11/16//2017 update - changed task list. Thursday rain made it too muddy to for rock delivery for #3, path in rifle range, and found some more drainage problems.
Range Work Party 11/18/2017
This is an add-on to regular 2017 season work party schedule, (one last chance to avoid the $75 fee!).
Tools & gear needed:
- Truck(s) for dump run and picking up parts.
- Battery-powered tools (charged, ready to go) for drilling, driving fasteners, sawing boards. Generator is available for AC-powered tools or battery chargers.
Lunch volunteer needed for 11/18/2017 - volunteers, please contact: Stan facilities@scottsvalleysportsmen.com
· a. Delivered by 11:45.
· b. Prepare something and save club funds, or order thru Redwood Sandwich, etc. You can expense meal costs to SVSC. Please use Expense form in “member downloads” at http://www.scottsvalleysportsmen.com/resources/Documents/Interactive%20Expense%20Report%20Form.pdf
· c. Figure 1 to 2 dozen people (I can confirm approximate qty Friday night)
· d. Include sodas & chips. Connex box at the range has plenty of paper goods, cutlery, cups, bottled water, canned Sprite & diet Coke.
· e. Include crushed ice for drinks and coolers (coolers in Connex).
Tasks for 11/18/2017 work-party
1 - FINISH LEFT-SIDE RETAINING WALL IN RIFLE RANGE (contact/lead - Jeff Hill)
Cut and lag more boards along left side.
Shovel a little more dirt into geo-cells in back left corner. Place more geo cell, or stack for future use.
2 - Clear space between Conex box and Pistol house (contact/lead- Stan St.L-B)
New electrical system & batteries will be mounted outside of Pistol house, on wall.
Pick up new solar batteries, & battery box from Jeff Hill's house. Batteries are heavy, >100 lbs each.
3 - Start wet-season walkway on right side of rifle range (contact/lead- Jeff Hill)
Set and stake border for walkway, establish levels.
4 - Assemble 2 new picnic tables (no lead needed)
Drill and mount 2x10 top and seats, sand rough edges (no seat splinters!), & seal.
5. General range cleanup & maintenance (no lead needed)
- Fill and replace torn-up sandbags along rifle range drainage.
- Sweep out houses, magnet sweep up staples, rake target areas as needed.
- Organize target frames.
- Replace shot-up wood protectors on target berm structures and sheds. (remove old boards, cut and attach replacements from various scrap lumber at range).
- Collect & organize left-over wood and boards (stack usable under cover out of rain, unusable in pile for trash or dump run) .
6. Minor drainage repairs (contact/lead - Stan St.L-B).
Replace section of plastic drain pipe in Pistol range. During Thursday rain, found a section of correx drain pipe in middle is damaged, blocking drainage flow. Dig up and replace pipe.
Re-level and angle dirt around drain boxes to improve water flow off of pistol range.
Create a small swale across Rifle range gate, prevent surface water from running down the road.
