I. Council Action Requested.
Title
To approve applications for watershed protection grants, such funding to be paid from fiscal year 2017-2018 watershed protection funds in account 11500-46930.
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II. Basis for Council Action.
Council approval of this item is required because;
a. Article III, Section 3(I) of the Charter authorizes the Council to “exercise all the legislative, financial, borrowing and other powers now or hereafter given by statute to inhabitants of towns acting in Town Meeting except as otherwise provided herein, and also exercise all the powers now or hereafter given by statute to municipal officers of towns.”
III. Issue Summary.
The Council heard presentations on the applications at its meeting of March 6, 2018 (CD 18-013) and discussed possible awards at its meeting of March 20, 2018 (CD 18-089). At that meeting the consensus was to make awards as follows:
• Collins Pond Improvement Association: $1,000
• Forest Lake Association: $6,000
• Highland Lake Association: $10,000
• Little Sebago Lake Association: $6,000
• Presumpscot Regional Land Trust: $2,000