Date and Time
Thursday Apr 9, 2015
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
Thursday, April 9
6pm
Location
Corona High School
Performing Arts Center
1154 Tenth St.
Corona, CA 92882
Fees/Admission
No fee
Website
Contact Information
Greg Fuderer
gregory.a.fuderer@usace.army.mil
Description
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Posted 2/20/2015
Release no. 15-005
Contact
Greg Fuderer
gregory.a.fuderer@usace.army.mil
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, will hold a public meeting beginning at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 9 at the Corona High School Performing Arts Center, 1154 Tenth Street, Corona, 92882, to present information and receive public input regarding preliminary plans for repainting a mural on the Prado Dam spillway.
Although the Corps has no preference regarding whether the old mural should be repainted or a new mural should be selected, the Corps understands that there is significant public interest in the appearance of the Prado Dam spillway. The purpose of the meeting is to engage the public and to discuss a course of action to select a design generated from submissions from the public. Public input and involvement in this process is critical to the selection of a replacement mural that represents the public interest.
The Corps is organizing this meeting because it owns and operates Prado Dam in Corona for the purpose of providing flood risk management for the region. The spillway at Prado Dam served as the canvas for the iconic bicentennial mural painted by Corona High School students in 1976. Because of its visibility from the SR-91 and SR-71 freeways, the mural became an area landmark and a source of civic pride for the community.
In the intervening years weather and time degraded the mural. Portions of it were also defaced by graffiti. In September 2014, the Corps awarded a contract to safely remove both the paint used in the mural, which contains lead, and the graffiti, and to restore the spillway face to a clean concrete surface. This activity is scheduled to take place between April 27 and late July 2015.
The announcement of the mural removal has generated public interest in the Corps’ plan for the future appearance of the spillway. Because of the significance of the spillway to the community, the public meeting will be the start of ongoing efforts by the Corps to solicit input from and feedback to the public in the process.
