Legal authority and cited enabling laws
- Republic Act No. 7916 authorizes creation and designation of economic zones and IT parks, including information technology park classification.
- Republic Act No. 8748 amends Republic Act No. 7916 and is treated as part of the governing statutory basis for the designation.
- The proclamation is issued under the President’s powers vested by Republic Act No. 7916, as amended by Republic Act No. 8748.
- The designation is made upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
PEZA Board resolutions and implementing framework
- The proclamation makes the IT park creation/designation subject to PEZA Board of Directors Resolution No. 00-411 (s. 2000), as amended.
- It further incorporates PEZA Board of Directors Resolution No. 04-295 (s. 2004).
- It also incorporates PEZA Board of Directors Resolution No. 13-499 (s. 2013).
- Compliance is required under Republic Act No. 7916 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations.
Designated IT park location and site
- The IT park is located at Don Carlos Hilado Avenue corner F. Gonzaga Avenue, Bacolod City.
- The designated IT park is identified as Villa Angela Techno Park.
- The park covers an area of Forty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-One (42,591) square meters, more or less.
- The proclamation provides a technical land description with boundary and coordinate data and requires that all points are indicated on the plan and marked on the ground by specified survey monuments.
Land coverage: Lot identity and boundaries
- The designated parcel is identified as Lot 1, Pcs-06-004907, as a portion of a consolidation-subdivision of multiple lots and blocks.
- The consolidated-subdivision includes lots and blocks situated in the Barangay of Villamonte, City of Bacolod, Island of Negros.
- The parcel is bounded:
- On the NW, along lines 1-2-3-4 by Road Lot 6.
- On the NE, along lines 4-5-6-7-8-9 by Lot 1072-C-3-B-1, Psd-31732.
- On the SE, along lines 9-10-11 by Lot 11, Block 38, Pcs-06-000425.
- On the SW, along lines 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28 by Road Lot 1 (15.00 meters wide) and along lines 28-1 by Lot 2.
- The technical description states that the parcel begins at a point marked a1? and gives a chain of bearings and distances terminating at the point of beginning.
Survey, monumentation, and technical accuracy
- All points referred to in the technical description are indicated on the plan.
- The proclamation requires that all points are marked on the ground by P.S. cyl. conc. mons. 15A40 cm.
- It identifies the bearings and survey work as true and surveyed by Engineer Grant Kelly H. Guerrero on 03 to 06 July 2006.
- It states that the survey was approved on 08 October 2009.
- It confirms the property’s computed area as Forty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-One (42,591) square meters, more or less.