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MAR 51900 4-2 �Av 875 NRA AND HAVE RECEIVED A GOODLY AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ON SHOOTING RANGES, AND HE BELIEVED THERE ARE CERTAIN FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS AVAILABLE. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE DID CONTACT THE PRISON, BUT THE PISTOL RANGE THEY ARE CONSTRUCTING IS NOT SUITABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY, AND THE SHERIFF DOES NOT KNOW OF A SUITABLE PLACE EITHER. THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED THAT HE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE SKEET SHOOTING CLUB HAS LOST THEIR LEASE ALSO AND ARE INTERESTED IN FINDING ANOTHER FACILITY. HE DID NOT FEEL THAT THE COUNTY IS READY AT THIS TIME TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC SHOOTING RANGE, BUT FELT WE MIGHT GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO LEASING PROPERTY. THE CHAIRMAN COMMENTED THAT WHILE THE BLACK POWDER ASSOCIATION DOES NOT HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY, APPARENTLY THEY DO HAVE INSURANCE. COMMISSIONER LYONS INQUIRED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF YARDS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR SUCH A RANGE AND ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE MAXIMUM RANGE OF A MUZZLE LOADER$ MR. BOSO STATED THAT WOULD NEED UP TO 100 YARDS, AND THAT THE MAXIMUM RANGE WOULD BE UP TO A MILE OR A MILE AND A HALF, DEPENDING ON THE POWDER CHARGE, WHICH THEY MEASURE THEMSELVES. HE NOTED THE PIECE OF PROPERTY IN QUESTION CONTAINS ABOUT 35-1/2 ACRES AND HE BELIEVED IT IS HALF TAKEN UP WITH DEBRIS. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS THE OLD SOUTH COUNTY STUMP DUMP WHERE THE COUNTY PUT THE HURRICANE DEBRIS, WHICH THEY PLAN TO BURN. MR. BOSO NOTED THAT THERE ARE SOME EXISTING EMBANKMENTS ON THIS PROPERTY, AND MR. NELSON STATED THAT HE HAD NOT REALIZED THAT THE SAFETY FAN WOULD REQUIRE ONE MILE AND THE BANK WOULD HAVE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ONE MILE SAFETY FAN. MR. BOSO POINTED OUT THAT ONLY A DELIBERATE SHOT ABOVE THE EMBANKMENT WOULD CARRY A MILE)AND HE BELIEVED THERE IS NOTHING AROUND FOR AT LEAST A MILE. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THE BOARD MUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS CONSIDERABLE WORTH, AND ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS 67 _ MARM900