Citizen Comments.

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Citizen Comments. Mr. Graveley opened the floor to citizen’s comments. He explained that speakers would have three minutes to speak and the Board would listen to all who want to speak. Mark Maddox, 1235 Redfish Drive, Riviera Beach, Texas, distributed a list of questions pertaining to the desalination project that he would like answered and asked the Board to take these into consideration as decisions are made. Rocky Goodman, 1251 E. CR 2328, Riviera Beach, Texas, stated that he is not in favor of what is going on. He questioned the decision of discharge from the Alice desalination plant into San Fernando Creek leading into Baffin Bay and voiced his concerns about the impact to fresh water and brackish organisms that are not adapted to the increased salt and noted that there are other solutions available. Brenda Ballard, 921 W. Escondido, Kingsville, Texas, President of Brush County Chapter of Coastal Conservation CCA Texas Association and Texas representative of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gulf Council, expressed concerns over brackish water desalination on coastal ecosystems and urged caution as brine discharge can cause harm. Brian Donovan, 2114 S. Young St., Rockport, Texas 78582, stated that Seven Seas released information at a recent meeting reflecting that the amount of total dissolved solids to be discharged will dilute Baffin Bay which is a closed bay system that is hyper saline resulting in major ecological ramifications. He encouraged the Board

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