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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />AGENDA ITEM <br />Assistant County Administrator / <br />Department of General Services <br />CONSENT AGENDA <br />Date: June 21, 2016 <br />To: The Honorable Board of County Commissioners <br />Thru: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator <br />Thru: Jason E. Brown, Director of Office of Management and Budget <br />Thru: Michael C. Zito, Assistant County Administrator <br />From: Holden Kriss, Rangemaster <br />Subject: Budget Amendment for Start Up Costs at the Indian River County Shooting <br />Range New Skeet & Trap Facility <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Indian River County operates a complete public shooting range under a concession lease with the <br />Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission. The range is structured to provide a safe supervised <br />facility for the patrons of Indian River County and neighboring counties; the facility is recreational <br />in nature but also serves as a venue for competitive shooting events. The facility is situated on 318 <br />acres that consists of a 5—stand (shotgun) range, a pistol range consisting of 35 firing stations, a rifle <br />range with 29 stations including two 200 -yard target firing stations, action pistol range, and air gun <br />range. In addition, there is a 65 -yard archery range, as well as walk-through sporting clays and a <br />walk through archery course. The facility is manned to ensure maximum shooting safety. In addition <br />to the recreational aspects of the range, it is also a hunter's education training facility with courses <br />taught by the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Shooting Range staff. Since <br />opening the Range in April of 2001, the user population has grown to over 101,000 registered <br />shooters with a current average of over 5,500 new shooters registering annually. Most recently, on <br />June 22, 2016, the range was named one of the top 7 "Coolest Places to Shoot" in the nation according <br />to PoliceOne.com. County Staff is now planning for the opening of the Skeet and Trap facility to <br />continue the expansion of the Shooting Range in accordance with the Master Plan to accommodate <br />the increased utilization and demand generated by growth in the County since 2005. <br />ANALYSIS: <br />The New Range Customer Experience: <br />Indian River Shooting Range has proposed within the FY 2016/2017 budget the necessary staffing <br />positions to operate the addition of the new skeet and trap facility. The construction project is on <br />track with an expected completion date in August of 2016 and a projected opening date in early <br />September. It is necessary to request a budget amendment to the current fiscal year budget to provide <br />the initial startup costs, inventory, supplies and operations materials as well as the staffing costs to <br />open the facility for the remainder of this fiscal year. Below is a synopsis of the new customer <br />experience: <br />F\Assistant County Administrator\AGENDA ITEMS\2016\BCC 07 JULY 2016\BCC Memo - Request for Budget Amendment Shooting <br />Range.docx <br />37 <br />