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RESOLUTION NO.2021-048 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA SUPPORTING THE ORANGE COUNTY <br />VETERANS CEMETERY IN ANAHEIM HILLS, AND <br />ENCOURAGING FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL <br />GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR THIS MUCH NEEDED <br />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 <br />allocated 200 acres of county -owned land at Gypsum Canyon near the intersection of the <br />91 freeway and 241 toll road in Anaheim Hills; and <br />WHEREAS, to honor and respect the men and women who served our country <br />and who deserve the right to be buried in Orange County, we ask federal, state, and local <br />governments to closely consider this proposed project as a benefit, not only to Orange <br />County, but to the region as well; and <br />WHEREAS, the County of Orange has the third largest population of veterans in <br />the state, and sixth largest in the nation. The State of California, ranks first in veteran <br />population in the nation; and <br />WHEREAS, a Veterans cemetery in Anaheim Hills will provide the interment needs <br />for 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 <br />Veterans; and <br />WHEREAS, the property at Gypsum Canyon has been deeded to the Orange <br />County Cemetery District by the County of Orange for the purpose of building a Veterans <br />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 <br />Field as final resting place for the men and women who have served their country <br />honorably; and <br />WHEREAS, this Hallowed Ground will also provide for the display of <br />historical artefacts from the former Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, which closed in <br />1999, as history and a testament of the selfless service veterans have contributed to <br />the National Defense; and <br />