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DONATION OF TREE AND PLAQUE AT CANYON PARK
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DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/MAINTENANCE SERVICES DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: ROBERT RYAN, MAINTENANCE SERVICES MANAGER
CONTACT INFORMATION: ROBERT RYAN, MAINTENANCE SERVICES MANAGER, (714) 327-7499
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff requests that the Parks and Community Services Commission provide direction regarding the donation of a memorial tree and plaque to be located in the "meadow area" of Canyon Park, in memory of Moses Wilbur Johnson.
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BACKGROUND:
The City is in receipt of a request from Eleanor M. Egan requesting permission from this Commission to donate a tree and a memorial plaque at Canyon Park, in memory of her colleague who passed away June 19, 2024 (Attachment 1). The request includes the following plaque language: "In Memory of Moses Wilbur Johnson".
Moses Wilbur Johnson was born December 12, 1957, in Downey, California, the youngest child of three children. He attended Western High School, where he ran track and field for the Pioneers and was team captain in his senior year. Moses married his wife Genny in 1980 and have two children, a son, Perry, and daughter, Isabel. Moses attended law school and graduated from the University of San Diego in 1983.
Moses began his law career in Guam where after two years as a law clerk in the Superior Court of Guam, he was admitted to the Guam Bar. Moses and Genny moved back to Southern California, and he was admitted to the California Bar in 1985. In 1994, as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Anaheim, Ms. Egan had a role in hiring Moses as Deputy City Attorney for that city. According to Ms. Egan, it was one of the best decisions she made in her professional life. Moses was an excellent lawyer and an engaging personality whom all his colleagues respected and enjoyed working with. Years after Ms. Egan retired, Moses was promoted to Assistant City Attorney in 2007 and excelled in that position until retiring in 2023, after 2...
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