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School Districtstaff mem- bers and pupils recentlygathered with represen-tatives of Memorial Her-mann and the Universityof Texas Health ScienceCenterat Houston to hon-or a man worthy of beingthenamesake fora school.

Dr. James “Red” Duke,85, however, was still inshock.

“I’m of coursehumbledthat they would choose toname a school after me,”he said. “I don’t knowwhat I did to warrantthis honor. I’m deeplytouched.”

The official dedicationfor Dr. James “Red” DukeElementary, 2900 CR 59in Manvel, was on Sept. 7.Thecampusopened inAu-gustatthebeginningoftheschool year.

A renowned traumasurgeon at MemorialHermann-Texas MedicalCenter, Duke has receivednumerous honors andawards and is known forhisinstrumentalrolein in-troducing Memorial Her-mann Life Flight, which

became the first air ambu-lance program in Texas,and bringing a Level Itraumacenter to Houston.

Throughout his ca-reer, Duke has also beena proponent of education,whether instructing fu-ture surgeons from his

post as professor of sur-gery at the University of TexasHealthScienceCen-ter or carefully communi-cating details of a diagno-sistoapatient.

Duke hosted a nation-ally syndicated televisionprogram, “Dr. Red Duke’sHealth Reports,” onhealth-relatedtopics.

Officials from AlvinISD believe that havingDuke’s name on the frontof an elementary school isa fitting tribute for a doc-

tor dedicatedto impartingknowledge.

“Elementary school issuch an important part of a child’s life,” Duke said.“It’s when they establishcriticalthinking skills.”

He still clearly recallshis school experiences

growing up in Hillsboroand can name the teach-ers who inspired him andkepthiminline.

“I shallbe forever grate-ful for them,” he said. “Ican still hear them in the

back of my mind.”After graduating from

Hillsboro High School,Duke attended TexasA&MUniversity,wherehewas a yell leader. He then

became a commissionedArmy officer serving inKoreaas a tankofficerdur-

ingthe KoreanWar.Whenhe returned home, Dukeattended seminary in FortWorth but soon answereda calling for a different ca-reer.

He obtained his medi-cal degree in 1960 at theUniversityof TexasSouth-

western Medical School inDallas.

Duke completed hisresidency in general sur-gery at Dallas’ ParklandMemorialHospital, wherein 1963, he was part of thetrauma team to receivePresidentJohn F.Kennedyafterhewas shotalongsideTexas Gov. John Connallyin theirmotorcade.

Duke attended to thewounds of Connally, sta-

bilizing him for further

Iconic surgeon ‘touched’that school bears his name

By Lindsay Peyton

Dr. JamesH. “Red” Duke is applauded at thededicationceremonyfor theelementary school that is namedfor him.“I don’t knowwhat I did to warrant thishonor,”he says.

JamesNielsenphotos / HoustonChronicle

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Thousands of tour-ists are expected to floodHoustonfor SuperBowlLIin2017, andhotelsinnorth-ern Brazoria County andnear Friendswood are tak-ingstepsnowtobeready.

“Every hotel wants tomake sure they are re-freshed and ready by Su-perBowl2017,”saidMannyPatel, general manager of Comfort Suites in Pear-

land, which underwentupgrades to its 73 roomslast year. “This yearwe areupdating our lighting andfixtures, and next year weare refreshing our lobbyandcommonsareas.”

The goal, Patel said, isto ensure the hotel is ina competitive position toattract Super Bowl ticketholders who will be trav-eling to Houston for thegameat NRGStadium.

A q ua si- na ti on alholiday in America, thepopular National Foot-

ball League game drawscrowds by the thousands

to host cities. The mostrecent Super Bowl, XL-VII in New Orleans, hada paid attendance of morethan82,500.Many of thoseticket holders were touristwhofilledNewOrleansho-telrooms.

The 2017 game is be-coming something of adeadline for hoteliers, said

Sallie Sargent, executivedirector of the HoustonSuper Bowl bid commit-tee, a nonprofit planningthe NFL event. Pearland,Alvin and other Houstonsuburban communitieshave been on the radar of the Houston Super Bowl

bid committee since 2012when it was established totry and bring Super BowlLI to Houston. The bid’shotel footprint stretchesfrom Galveston to north

of The Woodlands. Whenthe Houston proposal wasdrafted, the NFL requiredpotential host cities toprovide at least 19,000 ho-tel rooms. The HoustonSuper Bowl bid providedmore than 20,000 roomswhen the NFLapproved itlast May.

According to the AlvinConvention and VisitorsBureau website, eight ho-tels operate within Alvin.In Pearland, 11 hotels of-fer 860 rooms. The city of Friendswood has no ho-tels.

Patel, who also is on

the board for the PearlandConvention and VisitorsBureau, saidhe knows ho-teliers in thecityare work-ing to prepare for the biggamein 2017.

The hotels in Pearlandare fairly new, having been

built within the last five toseven years. In addition to

Not focusedon Super Bowl2017 yet? Thesebusinesses are

By Allen Jones

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Pearlandhotels, retailers are in a

primepositionwhen throngs cometoHouston for NFL’s big show

Dr. James “Red”Duke Elementaryhonors man instrumental indevelopmentof Life Flight service

Duke and daughter Sara Duke observe thededica-tion ceremony at Dr. James“Red”Duke ElementarySchool in Manvel.

Thecity of Friendswoodrecently received a bumpin its credit rating, givingpotential investors moreconfidence that the citywould be able and morelikely to pay debt it takeson.

Financial research andanalysis firm Standardand Poor’s Ratings Ser-vices recently raised thecity’s credit rating twonotches from AA- to AA+.

Friendswood has a “stableoutlook” basedon its“verystrong budgetary flex-ibilityand liquidity,”S&P’scredit analyst Edward Mc-Glade said.Theoutlookalsoreflects

the agency’s expectationthat the current Houstonmetropolitan area’s econo-my will not changesignifi-cantly intwo years.

TheS&Pannouncedthecity’screditratingincreaseAug. 22.

Friendswood’screditratingboostedBy Allen Jones

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Doyou like tosing?

AlvinCommunityCollege CommunityChorusmemberKathrynSpeer

rehearses songsfromHandel’s

“Messiah.” About50 local singers

havejoined sincethe groupbeganin

August.“Messiah”will be performed

at7:30p.m.Dec.9 atAlvin First

UnitedMethodist Church.Toprepare,

thechorus willmeet 7 to9 p.m.,every

Tuesday,in thechoirstudioB-224 at

ACC, 3110Mustang Road. Formore

information,call 281-756-3587.

“Always tell the truth. Always be considerate of others andwhat their

situation may be. Tryto do something nice for somebody else at least once every day. There’s no value in worrying.” Dr. James “Red” Duke’s adviceto pupils.

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surgery.Dr.Dukehasalsoserved

on the faculties at UTSouthwestern, Columbia

University in New Yorkand Nangarhar UniversitySchool of Medicine in Af-ghanistan.

As one of the first fac-u lty m emb ers of theUTHealth Medical School,he established the traumaservice at Memorial Her-mann-Texas Medical Cen-ter, the school’s primaryteachingho spital.

“We s ta rt ed f ro mscratch and we put it to-gether just one step at atime,” Dukesaid.

In 1976, he was instru-mental in developing theLife Flight helicopter pro-

gram, the only hospital- based air ambulance ser-vicing southeast Texas.

“It seemed like a goodidea,” he recalled. “Whynot use a helicopter to getpeopleinfasterthanontheground?”

It was the second heli-

copter service in thecoun-tryandthefirstinthestate.Duke h as b een de-

scribed by U.S. Rep. TedPoe, R-Houston, as “JohnWayne in scrubs.”

“I am a frustrated cow- boy,” said Duke, who hasthree daughters anda son.“I was born a hundredyears toolate.”

An ardent conserva-tionist, Duke has servedas president of The WildSheep Foundation, TheBoone and Crockett Cluband founder of the TexasBighornSociety,which has

been successful in reintro-

ducing bighorn sheep toWest Texas.In all his endeavors,

Duke said the most re-warding thing has beencaring forhis patients.

“I love to see them getwelland I hateto see themsuffer,” he said.

A commit te e wasformed last school year toselect a name for the newschool, AISD spokesmanDaniel Combssaid.“Wehadrepresentatives

from the community, twotrustees from our board,two of our teachers of theyear and two administra-tors on the committee,” hesaid.

“We opened up to thecommunity the opportu-nity to name the campus-es we had in the plans to

build.”One of the nominations

was for Duke. The name

went through an approvalprocess, andthe board ap-proved his name for the

new school at its Feb. 11meeting.

“Dr. James ‘Red’ DukeElementary is a pretty in-novative campus for in-struction,” Combs said.

“Dr. Duke, who is innova-tiveand hasbeenthrough-out his whole career, is anideal name for the cam-pus.”

The school follows anapproach called the en-gaged learning model,which allows teachersflexibility to customizeinstruction techniques inthewaythey think best fortheir pupils including us-ing real-world scenariosandengagingprojects.

“Students aren’t justhearing content,” he said.“They’re doing somethingwith it. They’re solving

problems. They’re ap-plying knowledge. It’s allabout giving teachers —

who know their students— the autonomy to comeup with instruction thatwill take their class to thenext level.”

Built at a cost of $14.1

million, Duke Elementarywill house classrooms for800 pupils in grades pre-kindergarten through fifthgrade and includes areasfor physicaleducation, art,musicand specialclasses.

Combs believes theschool’s pupils will be in-spiredby Duke’sexample.

“Having a role modellike him to aspire to is justincredible,” he said. “Dr.Dukeand his commitmentto education and innova-tion will be deeply wo-ven into the fabric of theschool.”

Duke said he had his

own role model, NobelPeace Prize-winner Al- bert Schweitzer, a famous

organist, philosopher andphysician, who developeda medical missionary inAfrica.

“I was just inspired byhis sense of commitment

and service and his phi-losophy oflife,”Duke said.As forthe students who

will attend the school,Dukeofferedsome advice.

“Always tell the truth,”hesaid.

“Always be considerateof others and what theirsituationmay be.Try to dosomething nice for some-

body else at least once ev-ery day. There’s no valuein worrying. You just havetoworkit outand solvetheproblem.”

Campus uses ‘engaged learning’ method Duke from page 1

Lindsay Peyton is a

freelance writer who can bereached at taylorpeyton@ gmail.com

working to complete anyplaned refurbishments bySuper Bowl 2017, Pearlandhotels will be looking attechnological amenities tomake sure they are up topar for football fans, Patelsaid.

That includes ensuring

Internet is available forthose guests wanting tointeract with other SuperBowl fans on social mediasites or search for thingsto do duringthe days lead-

ing up to the game, whichwill be Sunday, Feb. 5. Ho-tels also arealsolooking tomake sure plenty of trans-portation is available forguests. Patel said guestswouldspendmoneyatres-taurantsand retail outlets.

“Everything you needis in Pearland,” Patel said,“so, visitors don’t have to

go far for shopping, din-ning and entertainment.We have franchise re stau-rants as well as mom-and-pop establishments. Plus,we are home to Killen’s

Steakhouse,oneofthebestinTexas.”

When people stay inhotels, they also visit res-taurants, retail establish-ments andattractions,saidKim Sinistore, executivedirector of the PearlandConvention and VisitorsBureau.Thehospitalityindustry

isall aboutdirectand indi-rect services,she said, andthe SuperBowlis expectedto bring much business tonorthern Brazoria County.

The Pearland bureau is

already advertising on theGreater Houston Conven-tion and Visitors Bureau’swebsite, which hosts hou-superbowl.com for theHouston Super Bowl bidcommittee.

Pearland is in a primelocation for Super Bowl2017 travelers, Sinistoresaid. The city touchesHouston’s border and isthe first suburb south of Texas288.

“I think because of thecloseness of it, people willwant to stay in Pearland,”Sinistore said.

In Houston, developersare working to finish proj-

ects including a HamptonInnandHomewoodSuites,a Hyatt Place, a MarriottMarquis Convention Cen-ter Hotel and a SpringHillSuites beforethe bowl.

Stephanie Haynes,president of the Hoteland Lodging Associationof Greater Houston, saidthere is still time forhotelstojoininontheSuperBowlfrenzy. The hotel associa-tion worked with the bid

committee on the HoustonSuper Bowl proposal. Sixmonthstoayearbeforethegame, the association willstart educating its morethan300hotelmemberson

how to capture part of theSuperBowltouristdollars.Some hotels, shesaid,mayoffer room packages inconjunction withthe NFL.

According to the Hous-ton Super Bowl bid com-mittee, New Orleanscited $480 million in re-gional economic impactfor the 2013 Super Bowl ithosted. Houston’s SuperBowl planners say theyexpect to see at least that

muchofan impacthere.

Businessesexpectabigpayoff Bowl from page 1

Allen Jones is a freelancewriter who can be reached at

[email protected]

Credit ratings are for-ward-looking opinionsabout an entity’s ability topay its debt in full and ontime. The S&P uses let-ter grades that range from

AAAas thehighesttoD asthe worst to communicateitsopinionofrelativecreditrisk.

The city’s new AA+ rat-ingisonestepbelowAAA,said Nick Haby, Friend-swood’s public informa-

tion officer.Governments such as

municipalities often bor-row money from inves-tors by issuing bonds tofund projects. Individuals,

banks, insurance compa-nies, trusts, mutual funds,

hedge funds and corpora-tions looking to invest inmunicipalbonds useS&P’scredit ratings to help de-termine the risk of invest-ments. The credit rating is

based on the bond issuer’seconomic base, financialindicators, outstandingdebtandfinancialmanage-ment policies and practic-

es.Haby compared a city’scredit rating to a person’scredit score, which helpsan individual to obtain

bank loans to purchaseitems such as a home or anew car.

Municipalities gener-ally need to raise far moremoney than a single bankcan lend.Municipal bonds

often provide capital a cityneeds for items such asstreet and drainage im-provementprojects orcon-struction of government

buildings. When bondsare placed on the publicmarket, a multitude of in-vestors can contribute aportionof thecapitala city

Cityastepunderhighest rating Rating from page 1

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SPORTS

Mustangs not daunted bytougher road to playoffs

Moving up to Class6A may have held backFriendswood so far thisseason, but the Lady Mus-tangsrefuseto be knockeddown.

Friendswood, the two-time defending Region III-4A champion, has takensome lumps it is not usedto as a new member of theUIL’s largestclassification.

That doesn’t mean districtplay has to be the sameway, first-year coach KylieKerlinsaid.

The Lady Mustangs (11-14, 0-1) lost their districtopener, but it took ClearFalls five games to finishthem off. They faced Bra-zoswood earlier this week,

but back-to-back matchesagainst Clear Springs andClear Creek Friday andTuesday promise to tell

themalotmoreabouttheir

chances to make the play-offs.Non-district matches

against The Woodlands,Pearland,Plano West, Dal-lasBishop Lynch and Cop-pell have prepared Friend-swood forlife 24-6A,one of thestate’s toughest.

“We learned a lot of valuable things that arereally going to help us indistrict,” Kerlin said. “If we did have any downmoments we learned a lotfrom them. Whether weplayed well or weren’t in

ByCoreyRoepken

VOLLEYBALL

Move to Class 6A making life

tougher, but Kerlin has Friendswoodup to challenge

FriendswoodMascot: Lady MustangsCoach: KylieKerlin

2014record: 11-14 (0-1)

2014: District24-6A

member with Brazoswood,

Clear Brook, Clear Creek,

Clear Falls, Clear Lake,

Clear Springs,Dickinson

Nextup:Friendswood

plays hostto Clear Springs

at 4:15p.m. Friday

Keyplayers:Sr. Rachel

Barlow, Soph. KellyColwell,

Sr. Nadia Posluszny,

Sr. Sarah Redding, Jr.

Sarah Thomas,Jr. Bailee

Whitmarsh Kerlin continues on 6

So far, so good for Man-vel’s football team. Thatmight be awful news fortherestofTexas.

Coach Kirk Martin andhis staff revisited their off-season training programafter being outmuscledagainst Katy in last year’splayoffs. The Mavericksappear to be reaping the

benefits thanks to a pairof 25-point triumphs overtraditional powers NorthShore and Westfield.

“We did mostly thesame things (during thesummer),but we preachedheavy squats and themindset of getting afterit,”Martin said.“We stayedonour star players. We wereharder on them than ever

before. If you’re harder onthose guys then the rest of them will follow. We didnotallowanylazysteps.”

The coaches, of course,were not allowed to re-quire the players to show

up. That did not stop theplayers from coming. At-tendance was higher thanever, perhaps because theplayers saw how much of a difference strength andconditioning madein their

blowoutloss to Katy.The offseason momen-

tum has carried over intotheregularseason.Manvelhad little trouble winningits first two games. WithKaty losing last week, theMavericks may even beviewed as the team to beatwithin Region 3.

Like with any team,

there are

things towork on.M a n v e lcommittedtoo m anyp e n a l t i e sfor Martin’slikinginthe

first game but improvedin the second game. Thecenter-to-quarterback ex-change has been an issue,too.

The Mavericks arelikely to breeze throughmuch of theDistrict22-6Aschedule, but that doesn’tmean they cantake it easy.Winning two non-district

games doesn’t count foranything in the long runif they can’t keep the mo-mentum going all the wayintothe playoffs.

Manvel faces Dobie at 7p.m. Friday at Alvin Me-morial Stadium.

Galloway’s encoreDawson quarterback

Vance Galloway provedlastweek heis not going to

be a one-hit wonder. Oneweek after the most mon-strous of games againstMagnolia West, Gallowaythrew four touchdownpasses in a 45-7 victory

over Alvin in both teams’district openers. Gallo-way was 18-of-22 passingfor 345 yards. Three of histouchdown passes camein the first 18 minutes. Healso rushedsixtimesfor57moreyards.

Friday’s performancefollowed his seven-touch-down showing againstMagnolia West. In whichhe passed and rushed for547 yards. Dawson facesSam Rayburn on the roadat6 p.m.Saturday.

Manvel’s changespayingdividends

AREA NOTEBOOK

ByCoreyRoepken

Good times

keep rolling forDawson QBGalloway

Friendswood’s KellyColwell, left, andSarah Redding are two veteranshoping to lead theMustangs back tothe postseason.

Jerry Baker / Forthe Chronicle

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needs.Friendswood has debt

obligations of about $70million in bonds that havefunded a number of proj-ects over the years, Habysaid.

Projects included theconstruction of a newpublic safety building and

a fourth firestation.The bonds also fundedimprovements to cityparksandstreets.

City voters approvedthe passage of anotherroughly $24 million in

bonds in November.The bonds will be used

tofundstreetandparkim-provements as well as payfor expansion projects for

Fire Station 4, construc-tion of a new fire stationat the city’s public safety

building, and a library ex-pansion.

The city uses tax rev-enue placed into an inter-est and sinking fund toreduce its debt load overtime.

“Seventy million dol-lars is a big number, but

when you look at the per-centage that is being paidthrough the (interest andsinking fund), Friend-

swood’s overall debt loadis relativelylow comparedto neighboring communi-ties,” Habysaid.

2014bondissue topay fornewfirestation, libraryexpansionCredit from page 4 Allen Jones is a freelance

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sync we learned a lot fromthosetimesonthecourt.”

Having a first-year

coach would be tough forany program,but theLadyMustangsare dealing withsignificant roster turnoveralso. Sarah Redding is anelite player, but she had tomove from middle blockerto outside hitter this sea-son. Seniors Rachel Bar-low and Nadia Poslusznyare playingmiddle blockerat the varsity level for thefirsttime.

The entire non-district

schedule was all aboutgetting the new playerscomfortable on the varsityteam.

Friendswood started

off with a relative bang atthe Texas Volleyball In-vitational in Pearland. Itwent 3-3with twovictoriescomingagainstPlanoWestand Fort Bend Austin.The Lady Mustangs eventookone gameout ofthreeagainstCopp ell.

Redding and Kelly Col-well have been the top at-tackers.Colwellalso is oneof the team’s top defen-sive players. Setter Sarah

Thomas has been a con-tributoron defense,too.

Like with any teamFriendswood has had itsupsand downs, but Kerlin

said this is the part of theseasonwhere theteamhasto keep its down momentstoaminimum.

“We need to be consis-tentin districtplay,” Kerlinsaid. “We have to use themomentum for as long aswe can. We have to stringsome pointstogether. Thatmakes or breaks you inthosetightgames.”

Friendswood is used towinning most of the tight

games but will not find ittobeaseasynowthatit’sinClass 6A. Matches will bemore competitive and in-tense. The Lady Mustangs

no longer are the team to beat. Kerlin said that doesnothavetokeepthemfromwinning bigmatches.

“My team does not haveto be the best in district. Itisto bethebestteam inthegym for each match,” Ker-lin said. “If we can do thateverynight in district we’ll

be all right.”

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SPORTS

Mustangs see tough road Kerlin from page 5

Jerry Baker / For the Chronicle

Friendswood’s SarahRedding, right, and theMustangs faceClearSprings Friday.

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aPPliCaTionanD PreliminaryDeCision.Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 3,6363 Woodway Suite 725, Houston, Texas 77057,has applied to the Texas Commission onEnvironmental Quality (TCEQ) for a renewal ofTexas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System(TPDES) Permit No. WQ0012332001, whichauthorizes the discharge of treated domesticwastewater at an annual average flow not toexceed 2,400,000 gallons per day. TCEQ receivedthisapplicationon March3, 2014.The facility is located 0.1 mile east of the MagnoliaStreet and Cullen Parkway intersection, accessibleon Magnolia Street, Pearland, in Brazoria County,Texas 77584. The treated effluent is dischargedto a drainage ditch; thence to North Fork MarysCreek; thence to Marys Creek; thence to ClearCreek Above Tidal in Segment No. 1102 of the SanJacinto-Brazos Coastal Basin. The unclassifiedreceiving water use is minimal aquatic life use forthe drainage ditch and intermediate aquatic lifefor North Fork Marys Creek and Marys Creek.The designated uses for Segment No. 1102 are highaquatic life use and primary contact recreation.The TCEQ Executive Director has completed thetechnical review of the application and prepared adraft permit. The draft permit, if approved, wouldestablish the conditions under which the facilitymust operate. The Executive Director has madea preliminary decision that this permit, if issued,meets all statutory and regulatory requirements.The permit application, Executive Director’spreliminarydecision,and draftpermitare availablefor viewing and copying at Brazoria County PublicLibrary, Pearland Branch, 3522 Liberty Drive,Pearland in Brazoria County, Texas. This link toan electronic map of the site or facility’s generallocation is provided as a public courtesy andnot part of the application or notice. For exactlocation of the facility, refer to the application.http:/ / www.tceq.texas.gov/ assets/ publi c/h b 6 1 0 / i n d e x . h t m l ? l a t = 2 9 . 5 4 2 7 7 7 & l n g = -95.345833&zoom=13&type=rPuBliC CommenT/PuBliC meeTinG. y bt pbc ct qt pbctg bt th ppct. The purpose ofa public meeting is to provide the opportunity tosubmit comments or to ask questions about theapplication. TCEQ holds a public meeting if theExecutive Director determines that there is asignificantdegreeof publicinterestinthe applicationorif requestedby a.local legislator.A publicmeetingisnota contestedcasehearing.oPPorTuniTy For a ConTesTeD CasHHearinG. After the deadline for submittingpublic comments. the Executive Director willconsider all timely comments and prepare aresponse to all relevant and materiel, or significantpublic comments. u th ppct dctfd f cttdc hg,th pt ct w b d t whbttd pbc ct d t th pwh th g t f th ppct.if ct cd, th g w

pd tct f qtg cttdc hg cdt f th ectDct’ dc. A contested case hearing isa legal, proceeding similar to a civil trial in a statdistrict court.ToreQuesT a ConTesTeDCaseHearinG,youmusTinCluDeTHe FolloWinGiTemsin your reQuesT: ; dd, phb; ppct’ d pt b,thctd dtcf ppt/cttt t th fct; pcfc dcpt f hw wd b d ffctd b th fct w t c t th g pbc; dth ttt “/w qt cttd chg.” if th qt f cttd c hg fd bhf f gp ct, thqt t dgt th gp' pttf cg ft cpdc; dtf dd b f th gp wh wdb d ffctd b th ppd fct ctt; pd th ft dcdb gdg th ffctd b' ctd dtc f th fct ctt; phw d wh th b wd b ffctd;d p hw th itt th gp k tptct gt thgp' pp.Following the close of all applicable commentand request periods, the Executive Director willforward the application and any requests forreconsideration or for a contested case hearing totheTCEQ Commissionersfor theirconsideration ata scheduled Commissionmeeting.

The Commission will only grant a contested casehearing on disputed issues of fact that are relevantand material to the Commission's decision on theapplication.Further,theCommissionwill onlygranta hearing on issue that were raised in timely filedcomments that were not subsequently withdrawn.TCeQ ct ppctt w ptf dchg f wtwt wtht pdg pptt f cttd c hg fctct t.exeCuTive DireCTor aCTion. TheExecutive Director may issue final approval ofthe application unless a timely contested casehearing request or request for reconsiderationis filed. If a timely hearing request or request forreconsideration is filed, the Executive Directorwill not issue final approval of the permit andwill forward the application and request to theTCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at ascheduled Commissionmeeting.mailinG lisT. If you submit public comment,a request for a contested case hearing or areconsideration of the Executive Director’sdecision, you will be added to the mailing listfor this specific application to receive futurepublic notices mailed by the Office of the ChiefClerk. In addition, you may request to be placedon: (1) the permanent mailing list for a specificapplicant name and permit number; and/or(2) the mailing list for a specific county. If you wishto be placed on the permanent and/or the countymailing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send

your request to TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk atthe address below.a wtt pbc ct d pbc tgqt t b bttd t th offc fth Chf Ck, mC 105, T C et Qt, P.o. B 13087,at, Tx 78711-3087 ctc twww.tcq.t.g/bt.ct.htwth 30 d f th dt f wpppbctf thtc.aGenCy ConTaCTs anD in FormaTion.If you need more information about this permitapplication or the permitting process, pleasecall the TCEQ Public Education Program,Toll Free, at 1-808-687-4040. Si. desea informacionen Espanol, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.General information about the TCBQ can be foundat ourweb siteat www.TCEQ.texas.gov.Further information may also be obtainedfrom Brazoria County Municipal Utility DistrictNo. 3 at the address stated above or by callingMr. Steve Barry, P.E., Jones end Carter, Inc.at (281) 363-4039.Issuance Date:September 5, 2014

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PermiTno. WQ0013735001

aPPliCaTion. Rancho La Fuente Partners,LLC, 1700 Adams Avenue, Suite 102, CostaMesa, California, 92626, has applied to the TexasCommission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)to amend Texas Pollutant Discharge EliminationSystem (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0013735001 (EPAI.D. No. TX0118001) to authorize an expansion of thetreatment facility and an increase in the dischargeof treated wastewater to a volume not to exceeda daily average flow of 75,000 gallons per day. Thedomestic wastewater treatment facility is located at3900 County Road 48, Rosharon, in BrazoriaCounty, Texas 77583. The discharge route isfrom the plant site via pipeline to an unnamedtributary; thence to Mustang Bayou; thence toPersimmon Bayou; thence to New Bayou; thence toChocolate Bay. TCEQ received this application onJuly 23, 2014. The permit application is availablefor viewing and copying at Brazoria CountyLibrary - Pearland Branch, 3522 Liberty Drive,Pearland, Texas. This link to an electronic map ofthe site or facility's general location is provided asa public courtesy and not part of the applicationor notice. For exact location, refer to application.h t t p : / / w w w . t c e q . t e x a s . g o v / a s s e t s / p u b l i c /h b 6 1 0 / i n d e x . h t m l ? l a t= 2 9 . 5 3 0 1 0 2 & l n g= -95.421714&zoom=13&type=r.

aDDiTionalnoTiCe. TCEQ'sExecutive Directorhas determined the application is administrativelycomplete and will conduct a technical review of theapplication. After technical review of the applicationis complete, the Executive Director may prepare adraft permit and will issue a preliminary decisionon the application. ntc f th appct dP Dc w b pbhd d d tth wh th ctwd g t d tth wh th g t f th ppct.Tht tc w ct th dd f bttgpbcct.

PuBliCCommenT/ PuBliCmeeTinG.ybt pbc ct qt pbc tg th ppct. Thepurpose ofa publicmeetingisto provide the opportunity to submit comments or toask questions about the application. TCEQ will hold apublic meeting if the Executive Director determinesthat there is a significant degree of public interest inthe application or if requested by a local legislator. Apublicmeetingis nota contested casehearing.

oPPorTuniTy For a ConTesTeD CaseHearinG. After the deadline for submitting publiccomments, the Executive Director will considerall timely comments and prepare a response toall relevant and material, or significant publiccomments. u th ppct dct fdf cttd c hg, th p tct, d th ect Dct' dc th ppct, w b d t whbttdpbcctdt th pwh thgtf thppct. ifctcd, th gw pd tctf qtg cdt f th ectDct' dc d f qtg cttdc hg. A contested case hearing is a legalproceedingsimilar toa civil trialin statedistrict court.

To reQuesT a ConTesTeD Case HearinG,you musT inCluDe THe FolloWinG iTemsin your reQuesT: , dd, phb; ppct' d ppd ptb; th ct d dtc f ppt/ctt t t th ppd fct; pcfc dcpt f hw wd b dffctd b th fct w t c tth g pbc; d, th ttt “[i/w]qt cttd c hg.” if th qt fcttd c hg fd bhf f gp ct, th qt t dgt th gp'ptt f cg ft cpdc;dtf dd b f th gp whwd b d ffctd b th ppd fct ctt; pd th ft dcd bgdg th ffctd b' ct ddtc fth fct ctt; phwdwh th b wd h ffctd; d p hwthttthgpktptct ttth gp'pp.

Following the close of all applicable comment andrequest periods, the Executive Director will forwardthe application and any requests for reconsiderationor for a contested case hearing to the TCEQCommissionersfor theirconsiderationat a scheduledCommission meeting.

The Commission will only grant a contested casehearing on disputed issues of fact that are relevantand material to the Commission's decision on theapplication. Further, the Commission will only granta hearing on issues that were raised in timely filedcommentsthat were not subsequently withdrawn.

mailinG lisT. If you submit public comments,a request for a contested case hearing or areconsideration of the Executive Director's decision,you will be added to the mailing list for this specificapplication to receive future public notices mailedby the Office of the Chief Clerk In addition, you mayrequest to be p]aced on: (1) the permanent mailinglist for a specific applicant name and permit number;and/or (2) the mailing list for a specific county. Ifyou wish to be placed on the permanent and/ or thecounty mailing list, clearly specify which list(s) andsend your request to TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk atthe addressbelow.

aGenCy ConTaCTs anD inFormaTiona wtt pbc ct d qtt b bttd t th offc f th ChfC k , m C 1 05 , T Ce Q, P .o. B 1 30 87 ,at, Tx 78711-3087 ctc twww.tcq.t.g/bt/ct.ht. If youneed more information about this permit applicationor the permitting process, please call TCEQ PublicEducation Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040.Si desea informacion en Espanol, puede Hamar al1-800-687-4040.Generalinformationabout TCEQcanbefoundat ourweb siteat www.tceq.texas.gov.

Further information may also be obtained fromRancho La Fuente Partners, LLC at the addresss ta ted a bo ve o r b y calling Mr. Dan R ay a t714-444-3510.

Issuance Date: August19, 2014

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