PROPOSED NEW DASMARIÑAS CITY HALL

The City of Dasmariñas is one of the fastest growing cities in the Province of
Cavite. It has a land area of 90.1 square kilometers (34.8 sq. mi) and is located
30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Manila. The growing congestion and outward
urban expansion of the Metropolitan Manila Area has led to rapid development
of the city. This inevitable growth is manifested by the influx of industries, the
presence of large educational and health institutions, and the growing number
of subdivisions accommodating its growing population.

City of Dasmariñas is also the University capital of Cavite for it has the greatest
number of universities. Numerous commercial establishments and other
services-oriented businesses are located in the city and also have the greatest
number of hospitals in the province.

The City of Dasmariñas is home to hundreds of thousands of residents who

occupy the more than 75 barangays and 188 residential subdivisions of the city.
It also serves as a haven to investors with its industrial estates and diverse pool of
manpower. The rapid growth of the city population near universities, industrial
estates and factories provides a ready market for real estate ventures such as
subdivisions, apartments and other support services.

The first National Statistics Office (NSO) official census of population for the
municipality was conducted in the year 1903, recording a total population of
3,028. An actual population of 575,817 for the year 2010 was realized. The
projected population for the year 2020 is 873,644, almost a hundred-fold
increase over 109 years.

The municipality exhibited a significant population increase for the period 1975
to 1980 with an annual growth rate of 17.87 percent. This can be attributed to
the influx of urban families from Metro Manila to the resettlement areas of
Dasmariñas.

The year 1980 served as the benchmark for continuous population boom almost
doubling the municipal figures every calendar year. The presence of economic
catalyzers such as institutional, commercial and industrial establishments had
contributed much to the existing demographic profile of the area.

The City has a population of 556,330 for the year 2007 and a population
increase of 3.38 percent was realized after the period of three years which gave
an actual population of 575,817 for the year 2010. The City has a current
population of 659, 019 based on National Statistics Office (NSO) census and
have been considered as the most thickly populated and now being identified
as the 11th largest City.
Historical Growth of Population
Growth Rate Growth Rate
Increase or
Year Population for the
Decrease Provincial National
Locality
1903 3,028 - - - -
1918 3,875 847 1.66% 1.04% 2.03%
1939 8,323 4,448 3.71% 2.01% 2.11%
1948 9,012 689 0.73% 0.87% 2.07%
1960 11,744 2,732 2.23% 3.09% 2.89%
1970 17,948 6,204 4.33% 3.24% 3.08%
1975 22,805 4,857 4.91% 4.02% 2.78%
1980 51,894 29,089 17.87% 4.42% 2.71%
1990 136,556 84,662 10.16% 4.10% 2.35%
2000 379,520 242,964 10.76% 5.99% 2.36%
2010 575,817 196,297 4.26% 4.12% 1.90%
2015 659,019 83,202 3.68% 3.37% 1.90%
Source: 2007 NSO Census of Population
2010 NSO Census of Population and Housing
2015 PSA CENSUS OF POPULATION Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics (CAVITE)

Cavite has a total population of 3,678,301 according to the 2015 Census of

Population making it the most populous and the second most densely
populated province in the country. The City of Dasmariñas with a population of
659,019 comprises 17.92. With the conversion of the Municipality of Dasmariñas,
into a component city pursuant to Republic Act 9723, the City of Dasmariñas
became Cavite’s 4th Congressional District with the highest number of
population.
Population of the Province of Cavite According to District, as of Year 2015
Actual Census Percent (%)
City/Municipality
2015 to Total
District I
Cavite City 102,806 2.79
Kawit 83,466 2.27
Noveleta 45,846 1.25
Rosario 110,706 3.01
District II
Bacoor 600,609 16.33
District III
 Imus 403,785 10.98
District IV
Dasmariħas City 659,019 17.92
District V
Carmona 97,557 2.65
Gen. Mariano Alvarez 155,143 4.22
Silang 248,085 6.74
District VI
Trece Martires City 155,713 4.23
Amadeo 37,649 1.02
General Trias 314,303 8.54
Tanza 226,188 6.15
District VII
Tagaytay City 71,181 1.94
Alfonso 51,839 1.41
General Aguinaldo 22,220 0.60
Indang 65,599 1.78
Magallanes 22,727 0.62
Maragondon 37,720 1.03
Mendez-Nuħez 31,529 0.86
Naic 111,454 3.03
Ternate 23,157 0.63
Total: 3,678,301 100.00
Source: 2015 CENSUS OF Population
Demographic Socio-economic Characteristics (CAVITE)

In local government, city hall is the chief administrative building of a city, town
or municipality. It usually houses the city council, its associated departments,
offices, agencies and the government employees. It also serves as the base of
the mayor of the city. The local government may endeavor the city hall to
promote and enhance the quality of life of the community by providing basic
services. Basic services refer to services that residents of the city expect the local
government to provide in exchange for the taxes which the citizens pay. These
services may include the following;

 Housing  Safety & Security

 Education  Electricity & Energy
 Health care  Water
 Social welfare  Sanitation
 Transportation  Environmental protection
In addition, city hall also provides frontline services which refers to the process or
transaction between clients and government offices or agencies involving
applications for any privilege, right, permit, reward, license, concession, or for
any modification, renewal or extension of the enumerated applications and/or
requests which are acted upon in the ordinary course of business of the agency
or office concerned.

Growth in population also means the increase in challenge for the local
government unit in providing public services for its citizens. The city hall can no
longer provide quality public services when congestion occurs. Due to the
increase of people who visits the city hall with different objectives, it cause
overcrowding, disorder, confusion, discomfort, noise, unproductivity, slow
transactions, disorganization and can no longer meet the public demand.

These are the reasons of the researchers to propose a new city hall for the city of
Dasmariñas. The existing city hall is already suffering from congestion and heavy
traffic because it is surrounded by different establishments that accumulate
large amount of people. People who transact with frontline government offices
often have to endure long lines even before they could get to a transaction
window. The city hall is lacking of parking areas, open spaces, landscapes,
waiting areas, storage rooms and etc.

Goals and Objectives

Goal

- To provide a government institution that is worthy of people’s trust and will

ensure quality, accessible and responsive approaches in the delivery of
public goods and services with comfortable environment for the clients
and employees

Objectives

- To provide an accessible and a strategic location that will also be suitable

for expansion
- To design a building that will house all offices providing necessary services
- To allot enough space for each offices to function effectively and
efficiently
- To ensure a more functional space for the clients and government
employees.
- To include additional amenities that will support other activities.