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Annapolis committee endorses using $500,000 from city-dock mitigation fees for watershed restoration grants
Summary
The Finance Committee gave a favorable recommendation for SA-2425 to allocate $500,000 from a fee-in-lieu reforestation account toward a watershed restoration grant program administered with Chesapeake Bay Trust; committee members discussed tree canopy goals and eligibility of for-profit contractors.
The Finance Committee on Jan. 22, 2025 gave a favorable recommendation for SA-2425, which directs $500,000 from a fee-in-lieu reforestation account—funds the city received as mitigation from the City Dock project—into the city’s existing watershed restoration grant program.
Mr. Adams, representing the Department of Public Works, said the City Dock project was required to mitigate impacts in the critical area but was unable to meet mitigation requirements onsite. The city received a fee-in-lieu of about $1.8 million; those funds were placed in the reforestation account and are…
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