RESOLUTION NO. 11372
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE IN SUPPORT OF AB
1595 ALLOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
STATE-OPERATED VETERANS CEMETERY IN
ORANGE COUNTY.
WHEREAS, Orange County is the proud former home of Army, Navy and Marine Corps military installations and is the current home of well over 100,000 veterans of our nation’s armed forces; and
WHEREAS, Orange County is the largest county in the state without a veterans cemetery; and
WHEREAS, all 34 cities in Orange County, including the City of Orange , and the County of Orange, have expressed their support for the development of a veterans cemetery in Orange County; and
WHEREAS, California State Assemblymembers Sharon Quirk -Silva and Steven Choi co-authored Assembly Bill (AB) 1595 to allow the California Department of Veterans Affairs to acquire, design, develop, construct and equip a state-owned and state-operated veterans cemetery in Orange County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED , by the City Co uncil of the City of Orange as follows:
1. That the City of Orange enthusiastically supports AB 1595.
2. That the City of Orange encourages the California Department of Veterans Affairs to avail itself of the urgency clause in AB 1595 and immediately start an acquisition study of a proposed cemetery location at Gypsum Canyon.
3. That the City of Orange looks forward to the prompt development of veterans cemetery in Orange County so that we may honor the men and women who served our country and deserve the right to be buried close to home.
ADOPTED this ____ day of ____________________, 2022
Mark A. Murphy, Mayor, City of Orange
ATTEST:
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF ORANGE )
I, PAMELA COLEMAN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the day of , 2022 by the following vote:
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Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange