Dark Sky Iniative
We have been working with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and our engineering firm Jacob Martin to bring our water system into compliance with current regulations. In addition we are exploring how to bring online another water source to reduce the demand on our one potable well, the Smith Well. Jacob Martin will deliver …
Property Owners Association of Terlingua Ranch, Inc. Strategic Plan – Updated 2022 1.0 Executive Summary The Property Owners Association of Terlingua Ranch, Inc. (POATRI) Strategic Plan provides a roadmap to help us make both short and long-term decisions regarding the future of Terlingua Ranch operations over the next three to five years. The Plan presents …
POATRI Water History 2009 – 2022 POATRI /Terlingua Ranch and its water supply is considered by the State to be a Transient Non-Community Public Water Supply System. Meaning we provide water to the public by various delivery systems but do not have metterd water lines delivering water to private individuals. We are bound by all …
Task Force members – Larry Sunderland, Barbara Levedahl, Ed Marcato, Vanessa Cruz, and Amy Law This quarter we have been creating a workflow and process to share information back and forth with the board and management on available grants for capital improvement projects. At the 2022 TCEQ Public Drinking Water Conference I was able to get information on over …
Much of our work this last quarter has been meeting with various departments of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. {TCEQ) and Jacob Martin, the engineering firm we are using to design our Pump Station and Disinfection Improvements. In addition, in August, I attended the 2022 TCEQ Public Drinking Water Conference. We continue to work …
Water Committee Report July 2022 We continue to work with Jacob Martin Engineering on the Smith Well Pump Station and Disinfectant Design. The system wide water line pressure study is complete and we are waiting for the results and the final determination from Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on the steps we need to take …
July 22, 2022 The POATRI Board of Directors is pleased to announce Cris Turley has been hired as our Ranch Manager. Most recently Cris was the General Manager at Roberts Resorts at Lake Conroe, TX. He is experienced in project management, supervising and mentoring staff, and managing business finances. Cris was also the President and …
Earth USA is an international conference on architecture & construction with Earthen Materials. It indicates a wider field of interest than previous conferences and includes adobe, rammed earth, compressed earth block (CEB), and monolithic adobe (cob). September 23rd -25th 2022 Scottish Rite Masonic Center, Santa Fe, USA https://www.earthusa.org/registration
Water Committee Report April 2022 Update on TCEQ certification for Smith Well. We are continuing to gather water pressure data for TCEQ on our potable water system lines. A monitor was placed in our water distribution lines on April 1 and will be removed on June 1. Jacob and Martin, our enginering firm, will analyse …
April 30, 2022 Stephen Hummel did an inventory of the lighting at the lodge headquarters. This is his report. “I think there are just a few mostly easy fixes to get the location up to the dark sky standards. When these fixes are done, we can recognize the ranch in our Night-Sky Friendly Recognition Program, …