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Resident urges council to review environmental risks at local gun club, cites lead concerns
Summary
A resident urged the council to investigate potential contamination from a local gun club, citing heavy metals in groundwater and asking the council to review EPA best-management practices for outdoor shooting ranges and consider an environmental assessment.
During public comment, Eric Morinzek urged the council to review the operations of a local gun club and to assess potential environmental and public-health impacts.
Morinzek said he believes the gun club has discharged pollutants to nearby wetlands and that heavy metals have contaminated groundwater. He referenced Environmental Protection Agency guidance and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act as legal avenues citizens can use to address environmental threats. He also raised concerns about the club constructing permanent shooting structures and about recordkeeping for lead management at the site.
"I feel very strongly about the health of our community and our environment," Morinzek said. He asked the council to review the EPA’s best-management practices for lead at outdoor shooting ranges and to consider an environmental assessment before further policy decisions about the gun club are made.
The comment period did not produce any immediate council action in the provided transcript; the item was recorded as part of public comment and no staff presentation or formal referral is recorded in the excerpt.
