Redondo Beach hires consultants for another push for police gun range funds
by Garth Meyer The pursuit of a new Redondo Beach Police gun range remains in effect as the city council approved Tuesday two consultant contracts for up to $100,000 each, in a second attempt to get federal funding. The $19 million shooting range proposal was denied last year, although feedback from the U.S. government suggested Redondo Beach was close, according to City Manager Mike Witzansky. “The (response) we received was very sincere. We were very much on the precipice of receiving funding,” he said. “This is an enormous quality of life issue,” said City Councilmember Paige Kaluderovic, who has championed the project, telling of the noise emanating from the existing facility. “We have an open-air shooting range built in 1947.” She asserted that the federal grant would fully fund what would be a shared facility with Los Angeles Air Force Base. “There is no backup plan,” Kaluderovic said. “The city needs to have some peace of mind and quality of life, and we’re going to deliver it.” The first consultant contract, with McClaren, Wilson and Lawrie (Phoenix), is for design services. The second is with Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. (Los Angeles) for environmental planning and…
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