Ang unang 17 yunit ng tricycle-type patrol vehicle na ipinagkaloob ng Tanggapan ni Alkalde Vicente B. Amante sa 17 barangay sa kalunsuran na may nakatayong sangay ng bangko at iba pang financial institution sa layuning mapasigla ang pagmamatyag ng mga pinunong barangay sa kalalagayang pangkapanatagan sa sakop ng kanilang pananagutan na may pakikipag-ugnayan sa San Pablo City Police Station, ay pinabasbasan sa kahilingan ni CityAdministrator Loreto S. Amante akay ng paniniwalang ang lahat ng mabuting gawa ay dapat isagawang may pagtitiwala sa Poong Maykapal. (CIO/Diogenes L. Bunquin)
What is now known as Doña Leonila (Mini-Forest) Park overlooking the Sampaloc Lake is actually a portion of the site for the City Hall Complex purchased in 1937 by the Municipal Government of San Pablo headed by President Inocencio Barleta, which was partly developed after the termination of World War II under the administration of appointed City Mayor, Dr. Fernando A. Bautista. During the incumbency of elected Mayor Lauro D. Dizon Sr., with the help of the Rotary Club of San Pablo, and under the supervision of Dr. Juan B. Hernandez, then club secretary of the local Rotary Club and Chairman of the City Beautification Committee, constructed some park structures at the park, with the fountain featuring the country lass with agriculture harvest as centerpiece. Probably, Hernandez and then City Engineer Perfecto Reyes were inspired by the figures affixed on the façade of the City Hall Building which symbolizes progress. Sometimes on April of 1961 when then President Carlos Garcia made a
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