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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 18, 2014 <br />TITLE: <br />CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION IN <br />SUPPORT OF THE PASSAGE OF ASSEMBLY <br />BILL 1453 AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF <br />THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STATE <br />VETERANS'CEMETERY <br />/ e4o n" --- <br />CITY MANAG <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Consider adoption of proposed Resolution in support of the passage of Assembly Bill 1453 and <br />the establishment of the Southern California State Veterans' Cemetery. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Santa Ana's City Council passage and adoption of this resolution in support of Assembly Bill <br />1453 would direct the California Department of Veteran Affairs to develop a master plan for a <br />State -owned and operated Southern California State Veterans' Cemetery in Orange County. <br />Currently, the nearest open federal Veterans' cemetery to Orange County is the National <br />Cemetery in Riverside, California and the two nearest State Veterans' cemeteries are located in <br />the Central Coast and Northern California. In response to the majority of California's veterans <br />residing in Southern California, the establishment of a Veterans' Cemetery in Orange County <br />would help reduce current factors of distance and regional geography and provide opportunities <br />for veterans and their families to have greater accessibility to a closer and beautiful resting place <br />in Orange County. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no Fiscal Impact associated with the adoption of the proposed Resolution. <br />4 <br />Sonia R. Carvalho <br />City Attorney <br />5513-1 <br />