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FOREWORD
The Local Government Unit is mandated to adopt Comprehensive Land Use Plan and enact Zoning Ordinance as its implementing tool. The mandate is embodied in the RA 7160 (Local Government Code) as well as other appropriate laws, rules and policies of the national government. CLUP is the basic blue print for development at the local level which is subjected to review from time to time in order to incorporate changes in land uses.
The Municipality of Sta. Monica with the assistance of HLURB-NMR and Provincial Government of Surigao del Norte through PPDO was a recipient of the project of Mainstreaming DRR and CCA to Local Plans and Decision-making Processes as in the case of CLUP and Zoning Ordinance. This is now the second edition for the locality to update the CLUP and ZO which aims to integrate Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation.
Our local planners as well as local officials are directly involved in the project through participation in the series of workshops, map shops and write shops conducted by Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board-Northern Mindanao Region .
We hope that this plan will serve as a guide in Mainstreaming DRR+CCA and above all, this plan will direct our people and local officials to be more resilient in the adverse of disasters and the ever changing climatic condition that we are experiencing right now which resulted to continued sea water level increase and the increasing number of typhoons that can affect the development pursuits of the locality.
FOREWORD
The Local Government Unit is mandated to adopt Comprehensive Land Use Plan and enact Zoning Ordinance as its implementing tool. The mandate is embodied in the RA 7160 (Local Government Code) as well as other appropriate laws, rules and policies of the national government. CLUP is the basic blue print for development at the local level which is subjected to review from time to time in order to incorporate changes in land uses.
The Municipality of Sta. Monica with the assistance of HLURB-NMR and Provincial Government of Surigao del Norte through PPDO was a recipient of the project of Mainstreaming DRR and CCA to Local Plans and Decision-making Processes as in the case of CLUP and Zoning Ordinance. This is now the second edition for the locality to update the CLUP and ZO which aims to integrate Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation.
Our local planners as well as local officials are directly involved in the project through participation in the series of workshops, map shops and write shops conducted by Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board-Northern Mindanao Region .
We hope that this plan will serve as a guide in Mainstreaming DRR+CCA and above all, this plan will direct our people and local officials to be more resilient in the adverse of disasters and the ever changing climatic condition that we are experiencing right now which resulted to continued sea water level increase and the increasing number of typhoons that can affect the development pursuits of the locality.
CHAPTER 1
HISTO-CULTURAL AND GEO-PHYSICAL CONDITION
I HISTORY
Sta. Monica has a total land area of 39.19 square kilometers. It has a moderate climate the whole year round except in the month of November to January. Sta. Monica is one of the oldest towns in Siargao Island, Surigao ddel Norte which lies along the rolling north-western sea coast. It has a humble legendary name Sapao, for a fisherman who threw his net to catch school of fish, which ever so full exclaimed “sapao-sapao” meaning the catch was so plenty as to overload the boat. Hence the name Sapao was given to the place in memory of “sapao sapao” by early settlers. Historically, Sapao is part of Siargo (Siargao Island) that belongs to Surigao which is also part of the old territory that existed in Northern Mindanao called “Caraga”, the later was named after the people called “Callagans” believed to be of Visayan origin. As early as 1683 a Spanish settlement and development was established in Tandag by the Recollects Fathers who has residence at Tandag, Butuan, Bislig, Linao-a in the interior of Agusan and Siargao Island. The stone arch gate of the old church of Sapao (Sta. Monica) is the strong permanent legacy of this early Spanish settlement in Siargao Island.
Sta. Monica (Sapao) became a pueblo after the abolition of the Encomienda system of government during the early part of the Spanish regime. Later the term was changed to Municipality. Kapitan del Pueblo was the title of Chief Executive of the town. Servando Concha, Gerardo Arlan, Benito Concha and Genaro Platil were the first influential people who served as Kapitan del Pueblo during those periods.
After the Spanish-American war, the American military Governor issued an Executive Order to revert Municipality of Sapao to a barrio under the municipality of Numancia until September 30, 1953. During that time Sapao has given several Municipal Mayors to Numancia, namely; Mayor Nicolas Vitanzos and Teodulfo Concha, were elected Mayor of Numancia during pre-war period. Late Vice–Mayor Ricardo Platil was appointed Mayor of Numancia of the Free Philippines to head the Municipal Government of the Resistance Movement during Japanese occupation.
Sapaonons had a dream. They wanted Sapao to become a Municipality once again. The 14- man Mission approached Congressman Recarido Navarro (lone representative of the Province of Surigao) in order to express the great desire of the people to convert the barrio of Sapao into a municipality. The 14-man Mission composed of the following namely: Zosimo Nogaliza, Teotimo Nogaliza, Ruperto Beterbo, Teotimo Arlan, Jose Golo, Aurelio Espolita Sr., Conrado Arlan, Bernabe Arlan, Deogracio Merlin, Florito Arlan, Exclipio Febra, Jose Dolar, Rosaleo Patagan and Macario Febra. After the aforementioned appeal to Congressman Ricaredo Navarro, Maximino Cometa Sr. personally went to Manila to make a follow-up on the resolution converting the barrio of Sapao into a Municipality. Zosimo Nogaliza was the last Barrio Lieutenant of Barrio Sapao.
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