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AGENDA REPORT Agenda Item
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Reviewed:City Manager
Finance Director
MEETING DATE: AUGUST 17, 2021
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MATTHEW S. WEST, CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION DECLARING SUPPORT OF THE ORANGE COUNTY VETERANS
CEMETERY IN ANAHEIM HILLS
SUMMARY:
Adoption of a Resolution of formal support of the Orange County Veterans Cemetery in
Anaheim Hills, and encouragement of federal, state, and local governments to support this
much needed project.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 21-71, a Resolution of The City Council of The
City of Tustin, California, Declaring Support of The Orange County Veterans Cemetery in
Anaheim Hills.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The recommended action carries no fiscal impact.
DISCUSSION:
The County of Orange has allocated over 200 acres of county-owned land located at Gypsum
Canyon near the intersection of the 91 freeway and 241 toll road in Anaheim Hills to honor
and respect the men and women who served our country and who deserve the right to be
buried in Orange County.
ATTACHMENT:
1. Resolution No. 21-71
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RESOLUTION NO. 21-71
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING SUPPORT OF THE
ORANGE COUNTY VETERANS CEMETERY IN ANAHEIM
HILLS
WHEREAS, the Tustin City Council wholeheartedly endorses building a Veterans
cemetery in Orange County and the County of Orange has allocated over 200 acres of
county-owned land located at Gypsum Canyon near the intersection of the 91 freeway
and 241 toll road in Anaheim Hills; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin has a rich history of supporting the military at the
former Marine Corps Air Station Tustin; and
WHEREAS, to honor and respect the men and women who served our country
and who deserve the right to be buried in Orange County, we ask federal, state, and local
governments to closely consider this proposed project as a benefit, not only to Orange
County, but to the region as well; and
WHEREAS, the Tustin City Council would like to support the Anaheim Hills site
that would ultimately fulfill the promise made to Orange County Veterans; and
WHEREAS, the property at Gypsum Canyon has been deeded to the Orange
County Cemetery District by the County of Orange for the purpose of building a Veterans
cemetery; and
WHEREAS, the property's breathtaking view of the rolling hills remind many of
Arlington Cemetery and we will explore future opportunities to donate historical pieces
from the former Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Tustin, which closed in 1999, to the
Veterans cemetery location in Anaheim Hills; and
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2021, numerous leaders representing Veteran
organizations gathered at the proposed Orange County Veterans Cemetery site in
Anaheim Hills and expressed their enthusiastic support for this location;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Tustin City Council does hereby
support the Orange County Veterans Cemetery in Anaheim Hills, and further encourages
federal, state, and local governments to support this much needed project.
PASSED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Tustin at a regular
meeting on 17th day of August, 2021.
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LETITIA CLARK,
Mayor
ATTEST:
ERICA N. YASUDA,
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, Erica N. Yasuda, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of
the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No 21-71 was duly
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held on the 17th day
of August, 2021 by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
ERICA N. YASUDA,
City Clerk