ADVISORY/As Fire Season Approaches, LADWP Dedicates New Griffith Park Water System; LAFD Helicopters Will Help To Demonstrate Improved Capabilities.

Assignment Desks

ADVISORY...for Thursday (June 10)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:   City Councilman Tom LaBonge will officially dedicate the new
        water system at Griffith Park and turn over the operation of
        the system to the Los Angeles Department of Water from the
        Department of Recreation and Parks. The new system will ensure
        a more reliable supply of water and will provide better fire
        protection to the park and its surrounding community.

WHO:    City Councilman Tom LaBonge
        Recreation and Parks General Manager Jon Kirk Mukri
        LADWP Assistant General Manager Gerald Gewe
        Los Angeles Fire Department representative

WHEN:   Thursday, June 10, 9:30 a.m.

WHERE:  Griffith Park's McComb Helispot at Vista del Valle
        Enter check point at Commonwealth Ave. and Vista Del Valle
        (Thomas Guide page 594 B-1)

VISUALS:
        Water Drop from a L.A. Fire Department Helicopter to
        demonstrate the water system's improved fire protection for
        the park and surrounding areas.

WHY:    Griffith Park's water system, built between the 1920s and
        1950s, was in constant need of repair. The deteriorating
        system compromised the park's water quality, supply and
        ability to provide fire protection. As a result of a joint
        effort by City departments and the community, the LADWP
        redesigned and rebuilt the water system and will take over
        ownership.