CREATING A PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO PLAN FOR AND DEVELOP A GROWTH CORRIDOR FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION TO THE PROVINCES OF RIZAL, LAGUNA AND QUEZON (METRO MANILA-RIZAL-LA…

WHEREAS, there is a need to fast-track the implementation of programs and
projects to facilitate the development of the area from the National Capital
Region to the Provinces of Rizal, Laguna and Quezon to decongest Metro Manila
and provide a growth link between Metro Manila the provinces of Rizal, Laguna
and Quezon; and,

WHEREAS, toward the integrated and harmonized development of the Metro
Manila-Rizal-Laguna-Quezon or MARILAQUE Growth Area, there is a need to
rationalize existing activities in these areas as well as to involve other
government and non-government entities in the development efforts to achieve
complementation of land use for these areas and the maximization of
government’s limited resources.

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 the
following:

Section 1. Creation of
the Presidential Commission To Plan for and Develop a Growth Corridor From the
National Capital Region to the Provinces of Rizal, Laguna, and Quezon (Metro
Manila-Rizal-Laguna-Quezon or MARILAQUE Growth Area). There is hereby created a Presidential Commission to Plan for and
Develop a Growth Corridor from the National Capital Region to the Provinces of
Rizal, Laguna and Quezon, hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”, which
shall be responsible for the orchestration and the coordination of development
efforts for the Metro Manila-Rizal-Laguna-Quezon or MARILAQUE growth area.

Sec. 2. Composition. The Commission shall be chaired by the Chairman, Housing and Urban
Development Coordinating Council, and Co-chaired by Secretary Renato De Villa
as Cabinet Officer for Regional Development for Region IV. Its members shall be
composed of the following:

a. Senior Deputy Executive
Secretary, representing the Office of the Executive Secretary;

b. Deputy Director General,
National Economic and Development Authority;

c. Undersecretary, Department of
Public Works and Highways;

d. Undersecretary, Department of
Environment and Natural Resources;

e. Undersecretary, Department of
Agrarian Reform;

f. Undersecretary, Department of
Trade and Industry;

g. Undersecretary, Department of
Interior and Local Government;

h. Head, Presidential Management
Staff;

i. Concerned Local Government
Executives to be identified by the Commissioner; and,

j. Three (3) representatives in
the private sector/non-government organizations to be recommended by the
Commission and appointed by the President.

The government representatives
in the Commission shall serve in an ex-officio capacity.

Sec. 3. Functions and
Responsibilities. The Presidential Commission
shall:

a. Prepare an inventory of all
existing and proposed land use plans, programs and projects from the National
Capital Region to the Provinces of Rizal, Laguna and Quezon;

b. Review existing development
plans, as formulated by the Human Settlements Development Corporation for
Lungsod Silangan, for the development of Lungsod Silangan;

c. Based from the inventory,
identify the potential growth areas which shall spur the development of the
growth corridor from the National Capital Region to the Provinces of Rizal,
Laguna and Quezon;

d. Cause the preparation of an
integrated development plan for the identified growth area which shall consider
and include the development of the area’s agro-industry, housing, tourism,
environment, natural resources and other investment activities, among others,
for implementation by concerned government agencies or by the private sector,
on a build-operate-transfer or other innovative schemes as may be recommended
by the Commission to the President.

In the preparation of the Plan,
the Commission shall utilize existing studies and recommendations of government
and non-government agencies which have been involved in the planning and
development of the areas from the National Capital Region to the Provinces of
Rizal, Laguna and Quezon;

e. Adopt a process of maximum
consultation with the local government units concerned and all interest groups
in the localities to ensure that their needs, concerns and ideas are considered
in the formulation and implementation of plans and development programs and
projects;

f. Ensure a fast-tracked
implementation of the Integrated Development Plan for the growth area;

g. Identify sources of fund,
both local and foreign, which may be used for the implementation of development
programs and projects for the growth area;

h. Act as the central
coordinating body on matters pertaining for the growth corridor and the growth
area and as the issue-resolution body on any problems and issues which may
arise in the formulation of the integrated development plan or in its
implementation; and,

i. Recommend to the appropriate
Sanggunians such ordinances and measures as may be necessary to attain the objectives
of the Plan, as approved by the President.

Sec. 4. Secretariat
Support. The Commission shall be assisted by a
full time Secretariat which shall be headed by an Executive Director to be
appointed by the President as recommended by the Chairman of the Commission.

The Secretariat shall have such
number of personnel as may be necessary for the efficient and effective
performance of the Commission’s functions.

Sec. 5. Funding. Funding for the Commission’s operations for the years 1994 and 1995
shall come from the President’s Contingent Fund, the amount for which shall be
recommended by the Commission. Appropriations for succeeding years shall be
incorporated in the budget of the Office of the President.

Expenditures of the Commission
related to the development of Lungsod Silangan shall be sourced from the
unobligated portion of the interest earnings of the Human Settlements
Development Corporation-Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran-Processing Center
Authority Trust Fund.

Sec. 6. Repealing
Clause. All Existing Presidential Orders (M.O.
No. 191 dated 12 February 1994 and A.O. No. 120 dated 03 March 1994) and other
Presidential Directives covering Metro Manila and the Provinces of Rizal,
Laguna and Quezon shall remain in effect, except for portions thereof which are
inconsistent with this order.

Sec. 7. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 29th day of August, in the year of
Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Four.

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

By the President:

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

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