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Council hears proposal to install two memorials honoring Robert Walker Jr.; formal approval to come on consent calendar
Summary
Staff recommended two memorials to honor long‑time city employee Robert Walker Jr. — a courtyard sign at the corporation yard and a redwood plaque at Pinole Valley Park — with installation targeted before year‑end; family and union members urged council to approve on the upcoming consent calendar.
City staff presented two proposed memorial installations honoring the late Robert Walker Jr., a facilities employee the presentation described as the city’s longest‑tenured staff member with 45 years of service.
Fiona Epps, communications director, told the City Council staff recommends approving both memorial applications: an aluminum courtyard sign renaming the corporation yard to “Robert Walker Jr. Corporation Yard” and a redwood memorial with a stainless steel plaque adjacent to Pinole Valley Park. Epps said the city’s memorial subcommittee and a staff review panel received ten applications supporting recognition of Walker’s long…
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