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<br />Resolution No. 2025-XXX <br />Page 1 of 4 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX <br /> <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA IDENTIFYING THE JAPANESE AMERICAN <br />CITIZENS LEAGUE SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES, NORTH <br />ORANGE COUNTY / ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER AS A <br />COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER IN THE PRESERVATION <br />OF THE ORANGE COUNTY JAPANESE TEA HOUSE AND <br />GARDEN <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on July 2, 1969, the County of Orange entered into an agreement <br />(“Original Agreement”) with the Orange County (“County”) Japanese American <br />Community Service, Inc., (“JACS”) a California non-profit corporation, where in the <br />County set aside a certain parcel of land within the Civic Center for the construction of a <br />Japanese Garden (“The Orange County Japanese Garden and Tea House”); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the Original Agreement JACS agreed to build and did <br />build The Orange County Japanese Garden and Tea House in 1970 with donations <br />from over 625 Orange County Japanese families and businesses totaling $50,000 and <br />given as a gift to the County; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The Orange County Japanese Garden and Tea House was the first <br />Japanese American memorial in Orange County; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the County accepted The Orange County Japanese Garden and <br />Tea House and agreed to maintain it as a Japanese garden and tea house; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The Orange County Japanese Garden and Tea House serves <br />multiple purposes: it is a lasting reminder of the incarceration of persons of Japanese <br />ancestry during World War II; it represents Japanese Americans’ appreciation to those <br />who welcomed them back home to Orange County after the war; it shares Japanese <br />cultural heritage with the public in the form of a tranquil garden setting for visitors to the <br />Santa Ana Civic Center to enjoy; the location can be viewed from the new County <br />Administration North Building and Santa Ana City Hall where both C ity and County <br />employees can enjoy the garden; and, it reflects the rich history of the Japanese <br />pioneers in the City of Santa Ana and their contribution; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The Orange County Japanese Garden and Tea House’s builders <br />included an eighty-year-old Japanese pine, which is now 135 years old; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on The Orange County Japanese Garden and Tea House’s 100th <br />anniversary in 2070, the time capsule at the garden will be opened on November 15, <br />2070, and