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Commissioner Bird agreed that certainly our first preference <br />has been to try to locate a site in a remote area and build what <br />we call the ultimate range, but unfortunately that has been a <br />very frustrating experience. The committee has worked in a <br />spirit of cooperation with St. John's, but their properties are <br />considerably west and their main function is water control. The <br />only possible range location in their long range plan that will <br />be high and dry is in the Latt-Maxey property out at 20 Mile <br />Bend, but because of the distance and the difficult access, it is <br />felt that would not be greatly utilized. Another potential site <br />is on the Jewish Federation property. There is the possibility <br />St. John's could acquire that property through a land swap and <br />might consider making it available; however, Commissioner Bird <br />advised that he has been all over that property; there is not a <br />dry spot on it; and although it is a closer location to the City, <br />he believed the cost of creating a range there, plus the roadway <br />that would be needed to get to it, would be prohibitive. <br />Commissioner Bird continued to stress the frustration of <br />trying to find the ultimate site for the ultimate range and noted <br />that in the meantime, the Sheriff has a very immediate need. He <br />agreed that what is proposed may be a goodly sum for what may not <br />be the ultimate facility, but noted that we are at the point <br />where we really need to come up with something the Sheriff's <br />Department can use. He asked Major Raymond if there is any <br />possibility of expanding the range at the Correctional Institu- <br />tion and allowing more people to use it. <br />Major Raymond believed that at the present time the land <br />usage planned out there is about at a maximum. They have <br />extended to the west about as far as they can, and they already <br />have plans to have an educational building east of the range. <br />The range originally was designed for the purpose of training the <br />Correctional personnel and the college basic law enforcement <br />courses. After it was completed, there was some more educational <br />money that went to the St. Lucie County range; so, some of the <br />21 <br />APR 4 1989 BOOK 76 F 6L 5O5 <br />