Range Maintenance Work Party 8/26/2017
If you can not attend a scheduled work-party, but can do “independent study” work credit, email Stan St.L-B - facilities@scottsvalleysportsmen.com to arrange.
Tools & gear needed for 08/26/2017:
Truck to pickup recycled water from Skypark water station, remove brush & branch pile from range and do material run (if needed).
Battery-power tools (charged, ready to go) for drilling, driving fasteners and sawing boards.
Hand-tools too. (example: there are no #2 phillips screwdrivers in the toolshed).
A volunteer has signed up for lunch, but may need help.
Other lunch volunteers should contact Peter Feain, president@scottsvalleysportsmen.com
- a. Delivered by about 11:30.
- b. Prepare something, or Redwood Sandwich order, etc. Expense meal costs as needed.
- c. Plan for about 2 dozen people (we can confirm qty on Friday night)
- d. The range Connex box has paper goods, water & sodas (no diet sodas, bring diet if desired).
- e. A couple sacks of ice would be nice.
Tasks for 08/26/2017 proposed, but will be dependent on attendees:
Please review task list.
There will be a hardcopy of this list next to sign-in sheets.
When you arrive at work-day, please initial item #s that you would like to do, or can do.
Tasks will be worked, if sufficient members attend and initial.
1 - Non-potable water storage for range repair work (
for mixing concrete, etc.).
- a. Fill 5 gallon buckets at SVWD Recycled water station. Station is at Skypark, across from SV senior center.
- b. Relocate some (non-shot up) barrels under pistol roof downspouts, for use as cisterns.
- c. Mark barrels with "non-potable water" using toolshed spray paint. (create a stencil, if you’re handy with an exacto knife and paper).
2 - Lead stilling pond for Pistol range.
- a. Fill the pit walls & corners with concrete.
- b. Connect the pit to creek outfall, with splash blocks and concrete.
- c. Line the pit sides and bottom, using coating materials in toolshed (if insufficient material in toolshed, do a material run. Expense or use one of the SVSC accounts in place, contact me if needed).
3 - Rifle range entry area storm washout repair wrap-up.
- a. Fill gap in wall (at end of culvert) with a sack of concrete.
- b. Route, support and anchor the 3” corrugated drain pipe.
- c. Make a low (6”-12”?) retaining wall, with PT boards or concrete blocks, to slow the repair rocks from sliding down.
4 - Rifle range drainage repair (
Member-capable items only. There’s more, but a tractor is required).
4A - Clean water bypass drain
- a. Clean out culvert pipe drainage gaps (i.e. the open spaces between culverts).
- b. Repair or rebuild wood covers on top of the culvert cleanouts.
- c. Repair the leaking clean-out corners with concrete.
4B - Leaded water range drain
- a. Repair the wood dams, and increase dam height (replace or repair boards, add more boards on top).
- b. Place concrete blocks or rock to slow down the water off the wood dams.
- c. Raise height of drainage weirs below the wood dams.
5 – Reduce trip hazard at Pistol range entry.
- a. At the step in front of pistol house, add railing boards between Yellow Pole and wall.
6 - Target frame and base maintenance.
- a. Pistol – Hang up all good frames (add hangers and mark frame outlines as needed). Upgrade broken frames to new standard, or demolish (keep usable boards, discard the rest).
- c. Rifle – Place enough target bases at each distance (keep extras in Pistol range). Upgrade broken frames to new standard, or demolish (keep usable boards, discard the rest).
7 - Clean up Pistol & Rifle house and target areas (houses & flat areas, not berms).
- a. Shovel, fill rivulets/holes, rake, sweep.
- b. Replace the wood “protection pieces” in pistol range.
- c. Run the magnet sweep (in tool shed) everywhere to pickup steel debris (staples, screws, etc.).
- d. Pickup brass, clear drain boxes.
8 - Continue improving front gate parking lot entry path.
- a. Fill holes, shovel, level & rake. Take debris to dumpster or add to brush pile.
- b. Create low step terraces, set wood borders, and spread drain rock (same as area around badge gate)
- c. Replace rotten step/terrace boards with PT boards and/or concrete blocks from range material.
- d. Evaluate & prep path for gravel to improve rainy season use.
9 – Clear large wood debris from the creek.
Upstream, between the bridge outside entry gate, and pistol lead stilling pond outflow.
10 - Haul branch pile near rifle range and any other range cleanup debris to the dump at end of work-day.
