue to provide promotional support and technical assistance for the
operation and further development of the Park.

SECTION 7. Budget and Appropriations. Annual appropriations for the
development of the Park from the National Budget shall continue and remain in
force. Whatever available funds from the duly approved PTA 1995 budget which
have been appropriated for the Park shall be transferred to the City.

SECTION 8. Revenues. All revenues and collections generated from the
operation of the Park shall accrue to the treasury of the City Government of
Baguio and shall be used solely for the management, maintenance, operation and
development of the Park.

SECTION 9. Effectivity. This executive order shall take effect
immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this
10th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety
five.

(Sgd.) FIDEL
V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary

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