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BREWSTER COUNTY GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ON PROPOSED 2020 MANAGEMENT PLAN

Notice is hereby given that the Brewster County Groundwater Conservation District (“District”) proposes action on ADOPTING the 2020 GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN. A copy of the District General Manager’s proposed 2020 MANAGEMENT PLAN are available for public inspection on the district website: westtexasgroundwater.com.Th e District will conduct a PUBLIC HEARING pursuant to its authority under Chapter 8816 of the Texas Special District Local Laws Code, Chapter 36 of the Texas Water Code, and the District’s Rules to consider ADOPTING 2020 GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN and to provide interested members of the public an opportunity to provide oral or written comments to the District regarding the proposed MP. WRITTEN COMMENTS OR PROPOSALS ARE TO BE TO THE GENERAL MANAGER BY JULY 13, 2020, 8 AM. Th e public hearing will be held using the GoTo Meeting format at the indicated date and time:Location: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/498800901 Or call in: United States: +1 (646) 749-3122 Access Code: 498-800-901Date and Time: July 16, 2020, at 8:00 AMTh e District General Manager will propose that the District Board grant adoption as follows:

1) ADOPTION OF PROPOSED 2020 GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN TO SUBMIT TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

Aff ected persons may request a contested case hearing on the proposed MANAGEMENT PLAN by submitting such a request in writing to the District no later than 5:00 pm on July 13, 2020. if no timely written request for a contested case hearing is fi led, such ADOPTION OF 2020 MANAGEMENT PLAN, will be presented to the District Board on the date of the hearing for fi nal action.

PUBLIC SERVICEANNOUNCEMENT

WE WANT EVERY ONE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WHEN VOTING.

THEREFORE FOR THE SAFETY AND CONSIDERATION OF VOTERS,

WORKERS AND YOURSELF, PLEASE CONSIDER WEARING A MASK WHEN VOTING IN PERSON. MASKS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.

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Sul Ross to open Aug. 24Dark Sky area grows Sul Ross State Universi-

ty will open as scheduled for the fall semester on Aug. 24. The university an-nounced its intent to return to face-to-face academic instruction. As part of its Safe School, Safe Students initiative, the university will also implement new policies to maintain social distancing and follow CDC guidelines.

A university task force has been studying the spe-cifi c needs of Sul Ross campuses, faculty, staff, and students. The task force has also been monitoring directives from the medical community, along with fed-eral, state, and local leaders.

Sul Ross will operate its fall schedule with some modifi cations. Laboratory and other hands-on instruc-tion will be front-loaded to take place towards the beginning of the fall semes-ter. All instruction after the Thanksgiving holidays will

be delivered online. All in-structional classrooms have been modifi ed to allow for social distancing, sanitizing stations have been placed at the entrances and exits of instructional facilities, and campus pedestrian walkways will be altered to

maximize one-way traffi c patterns where necessary.

The Sul Ross task force and administration will continue to meet regularly, monitor the outbreak, and make necessary adjust-ments as needed to keep the university community safe.

Big Bend Ranch State Park recently an-nounced the inclusion of the Chinati Moun-tains State Natural Area into its existing International Dark Sky Park designation with the International Dark Sky Association.

The addition of Chi-nati adds about 40,000 acres of rugged and remote Chihuahuan Desert to the exist-ing state park Dark Sky Park designation, bringing the total pro-

tected acreage of the Big Bend Ranch State Park complex to about 355,000 acres.

Chinati Mountains State Natural Area is located around 25 miles north of Pre-sidio, near the inter-national border with Mexico. Together, with neighboring Big Bend National Park, this region of the Big Bend has one of the largest areas of pro-tected night sky in the U.S.

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