The Davao City Watershed Management Council (WMC) has ordered the stoppage of the illegal operation of a public swimming pool resort in Barangay Tambobong, Baguio District in Davao City.
This after the WMC headed by Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and co-chaired by City Adminstrator Zuleika T. Lopez received a comprehensive report from a Watershed Multipartite Monitoring Team (WMMT) confirming that the swimming pool is indeed located within a city watershed area in violation of the Watershed Code of the city.
The WMMT headed by Curtis Lazarraga of the City Health Office (CHO) went to the pool site in Purok Tuburan.
Lazarraga’s group recommended certain measures that the WMC should take to stop the illegal operation of the resort.
“There should be no developments in the area and that the operator of the pool be properly advised about the restrictions,” the team report stated.
It also suggested that the Office of the City Building Official (OCBO) and Business Bureau be informed about the illegal operation.
During a regular monthly meeting of the WMC, Lazarraga likewise recommended that the barangay captain of Tambobong be directed to oversee the proper disposal of solid waste and to make sure that the health protocols be properly observed while the city government is in the process of stopping the illegal operation of the pool.
Upon motion of Lawyer Mark Peñalver, executive director of the Interfacing Development Intervention for Sustainability (IDIS), the WMMT and Camilo Victoria of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources 11, duly seconded by Engr. Manuel Singco of the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) and Edmarson Sola of the Davao City Water District, a resolution was proposed stopping of swimming pool operation.
City Administrator Lopez also directed the WMC secretariat headed by lawyer Janis Louis H. Esparcia to inform the Public Security and Safety Command Center (PSSCC) headed by retired colonel Angel Sumagaysay so that the center can assist in the resort’s immediate closure.
