Resolution No. 6862 37
RESOLUTION NO. 6862
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CYPRESS, AND ACTING AS EX-OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD
OF DIRECTORS OF THE CYPRESS RECREATION AND PARK
DISTRICT, IN SUPPORT OF BUILDING A VETERANS CEMETERY
IN ORANGE COUNTY TO BE LOCATED IN ANAHEIM HILLS
WHEREAS, the Cypress City Council wholeheartedly endorses building a Veterans
cemetery in Orange County on 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, 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, 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; and
WHEREAS, on July 27, 2021, the Orange County Board of Supervisors unanimously
approved allocating $20 million exclusively for the site development of the Veterans portion of
the Mountain Park Cemetery location in Anaheim; 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 can bring historical pieces from the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station,
which closed in 1999, to the Veterans cemetery location in Anaheim Hills.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Cypress,
and acting as ex-officio governing Board of Directors of the Cypress Recreation and Park
District, 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 Cypress, and acting as
ex-officio governing Board of Directors of the Cypress Recreation and Park District at a
regular meeting held on the 27th day of September, 2021.
Y R O TH CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
CITY CL RK OF THE ITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss
I, ALISHA FARNELL, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council held on
the 27th day of September, 2021, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Hertz, Marquez, Minikus, Morales and Peat
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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CITY CLERK OF HE ITY OF CYPRESS