Redondo continues pursuit of new police shooting range; Air Force partnership
by Garth Meyer A 3-2 vote by the city council April 2 keeps Redondo Beach city staff on the trail of funding a $17 million covered police shooting range, to replace the 1950s original, in a potential partnership with the Los Angeles Air Force Base. The vote directs city staff to use $545,000 in capital improvement funds to design the project, in its current location next to Dominguez Park, in the hopes that a particular grant could fund the joint project. City Councilmen Todd Loewenstein and Nils Nehrenheim opposed the move, saying the city should hold off until its money situation is more clear. The grant in question, part of the U.S. Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program, could be for as much as $12 million, making the city’s cost to build the new shooting range $5.2 million. Councilman Nehrenheim suggested an upgrade of the Redondo Beach fire station on Broadway as one item that should take priority. “$5 million would go a long way to upgrade a variety of civic structures,” confirmed Mike Witzansky, city manager. Loewenstein said the city could potentially bond part of the cost of a police shooting range. Councilmember Paige Kaluderovic, who made the motion that was…
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