Si Atty. Hizon A. Arago, sa kabatiran ng mga kabataan ng Lunsod ng San Pablo, ang ika-7 Pangalawang Punonglunsod o City Vice Mayor na nanungkulan simula noong Disyembre 1, 1987 hanggang Pebrero 1, 1988 bilang talaga o appointee ni Pangulong Corazon C. Aquino sa bisa ng Batas Republika Bilang 6636 (An Act Resetting The Local Elections From November 9, 1987 to January 18, 1988). Sa kanyang pamamatnubay ay napabalangkas ang isang kautusang lunsod na masasabing malaking katulungan para mapatatag ang kalalagayang pampananalapi ng Pangasiwaang Lunsod ng San Pablo. (Ruben E. Taningco)
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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