Clark County Sport Shooting Facility
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Pictures of Ground Breaking October 21, 2024
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Meeting
of Represented
by Otto N. Sure
on behalf of the Howdy
Buckaroos and Buckarettes! The
last couple of months of meetings for the The
dedicated County staff has been working closely with the City of But
stop it will, at least on October 21st! October 21st
will be a day for everybody to put on their best Cowboy and Cowgirl
party clothes and help us celebrate the ground breaking for the There
will be music, food, and more!! And it�s all �FREE�!!
Yep, it�s gonna be a real hoe down and every one of ya is
invited! Festivities kick
off at Please
go to: http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/parks/Shooting_Park.htm
for directions on how to get to the Park and more info. Here�s an
opportunity for ya to be a part of history!! Until
next time, I remain your humble servant Otto N. Sure
Clark
Meeting
of Represented
by Otto N.
Sure
on behalf of the Howdy
Compadres! Y�all
may have noticed that there wasn�t a report last month.
That�s because the Parks Dept. decided to take a break while
the �new� Advisory Committee was being set up. Every
year the Advisory Committee is reconstituted.
Members that want off take their leave and an occasional new
member is added. This
normally happens in April or May.
This year only one member has been replaced.
The rest of us continue to serve at the pleasure of the Clark
County Board of Commissioners. This
is my 4th year representing the interests of the Southern
Nevada Cowboy Action shooters and I am proud to say that it�s been a
real pleasure. Now
onto what we met about this week.
We continue to cover the boring stuff.
As I�ve said time and time again, if were up to you and me we
would have been shootin� here years ago.
Unfortunately it doesn�t work that way.
We are now concerned with building the �infrastructure�.
What�s that you might ask, well it�s movin� dirt, layin�
pipe, hangin� electric wires, etc., etc. We
are still in the infrastructure design phase. We have to build an
extension to Well
many of the initial designs are at their 50% completion point.
When they reach 75%-90% then contracts will start to be let for
the beginning of Phase I of the park.
This target of 75% complete on the design should occur late
this summer for some of the items such as the We�ll
keep y�all posted as we get closer to this really historic day when
the first shovel of dirt is tossed! On
another note. We are
concerned about the upcoming primaries and election for a new As
advocates for our shooting park we are hoping to bring The
candidates for sheriff will be asked if they will support the repeal
of That�s
about it for now. Until next time, I remain your humble servant: Otto
N. Sure
Clark
Meeting
of Represented
by Otto N. Sure
on behalf of the
Howdy
Buckaroos and Buckarettes! The
CCSP Advisory committee met last evening and it�s now kinda gettin�
to the boring and technical stuff. Although
borin�, I kept wide awake so that I could convey what�s been happin�
this last month or so. Don
Turner reported that we are now done with 30% of civil and architectural
design phase. He had blue
prints for us to look at. I
tell ya true, I never did see so much paper tellin� us where they�re
gonna move dirt to!! And
that�s what most of this is about.
Movin� dirt for berms; movin� dirt for flood abatement and
containment; movin dirt for roads; movin� dirt fer this or that!
It�s just amazin�!! We
have a range development consultant who has advised that we reconfigure
the Public Day Use range to better accommodate pistol shooters.
The concern had been that if we make all bays the same length,
pistol shooters firing at closer distances would have their spent
bullets skip and ricochet over berms and perhaps cause a lead abatement
problem. There will be designated pistol bays in the Public Day Use
range with much shorter distances to the berm so that spent bullets will
embed themselves and not skip or ricochet. One
of the biggest parts of our project is what�s called the �Decatur
Extension�. In essence
this is extending The
Advisory Committee will be at the upcoming Boy Scout Expo showing the
public our progress, y�all are invited to it on May 9th. That�s
about it for now. Until next time, I remain your humble servant. Otto N. Sure
Clark
Meeting
of Represented
by Otto N. Sure
on behalf of the Howdy
Pards and Pardettes! The
Clark County Shooting Park Advisory Committee met this week and it was a
durn good meetin� with nearly 30 members showin� up!
We were brought up to speed on the various engineering activities
goin� on. It appears that
we will be able to secure our water from the City of We
were shown two architectural renderings for the exterior design of the
various building that will be on site.
One design was a fairly bland concrete and steel building with a
style one could call �public building generic�.
The other was a lot better. It
is a modern rendition of the old west or ranch house style.
Both designs use colored and textured concrete blocks, but the
ranch house design just comes off better.
I wasn�t alone in this opinion either as the committee voted
overwhelmingly for this design to be presented to the Clark County Board
of Commissioners. In
addition to seeing the exterior designs, we also were shown actual floor
plans for several of the key buildings.
Folks you ARE going to be impressed with the thought that went into
these. Some of the
highlights: gun storage
lockers at the clay range for out-of-town shooters to store their guns
while they stay at local hotels; flexible meeting rooms that allow them to
be reconfigured depending on the needs of the group using them; hand
washing stations near every range to prevent personal lead contamination.
Yep, a lot of thought went into these designs. We
are still shootin� for a ground breaking sometime this fall.
The timelines are lookin� good for this and most of the
engineering is on or ahead of schedule. Don
Turner is waiting on final approval of a �Partnership� document that
would allow group, organizations, and corporations to enter into an
agreement with the range for mutual benefit.
What that means is that if a local company wanted to use the range
for ballistic testing, a deal could be struck exchanging services between
the range and the company. The
That�s
about it for now. Until next time, I remain your humble servant. Otto N. Sure
Clark
Meeting
of Represented
by Otto N. Sure
on behalf of the Howdy
Buckaroos and Buckarettes! We
had just a great meeting Tuesday night!
As you may have seen, either in the R-J or from the posting that Hick
put up, we have received our complete and total funding request from Round 6
of the SNPLMA disbursement. Thanks
to you and the thousands who wrote the BLM, Secretary Norton, and President
Bush the BLM through the SNPLMA program has authorized an additional $42
million for our This
won�t completely build it, but it will come close. We still will need
funding for our Visitor�s Center, but we have plans on how to acquire it. Our
booth at the recent S.H.O.T. show was very successful.
We made contacts with more than 1,000 attendees and a number of
national shooting organizations were ready to commit to moving major events
here. Unfortunately we cannot
commit until we are further into the construction process.
We did receive a commitment from the National 4-H to hold their 2024
national shooting event here! We
heard from some of our county planners and the current estimate for total
covered and enclosed area of our approximately 21 building on site is now at
92,000 square feet and this does not include the visitor center.
This is made up of everything from maintenance buildings to public
restrooms, to the Hunter Education building. At
our next meeting we will be shown two �themes� for the park
architecture. One will be a
Southwest/Hacienda style and the other will be a Frontier/Old West
style�similar to the building at the new Another
area of concern that is being worked on is the incompatible handgun laws on
the books for Although
this hasn�t really been a problem in the past, it could be once we have
national attention focused on our park.
We�ll keep you informed as this develops, we may need your support
to help overturn these archaic and intrusive ordinances. That�s
about it for now. Until next time, I remain your humble servant. Otto
N. Sure
HERE
IS SOME FABULOUS NEWS! WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ROUND OF FUNDING
FOR MONTHS! WE NOW HAVE ACCESS TO
OVER $55 MILLION ($15 MILLION IN A PREVIOUS ROUND AND NOW $42 MILLION).
THIS WILL VIRTUALLY BUILD THE ENTIRE RANGE WITH ONLY A COUPLE OF
EXCEPTIONS. I'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW MORE WHEN I DO.
OTTO
N. SURE
For Immediate Release Tuesday, February 7, 2024 Contact:
Sharyn Stein 202-224-1619 REID
ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FOR �The
In
2024, Reid secured almost 3,000 acres of federal land at the north end of
the �When
Senator Reid started this project, some folks thought it was too ambitious
and would never happen, �said John Cahill, Chairman of the Nevada
Outdoor Democratic Caucus. �This new funding makes the The
�This
facility will be a great asset for our The
Clark
Meeting
of Represented
by Otto N. Sure
on behalf of the Southern Nevada Cowboy Shooters Howdy
Cowboys and CowgirlsMerry Christmas & Happy New Years! We
had our last meeting of 2024 and learned some important things.
One, the members of the Advisory Committee are some purty durn
good cooks! We had a little
pot luck to celebrate the Season and it was just fabulous! Second,
we have entered into an agreement with the City of We
are hopefully going to conduct ground breaking ceremonies for Phase I
sometime in June 2024, with completion of Phase I to be scheduled for
October of 2024. Well
let yall know more when we get closer to June. We
did receive some very encouraging news.
Secretary Norton has been given a positive recommendation by the
Executive Committee for the Department of the Interior for our complete
funding request. We believe
that all of the encouragement for our park from around the country and
the world will lead her to sign it. We should know in the next six weeks
or so. A
civil engineering firm and an architectural firm have been chosen by the
Clark County Board of Commissioners for the park.
Both have already begun their design work.
Speaking of design work, Ive been chosen to work with the
architectural firm providing input regarding the look of the
parks buildings and other facilities.
This should be interesting.
Our first meeting will be Thats
about it for now.
Until next time, I remain your humble servant. Otto
N. Sure
Clark
Meeting
of Represented
by Otto N. Sure
on behalf of the Southern Nevada Cowboy Shooters Howdy
Pards and Pardettes! Well
we�re closin� in on the end of the year and there�s stuff happenin�!
October�s Clark County Sport Shooting Park Advisory Committee
meetin� was pretty much a minimal progress report, but we heard a lot
more positive news at the November meeting. Due
to your letters of support for complete funding of the Park, the BLM
Executive Committee has recommended FULL
funding of our $42 Million round 6 request!!
The last hurdle is the Secretary of the Interior, Gale Norton,
approving this recommendation. We
are hopeful that we will hear her decision in the next couple of months.
If we need more letters to her, I�ll let y�all know. We
received all the zoning approvals that we requested to change the Park�s
zoning from rural to recreational. The Clark County Board of Commissioners
is 110% behind our Park. Design
of the actual buildings and infrastructure is moving forward. An
engineering and architectural firm will be selected soon to design Phase I
and set the parameters for all future designs.
Phase I is what we call the We
are targeting October 2024 for Phase I to be complete�if all goes well.
We are looking for a groundbreaking ceremony late this Spring. The
CCSSP will have an exhibit booth at the upcoming S.H.O.T. Show in
February. Your scribe and
members of the Advisory Committee will be manning the booth to tell the
world of our progress and to solicit resources that the PLMA funds won�t
cover, for example the actual trap machines are not covered in the PLMA
funds. The
Clark County Parks Dept. has applied for a grant from the NRA Foundation
to outfit a 30� long mobile firearms safety classroom. This facility
will be able to go to local schools, scouting functions, 4 H events, gun
shows, etc. to bring excellent instruction and information to the entire
community. As
you can see, we ARE making progress.
I am confident that 2024 is going to be a �Banner� year for our
shooting park. The only
hindrance, and it could be a big one, is if the Secretary of the Interior
does not approve our funding. There
still remains a lot of interest in �stealing� We�ll
keep ya�ll posted as we continue to serve you, the cowboy shooters of Otto
N. Sure
Clark
Meeting
of Represented
by Otto N. Sure
on behalf of the Southern Nevada Cowboy Shooters Howdy
Pards and Pardettes! Were
almost out of time for you to personally make an impact on whether we get no
funding, partial funding, or complete funding from PLMA monies. As Ive
mentioned in my last two monthly reports, the public comment period will be
over September
28th. If
you have not already sent in a real letter, its now time!
What I mean as a real letter is that BLM now acknowledges
that the shooting park has generated more positive response than any other
PLMA projectever! On the
other hand, they think that the form letters that we have sent in
are little more than ballots. Theyve
counted them, but they really arent impressed much by them.
What
each of us needs to do is write a personal letter outlining what the park
will mean to you, your family, and your sport.
How the park will increase safety in the desert.
How the park will help to increase participation in the shooting
sports. These are all elements
that should be in your letter. Handwritten,
typed, computer generated, it doesnt matter.
Just write a letter and encourage your friendsin state and out
of stateto do the same. Its
that important. We need full
and complete funding. There is no guarantee that the park will be able to
acquire additional funds in Round 7in fact theres no guarantee
that there will even be a Round 7 to grant funds.
Here are some important points: 1.
Total
disbursement in Round 6 is $1.13 billion; the 2.
More
than a quarter of a million shooters live in 3.
The 4.
The 5.
Delaying
the total funding of the 6.
Denying
complete and total funding will mean that there will be continued pressure
on the fragile desert as shooter search for a place to safely practice. Im
sure you can think of other reasons that the park should be completely
funded now, be sure to include them in your letter. Please
direct your letters to: Mr.
Merv Boyd, Assistant Field Manager Bureau
of land Management 4701
N. Torrey Pines In
other news: We now have a Gant
Chart!!! Ya dont know what a Gant Chart is?? Well hombres, it is a
timeline/action steps chart that illustrates the intended progress of
construction. Based on this
chart, were expecting to see the range open for businessat least
Phase Iin the third quarter of 2024. There
are so many things that can alter this timeline, but its a start.
It shows everything from obtaining the zoning changes that are
necessary right up to and including the first shot down range!
Every detail is timed out; when the item will be started and when it
will be completed. If anyone
would like to see a copy of this, just let me know. Don
Turner, our Range Director, will be going to The
new shooting range at DONT
FORGET TO GET YOUR LETTERS INTO BLM TODAYITS SO IMPORTANT!! Until
next time, I remain your humble servant-- Otto
N. Sure
Clark
Meeting
of Represented
by Otto N. Sure
on behalf of the Southern Nevada Cowboy Shooters Howdy
Buckaroos and Buckarettes! I
come to you this month with mixed news. It
appears that the Nevada National Guard has a keen interest in using the Were
starting to run out of time for you to personally make an impact on whether we
get no funding, partial funding, or complete funding from PLMA monies. As
Ive mentioned in my last two monthly reports, the public comment period
will be over September 28th. If
you have not already sent in a real letter, its now time!
What I mean as a real letter is that BLM now acknowledges
that the shooting park has generated more positive response than any other
PLMA projectever! On the
other hand, they think that the form letters that we have sent in
are little more than ballots. Theyve
counted them, but they really arent impressed much by them.
What
each of us needs to do is write a personal letter outlining what the park will
mean to you, your family, and your sport.
How the park will increase safety in the desert.
How the park will help to increase participation in the shooting
sports. These are all elements
that should be in your letter. Handwritten,
typed, computer generated, it doesnt matter.
Just write a letter and encourage your friendsin state and out of
stateto do the same. Its
that important. We need full and
complete funding. There is no guarantee that the park will be able to acquire
additional funds in Round 7in fact theres no guarantee that there
will even be a Round 7 to grant funds. Here
are some important points: 1.
Total
disbursement in Round 6 is $1.13 billion; the 2.
More
than a quarter of a million shooters live in 3.
The 4.
The 5.
Delaying
the total funding of the 6.
Denying
complete and total funding will mean that there will be continued pressure on
the fragile desert as shooter search for a place to safely practice. Im
sure you can think of other reasons that the park should be completely funded
now, be sure to include them in your letter. Please
direct your letters to: Mr.
Merv Boyd, Assistant Field Manager Bureau
of land Management 4701
N. Torrey Pines In
other news: if you havent
subscribed to the http://www.co.clark.nv.us/Parks/ShootingPark/Newsletters/ebulletin_Issue4.htm This
is an excellent overview of whats been going on.
Thats about it for now, Until
next time, I remain your humble servant-- Otto
N. Sure Meeting
of Represented
by Otto N. Sure
on behalf of the Southern Nevada Cowboy Shooters Howdy
Compadres!
We
had our most recent meeting of the Advisory Committee this week and it
was a GOOD one! As most of
you know who�ve been following the saga of the funding of the park, we
ran into a real barrier when our funding proposal was rejected by a sub
group of the BLM. For a bit
of a refresher, we submitted a total request of approximately $45
Million to completely build out the park to the Parks, Trails and
Natural Areas sub group for approval back in January.
We were informed in February that they were rejecting our
request. That
rejection prompted a tremendous outpouring of support for the park by
local, state and national organizations and political entities.
More than 100 letters were received by the BLM in support of the
total funding of the park�more on this later.
All of this effort may be paying off.
Don Turner, our Shooting Park Director, and various members of
the Parks Department and The
BLM appears to be very receptive to the small changes that the County is
suggesting that should overcome the objections of the sub group.
One is the elimination of the Law Enforcement only area (we had
decided earlier that if the Law Enforcement community wanted special
features they�d have to build them themselves anyway) and
modifications to the Based
on the county�s modifications it looks like we may get approval for
approximately $36 Million. This
amount, coupled with the $17 Million that we have already received, may
be almost enough to build out the park completely.
The Parks Department will go to other sources for whatever the
shortfall might be... our back to BLM for Round 7. This
is not a done deal by any stretch.
As mentioned above the BLM has received only about 100 letters in
support of complete funding for the Park.
Granted, this is about 10 times as many as any other project
currently being considered, but it sure isn�t much by the standard
that several hundred thousand shooters live in the Valley.
We need you to continue to show your support for the park by
sending letters to the BLM. Specifically
we need to ask that the Park be completely funded in Round 6.
An example of a letter you can use is attached. In
other news, the county is starting the permitting and zoning processes
for the park. We will need
in excess of 25 different permits from about that many governmental
agencies! It�s amazing
how many agencies have a say in what we want to do!
Also there is a need to change the zoning of the property.
Currently it�s zoned Residential�as is all undeveloped desert
area in As
of right now, the Parks Department has not submitted a name to the We
have now purchased a portable display booth to be used at various shows
including the 2024 SHOT show that will again be held here in That�s
about it for now. PLEASE,
PLEASE SEND LETTERS TO BLM REQUESTING FULL FUNDING FOR OUR PARK AND A
LETTER OR EMAIL TO Until
next time, I remain your humble servant�-- Otto N. Sure
SAMPLE LETTER--IF YOU DON'T LIKE THIS ONE USE YOUR OWN--BUT PLEASE SEND ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To Print a Sample Letter (Click Here)
Mr. Merv Boyd, Assistant Area Manager Las Vegas Field Office, Bureau of Land Management 4701 N. Torrey Pines Dear Mr. Boyd: Please
accept this letter as my comments to the public input process concerning the
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Round 6 Recommendations. I am
extremely disappointed that the Parks, Trails, and Natural Area's Sub Group
did not recommend the The
Clark County Sport Shooting Park will be the only public
shooting area in the Now
is the time to respond to the needs of the more than one quarter million
recreational and hobby shooters that reside in the I urge the Bureau of Land Management and the Secretary of the Interior to fully fund Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the Clark County Sport Shooting Park in Round 6 with no changes or omissions. Thank you for your attention to this matter, Sincerely, Sign _______________________________________ Print ____________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________________ City ________________________, State _________________________ Zip ____________
Meeting
of Represented
by Otto N. Sure
on behalf of the Southern Nevada Cowboy Shooters Howdy
Pards and Pardettes! Here
it is the second meeting of the year already!
A bunch of news to share with you so hold onto your reins and let
'er buck! Don
Turner reported that he has been working on upgrading the Parks web
page and is now distributing an eBULLETin to interested citizens.
Check out the link at http://www.co.clark.nv.us/parks/Shooting_Park.htm
The Parks department has now purchased an exhibit booth to use at
various conventions, gun shows and the like to showcase the As
mentioned last month, the initial engineering survey discovered several
problems with the original layout of the park.
The new layout is illustrated at the shooting parks website, just
click on Plan and you can see that its going to be a
little more compact than originally designed.
It will, however, have every element of the initial layout. We
were sorta updated on the status of Round 6 PLMA funding.
BLM is still accepting public comment regarding disbursement of
funds for the park---have you written your letter asking that BLM
completely fund the shooting park?
If not, WHY NOT? You
can still send your comments in until September. The county is appealing
the sub groups decision to the next level of BLM bureaucracy and
there seems to be some hope that we will prevail. The
permitting process is now beginning.
You have no idea how many permits its going to take to build
this thing! Its
amazing. In order to be
sure nothin falls between the cracks, Parks and Rec has hired a
firm to coordinate the various departments, companies, etc. that are and
will be involved. Im
encouraged to see this step as this company will be responsible for
keeping the Following
this presentation by the management company we were handed out a bunch
of material regarding branding of the park.
Don wants to name it quickly so that the exhibit booth can be
done with the new name. Unfortunately, this is where Im partin
ways with him. Heor
his bosses(?)seem to be stuck on one of these two names:
1.
2.
3.
The
4.
SHOOT!
5.
The
6.
The
7.
8.
9.
The
10.
The
11.
Diablo
12.
The
13.
14.
15.
The
Not
one of the above was presented to the Advisory Committee by the Parks
Departmentnor did any other Advisory Committee member bring forward
any suggestions. It was up
to me to pass out colored illustrations of each of the names to show how
they might look as a Brand.
Because of the feeling that the Parks Department was trying to
ram one of their less than exciting names on us, the decision to approve
any name has been held off until July. I
really encourage each of you to let the Advisory Committee, the Parks
Department and your County Commissioner know what you think will be an
appropriate name for our world class facility.
I can furnish you with the illustrations I used if youd like
to see them. Just let me
know. If
you look at the names that have been given to our parks here in Our
next meeting will be the third Tuesday of July and dont forget that
the Friends of the Until
next time, I remain yer humble servant, Otto
N. Sure
Clark
Meeting
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by Otto
N. Sure
on behalf of the Howdy
Pards and Pardettes! Well,
we�re back! Yep the 4th
iteration of the Clark County Sport Shooting Park Advisory Committee has
been officially renewed for 2024. We had our first meeting of the
�new� year (only government thinks that the new year starts in
May!)this past week. We have about 6 or 8 new members replacing those that
have moved on. A couple of
new names that you might know are Floyd Coons of Masters Shooters Supply
and Deputy Chief Tom Lozich of Metro. John
Lee was re-elected Chairman and Chuck Musser was re-elected Vice Chairman.
John Lee who is in the Nevada State Senate gave us an overview of
the legislative efforts to obtain complete funding for our park.
The Senate has passed a resolution and the Assembly is scheduled to
do the same asking the President and Secretary of the Interior to fund the
park as requested in the most recent round of PLMA disbursements. Everyone
is hopeful that we�ll receive the entire $45 Million that we have asked
for. We
were told that all pre-engineering has been completed and that there were
a couple of surprises. Mostly
they have found prehistoric bones in the south west and south central
areas of the property. In
addition, there is a concern about water drainage if a 100 year flood
would ever hit the park. As a
consequence, the park elements will be sited a little differently than
originally proposed to avoid these two problems.
Every element will still be there, but the layout will be a little
more compact. This
year we will be setting up task forces to address specific needs.
The first is the �Branding Task Force�.
Nope we ain�t gonna get some dogies and sizzle their hide!
This is the group that will try to find a better and more
appropriate name for the park. The
county has a number of specific requirements in the naming of any park
property, but primarily it must reflect the community that it�s in and
cannot be named after any living individual�there�s a bunch more, but
those are the primary. Don
Turner�our Park Director�has �discovered� that there is a range of
mountains in front of the Mud Mountains called the Las Vegas Range, folks
that have lived here all their lives never heard this before.
Anyway he�d like to incorporate that name into the park,
something like �The Las Vegas Range Shooting Park�.
I, personally, think that has no glitz or glamour so I and the
Branding Task Force are trying to come up with some alternatives.
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED!!
If�n ya got a good idea, PLEASE
let me know. That�s
about it for now. We have
formed a �Friends of the Park� Foundation and a �Friends of the
Park� citizens group to support the park.
Their next meeting will be Tuesday, May 10th at the Blue
Ox on Until
next time, I remain yer humble servant, Otto
N. Sure +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Clark
Meeting
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by Otto
N. Sure
on behalf of the Compadres I come to ya with my sombrero in hand and my head bowed. This was to be Part II of the most recent meeting of the Clark County Sport Shooting Park Advisory Committee. I was gonna tell ya about the progress that's been made, about how well our booth was received at the SHOT Show, how excited all of the committee members were as we embark on our third year. Yep, I was gonna tell ya all about it, but I received some news last night that makes me sick at heart. Let me reprint it here just as it came to me: Dear
Advisory Committee, We
have just received word that the Parks, Trails & Natural Areas Subgroup
has completed the review of the proposals for Round 6 SNPLMA funds.
Recommendations from this local group will be moved through the BLM
to the Secretary of the Interior for her final approval. Unfortunately, the The
Round 6 budget was $227 million and the PTNA subgroup reviewed 96 proposals
that totaled $877 million in requested funds.
There was a great deal of competition for limited funds and the PTNA
group faced many tough choices. Ultimately,
they determined that projects most closely aligned with the green parks,
trails and land preservation program should be recommended for approval. Parks
Planning Office First
it was President Bush's proposal to steal Nevada's birthright by repealing
the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 and now our Shooting
Park will not receive any additional funding from this source-at least not
in 2024. Yep,
we do have $15 Million in "seed" money from Round 5, but this is
totally insufficient to fund what we have all been calling a "World
Class" shooting facility. The
Where
do we go from here? I have no
idea. We had been assured for
more than six months that the Park was receiving full funding in Round 6.
Every mayor in I've
been actively involved in the Shooting Park for nearly 5 years and feel that
I and my 20+ enthusiastic committee members have not only been stabbed in
the back but that we have wasted countless hours in an exercise in futility. Granted,
there are other sources of funds, but they are nickel and dimes compared to
the real money it will take to do this the way it should be done. Mi
amigos, if you've been shooting at Desert Sportsman, Boulder Rifle &
Pistol, or the deserts of Jean and Indian Springs you've been shooting at
facilities that probably are better than the I'm
not givin' up the fight, but I feel like the crap's been kicked out of me. Your humble servant, Otto
N. Sure
Clark
Meeting
of Represented
by Otto
N. Sure
on behalf of the Howdy Pards and Pardettes! Do ya all remember the old Western where the little widder woman is tryin' to keep her ranch, but the mean ol' banker is tryin' to take it from her through any means he can 'cuz gold was found on it? Well a version of this scenario may be playin' out soon on a chunk of desert that is supposed to be our world class shooting facility!! In
President Bush's 2024 budget that was proposed this week we find that he and
his political weenies are going after our PLMA money to off-set the Federal
deficit. For a little background,
the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 designated that
proceeds from federal government land sales in To
put it into perspective; the last big land sale in Now
they ain't plannin' on takin' it all, no just 70% of it!
I could go on and on, but the bottom line is we gotta stop 'em and fast!!
Our entire congressional delegation (Reid, Ensign, Gibbons, What
can YOU do?? Well first send
letters to Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior, and President Bush.
Remind the President that we gun owners were a major reason that he
slid past Kerry in the last election. Ask
if this is how his administration thanks us?
Y'all know the drill. As
important as writing a letter to the administration, ya need to contact your
friends and relatives who live in other states.
Try to get them to do the same kind of letter writing and contact their
own state's congressional delegation in What
are the chances that they're gonna get the 1998 law changed?
We just don't know. Harry Reid has vowed that he'll stop it (now we'll
see if bein' the Senate's Minority Leader really means something), but there
are a lot of politicians droolin' over So
don't just sit there; get yer fingers busy writtin' letters, callin' friends
and family. It's up to you to tell the story that once again the Feds are
tryin' to steal I'll be doin' a full report on the actual progress of the Park in the next day or so, but this is just too darn important. If you need any more information, etc., just let me know. Your humble servant, Otto N. Sure
Clark
Meeting
of Represented
by Otto
N. Sure
on behalf of the A great big Happy Cowboy Christmas to all my Pards and Pardettes! We had our last meeting of 2024 on the evening of the 14th. With this meeting, we've just about fulfilled our 2024 charter with the Clark County Commissioners. Our three task forces: Marketing, Finance, & Business; have mostly completed their recommendations for these aspects of development. What's
that all mean? It means that we
now will have the blueprint for most of the operations of the Here are some other highlights of our meeting: � BLM has told Parks and Rec that we should have no Desert Tortoise, Bear Poppy, or Las Vegas Buckwheat problems at the site. This had been a concern since the Bear Poppy and Las Vegas Buckwheat had been found in nearby areas recently-both of these are on the endangered species list. � S.H.O.T. Show-The Shooting Park will have a booth at the upcoming S.H.O.T. Show here at the Convention Center in late January. We will be informing the national and international shooting community about our park with members of the committee and Parks and Rec. staff. � Nevada Power-The valley's main utility provider has asked to do environmental studies on the park's Northern and Eastern boundaries in preparation for a request for a right of way. � Pre-Engineering-Pogamier Engineering will have all the pre-engineering completed at the site by the end of January with their report due at the end of February. We were told that they are a bit ahead of schedule. They have been doing studies on archeology, flood plain, soil, etc. �
Homeland Security-The
Department of Homeland Security may have grant money available for the park,
especially for the acquisition of equipment.
We had a presentation by the �
PLMA Round 6-We were told that
� Program Construction Coordinator-The county is going to hire this individual to oversee the many aspects of build out. I'm not certain when they are going to post the position. �
Don Turner-The Advisory
Committee's consultant will be coming on board as a full time employee of the
county effective �
Branding-Nope I ain't talkin'
about puttin' a hot iron on this dogie, but rather a better name for our
facility. Everyone agrees that
the That's
about it, with one small exception. Y'all
gotta keep this under yer sombrero's, but the rumor continues to persist that
the days of Ben Avery are numbered. The
Buckaroos and Buckarettes, this is a few years down the trail, but it's something to start thinkin' about. With Ben Avery gone, there would be a huge void in the SASS schedule that we could fill. Food for thought, nothin' more! I hope y'all have a great holiday! I hope that Santa brings ya everything that you asked for, especially that painted pony that you've wanted since ya were 5 years old! Your humble servant, Otto
N. Sure Clark County Sport Shooting Park Advisory Committee Meeting of 09/15/04 Represented by Otto N. Sure on behalf of the Southern Nevada Cowboy Shooters A great big Western Howdy Pards and Pardettes! For those of you that may not have been following the ongoing saga of the Clark County Sport Shooting Park Advisory Committee, we meet every month. Since the beginning of 2024 we have been alternating between long (one hour plus) sub-committee meetings one month with no full committee meeting and a short sub-committee meeting and a full committee meeting the next month. August was our month for a full committee meeting, so September was supposed to be just sub-committee meetings. Not this month! No siree Bob! This month we had our long sub-committee meetings and then a full committee meeting. Why, you might ask, was there a change...well buckaroos and buckarettes it's election/campaign season! Anyone who thinks that the spending of more than $50 million isn't political just came out from under a cabbage leaf. With this kind of money bein' tossed around there are folks who want to (and need to) take some credit for this happening right here in Clark County. What does this have to do with last night's full committee meeting? Well, the sole purpose was to arrange for a media celebration of the Shooting Park. On display will be our various national elected officials headlined by Senator Harry Reid and Senator John Ensign. Followed quickly by Representatives Shelly Berkely, Jon Porter, and probably Jim Gibbons. If that weren't enough (and don'tcha think it ought to be?), they'll probably be joined by the all of the unindicted members of the Clark County Board of Commissioners and a City Councilman or two from Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and any other little hamlet that thinks they had somethin' to do with it. In truth, this probably isn't a bad idea. These are the folks, Harry Reid especially, that really did the heavy lifting to get the BLM to release our 2880 acres. Now they want a little recognition prior to election day. The plan is to have all of the above politicos and probably more joined by as many interested Valley shooters as possible at the shooting site. Not the official ground breaking, but rather it will be a celebration of what is to be. Tentative date for this Hoo Haw is Monday, October 18th, (probably around lunch time). I encourage you all to take a look at your calendar and see if you might be able to fit this into your schedule. Wear yer Cowboy and Cowgirl duds, strap on yer six shooters if ya wanna, and show these hombres that at least the folks that do CAS are excited about the prospects of the park! Until then, I remain your humble servant Clark County Sport Shooting Park Advisory Committee Meeting of 08/10/04 Represented by Otto N. Sure on behalf of the Southern Nevada Cowboy Shooters Hi and Howdy Buckaroos and Buckarettes! This is gettin' more interestin' every time we have a meetin'!! At last night's full Advisory Committee gathering (the full Advisory Committee usually meets every other month, the individual Task Forces meet every month)we heard the news that we've all been waiting for: Interior Secretary Gale Norton has approved our initial funding of $15.8 million which should be sufficient for development of Phase I of our shooting range. Secretary Norton made the announcement last Thursday, 8/5. In addition to the $15.8 million, we also have received $1.8 million for ancillary expenses for a total of $17.6 million. Parks and Rec had not expected approval until late September or October...so Secretary Norton's announcement came as a bit of a surprise. (Can you say "politics"??) What this means is that Shooting Park will become a reality!! Parks and Rec will be submitting a proposal to BLM for Round 6 in the amount of $43 million which represents complete build-out of the range and, based on the commitment from all parties, we should see approval of these funds by late next summer. Since we already had authorization for $500,000 in preliminary funding, a contract has been let for what's called pre-engineering. This is the overview of the entire property from a geological, archealogical, and every other point of view. It is necessary as we have so many permits to obtain from virtually every governmental entity under the sun!! The pre-engineering should be complete in early January. In the interim, we'll be coordinating full engineering-land, power, water & sewer, etc.-along with initial architectural designs, and a myriad of other sub projects that must come together. Yep, this is your government at work!! In other news, Don Turner our consultant from Ben Avery in Phoenix has been offered a three year extension on his consultancy contract. We are very hopeful that he'll accept. Parks and Rec has decided to have a booth built to be used at local and national gatherings and they have committed to a full representation at the 2024 SHOT Show, and hopefully the National NRA convention, etc. We will be seeking out National and International shooting events to be held at the park. We had some very interesting presentations at last night's meeting. We heard from the Las Vegas Valley Water Authority about the impact of the on-going 5 year draught on growth including our range and we heard from the Regional Flood District about the areas of the range that could be subject to 100 year floods-talk about weird... "Yep, we're in the worst draught on record and yep it's gonna flood." We also heard from Nevada Power and their plans for transmission line development. They'd like to run high lines along the back of the range, about 1.5 miles from the front of the property. Although this is in the very early planning stages it could be good for the range as Nevada Power will have to pay the range for each tower and will have to fund and build the maintenance road, which we need anyway. We'll see how this plays out. Finally, because of the authorization for our initial funding, the Advisory Committee wants to have a formal ground breaking ceremony. We'll be meeting next month to decide when would be an appropriate time to really let the world know that the Clark County Sport Shooting Park is a reality! (just between you and me, I hope we can come up with a better name...somehow CCSSP doesn't just give one much of a vision of what this place is gonna be!!) Until next time I remain, your humble servant, Otto N. Sure |
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