sheriff’s firing range cip update may 21, 2013. background –constructed in 2001 on 42 acres...

SHERIFF’S FIRING RANGE CIP UPDATE

MAY 21, 2013

• Background– Constructed in 2001 on 42 acres– Cost $3.8M– 38,000 visitors per year– 2.8 million rounds fired annually (34 tons of lead)

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• Background– Main Users

• Sheriff• Corrections• Local, State, & Federal Law Enforcement• SWAT Roundup • Other Special Events

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• Background– Lead accumulation greater than

anticipated– Berms deteriorating– SJRWMD requiring groundwater

monitoring

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• Safety Issues– Shot rounds are impacting against

bullets previously fired into the berm

• This causes ricocheting bullets to land in the parking lot and other inappropriate areas

• Operational Issues– Eroded soils piling up

against mechanized targets making them inoperable

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• Environmental Issues– Eroded soil is covering access to

catch basins that are intended to capture groundwater for lead content testing

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• Assessment of Situation – Bentley Architects & Engineers

• TRS Range Services, LLC (Eagle, Idaho)– Determined that

• Berms need reshaping/re-grading• Plant drought tolerant vegetation• Install Bullet traps• Re-grading to expose catch basins• Install sediment traps

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• Additional Issue– Wewahootee Road

• Private Road• 160 vehicles daily• Deteriorates • Continuous Patching Required

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• Wewahootee Road Repair– Base replacement– 1.5” asphalt– Cost $400,000

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• Costs to Repair Range and Road– Berm repair $1.7M– Vegetation for Berms $ .3M– Repair Road $ .4M

– Total $2.4M

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SHERIFF’S FIRING RANGE CIP UPDATE

MAY 21, 2013