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RESOLUTION NO. ??? <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA SUPPORTING THE ORANGE <br />COUNTY VETERANS CEMETERY IN ANAHEIM HILLS, <br />AND ENCOURAGING FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL <br />GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR THIS MUCH NEEDED PROJECT. <br />WHEREAS, the Santa Ana City Council wholeheartedly endorses consecrating as <br />Hallowed Ground a cemetery for Veterans in Orange County. The County of Orange has allocated <br />200 acres of county -owned land at Gypsum Canyon near the intersection of the 91 freeway and <br />241 toll road in Anaheim Hills; and <br />WHEREAS, to honor and respect the men and women who served our country and who <br />deserve the right to be buried in Orange County, we ask federal, state, and local governments to <br />closely consider this proposed project as a benefit, not only to Orange County, but to the region as <br />well; and <br />WHEREAS, the County of Orange has the third largest population of veterans in the state, <br />and sixth largest in the nation. The State of California, ranks first in veteran population in the <br />nation; and <br />WHEREAS, a Veterans cemetery in Anaheim Hills will provide the interment needs for <br />Veterans for the next 100 years; and <br />WHEREAS, the Santa Ana City Council would like to support the planning and <br />development of a site that would ultimately fulfill the promise made to Orange County Veterans; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the property at Gypsum Canyon has been deeded to the Orange County <br />Cemetery District by the County of Orange for the purpose of building a Veterans cemetery; and <br />WHEREAS, the Anaheim Hills site, with its breathtaking view of rolling hills, will <br />become a sacred burial -ground such as Arlington Cemetery, Normandy, and Flanders Field as final <br />resting place for the men and women who have served their country honorably; and <br />WHERAS, this Hallowed Ground will also provide for the display of historical artefacts <br />from the former Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, which closed in 1999, as history and a <br />testament of the selfless service veterans have contributed to the National Defense; and <br />WHEREAS, on July 1, 2021, numerous leaders representing Veteran organizations <br />gathered at the proposed Orange County Veterans Cemetery site in Anaheim Hills and expressed <br />their enthusiastic support for this location. <br />City Council 30 — 3 9/7/2021 <br />