RESOLUTION NO. 2021-53
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORANGE COUNTY VETERANS
CEMETERY IN THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
WHEREAS, Orange County is home to approximately 150,000 veterans representing the third largest population of veterans in California, who have until now had no final resting place in the County;
WHEREAS, the County of Orange has deeded 280 acres of County owned land in the City of Anaheim to the Orange County Cemetery District for the purpose of building a veterans cemetery;
WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Supervisors has voiced unanimous support and allocated $20 million for the development of a veterans cemetery in Anaheim; WHEREAS, on July 1, 2021, a coalition of lenders representing veteran groups and other local organizations gathered at the proposed Orange County Veterans Cemetery site in Anaheim to express support for the proposed project location; and WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach, as a dedicated supporter of our veterans and their families, seeks to honor the men and women who have bravely served our country; NOW THEREFORE, the City of Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby resolve as follows:
1. We join with the Orange County veterans community and Orange County Board of Supervisors in full support of a veterans cemetery in Anaheim; and further encourage other state and local agencies to support this much needed project.
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-53
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby resolve as follows:
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting held on the 7" day of September, 2021.
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Mayor
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
In Heck
ssistant City Manage
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mei ly
r City Attorney
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Res. No. 2021-53
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, $s:
I, ROBIN ESTANISLAU, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council at a Regular meeting thereof held on September 7, 2021 by the following vote:
AYES: Peterson, Bolton, Delgleize, Carr, Posey, Moser, Kalmick NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RECUSE: None
Robm Istanislaw
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California