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Council approves $663,494 Chesapeake Bay Trust Urban Trees grant for Department of Environmental Protection

2158904 · January 23, 2025
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The Montgomery County Council voted unanimously to approve supplemental appropriation 25-43, accepting a $663,494 Chesapeake Bay Trust private grant to the Department of Environmental Protection for an Urban Trees program; councilmembers moved and seconded the appropriation and staff said no additional local funds were required.

The Montgomery County Council approved a resolution to accept and appropriate a $663,494 Urban Trees grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for FY25.

Mr. Lechenco, appearing on the record before the action, told the council the grant requires no additional local appropriations because “the matching requirement is already built within the DEP…

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