The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of the City of Bacoor, chaired by Mayor Lani Mercado-Revilla, passed Resolution No. 7-S-2018 on 17 July 2018 recommending the immediate relocation of 35 families residing in an area in Barangay San Nicolas 3 adjoining the Zapote River and to declare the said area as a “no build zone” due to the possibility that the homes of the said families may be washed away due to soil erosion brought about by heavy rains. The CDRRMC then requested the City Council to approve the said recommendation.

The said resolution, which was unanimously passed by the various members of the CDRRMC, provided that site inspections conducted in the said area revealed that several houses along the banks of the Zapote River “are critically constructed and are in danger of being washed away by the river current”.

The request of the CDRRMC was referred to the Committee on Housing and Land Utilization chaired by Councilor Edwin G. Gawaran of Bacoor West District (District 1) and to the Committee on Rules and Privileges, Laws and Ordinances headed by Councilor Venus D. De Castro also of Bacoor West District.  The joint committee will hold public hearings on the said matter beginning on September 20, 2018.