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Glendale council backs feasibility study for joint indoor firing range with Luke Air Force Base
Summary
City council members gave staff consensus to study feasibility and enter negotiations for a joint indoor small-arms range to be built with Luke Air Force Base; staff outlined a possible 21-lane facility, a DoD cost-share expectation and preliminary local cost estimates.
Glendale’s City Council on Tuesday gave staff direction to pursue a feasibility study and begin formal negotiations with the Department of the Air Force on a proposed joint indoor small-arms range to be built in partnership with Luke Air Force Base.
The council’s action follows a staff presentation from Ryan Lee, intergovernmental programs director, who said Luke AFB “approached the city of Glendale, in late 2023 expressing an interest, in partnering with the city, to construct a small shooting range and indoor range.” The proposed facility would be city-owned and managed, with Luke AFB renting range time under a “range-as-a-service” model, staff said.
The feasibility step will evaluate a potential site just southwest of the Glendale Regional Public Safety…
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