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Commissioner Bird explained that what he needs today is to get the Board's authorization for the following items: 1) To make a formal request to St. Johns River Water Management District governing board for the donation or long term lease of the property back to Indian River County for the development of a range facility on the site. 2) To ask the Public Works Department to pursue any grants or funding that may be available for the development of a range facility for law enforcement or civilians. 3) To have the preliminary design of the range that has been done so far reviewed by the full Firearms Range Committee and, if approved there, sent on to the Water District for their review. Commissioner Bird reported that the District's staff has indicated that if we do go with that site, they would not only make the site available but would also assist us in the construction of a range facility on the site, i.e. roads, berms, etc. We don't know how far they will be able to go, but when we get the design of the range approved by the Committee, we will go to the Water District at that point and show them how the range needs to be built, and ask what they can do to assist us. At that point we would develop a total cost for developing the range facility, probably in phases, and determine exactly what the Water District will do and what is .left. We would then bring that information back to the Board along with what the amount the Sheriff has indicated he can come up and what we can do in kind with maybe some County equipment and some cash. The final step would be to enter into an agreement with the SJRWMD regarding the construction of the site and the on-going maintenance and supervision of the site. However, that would be only after it is all designed and we decide who is going to build it and who is going to pay for it. JUN 6 1989 92 BOOK 76 Fd.r 8