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the gun range expenditures but to bring the issue back to the Council near the end of the <br />project. We are now near the end of the project and we should discuss the gun range again. <br /> <br />The gun range estimate is about $210,000. In January, the request was to do the range "guts" <br />or "structure" for about $108,000 and to hold off on the mechanical equipment <br />(approximately $102,000). At this time, the request for the Council to consider is just the <br />opposite; we would like the City Council to consider installing the mechanical equipment <br />and to hold off on the balance of the gun range. By spending about $100,000 now, we can <br />be prepared for when funding becomes available for the balance of the project and the space <br />then does not need any additional expenditures in order to make it usable for non-gun range <br />activities. If neither the mechanical equipment is installed nor some improvements made in <br />order to make the area meet code for access and usability, then the other option is to simply <br />lock the door of the gun range. <br /> <br />For all the same reasons that have been discussed in the past, it is important for the gun <br />range to get completed in the not-to-distant future. By spending half of the funds for the <br />gun range now we are then in a better position to complete the project in the future. ('Plus, <br />this space is then useful for alternative activities until the gun range is completed.) In the <br />meantime, the city can look for partners in the gun range project and may even fred some <br />donations. A last alternative would be to take some money from the liquor store enterprise <br />fund for the completion of this project. As you all know, the liquor store is doing frae <br />financially and could afford this contribution if necessary. <br /> <br />Recoramendation <br />Assuming that the bid for the mechanical system are still acceptable by the contractor, it is <br />recommended that the City Council authorize spending approximately $100,000 from the <br />project contingency for the completion of the mechanical system associated with the gun <br />range; if the bids are not still acceptable, it is recommended that the city go out for gun range <br />mechanical bids. <br /> <br />S:\COUNCIL\Pat\Updates\PublicSafety.doc <br /> <br /> <br />