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Trustees approve Sportsmen's Club lease expansion for shooting-range improvements, one trustee opposes
Summary
The board approved a first amendment expanding the Sportsmen's Club lease onto additional rodeo-grounds acreage to support youth shooting programs and facility upgrades; trustees debated noise mitigation, fencing and trail interactions before passing the amendment with one opposed vote.
Trustees approved the first amendment to the ground lease with the Sportsmen's Club to expand the leased parcel from approximately 28.68 acres to about 71.77 acres to accommodate sporting-clays, training kiosks, berms, fencing and other facility improvements funded by the club.
Staff said the club sought the expanded footprint to allow the Young Guns team to practice disciplines not possible at the current range. The recreation advisory board recommended the expansion provided the club implements noise-mitigation measures (berms, plantings), improved fencing and clear signage to separate the shooting area from trails and other recreational users.
Trustees and staff discussed safety and coexistence with trails and the future dog-park location; one trustee urged that a landscape/noise-dampening plan be part of the project and recommended early planting. Another trustee said the plan increases safety because the improvements and fencing will reduce unregulated shooting on other open land.
A motion to approve the first amendment to the ground lease passed on a roll-call vote; one trustee recorded opposition, citing concerns about fencing plans and proximity to multiuse trails. Staff said the club will produce a more detailed fencing and signage plan and that future phases will be staged with a budget provided by the club.
