(Sept. 20, 2019) The following took place during the Coastal Resources Legislative Committee (Green Team) meeting, Sept. 11.   Mitigation fees   Blazer also presented a Power Point that she will bring to the City Council to request a transfer of $30,000 from various deferred revenue accounts to the city’s stormwater program.   Sustainable Maryland   City Environmental Engineer Gail Blazer said a Sustainable Maryland application was submitted in June. To be certified, the committee only needs 150 points, but it has applied for 380 points.   Awards will be given out during the Maryland Municipal League’s Fall Conference, which begins Oct. 13 and ends Oct. 15.   Butt huts and recycling   Although Public Works Director Hal Adkins was not present, he sent an email to the members describing the cigarette butt container, located on the west side.   In his email, he said the containers located on the west side were a hit and were consistently full.   Adkins said he would need to replace those containers with larger ones to accommodate the high-volume usage.   In addition, he said delays in dumping the containers were caused by a manpower shortage. Following the end of the season, the maintenance department lost around 12 employees.   There was a problem with private efforts to install the containers, Sandi Smith of Maryland Coastal Bays Program said.   Smith said she had distributed 50 of the containers to businesses, but the businesses have been slow to put them out.   She plans on following up with the businesses to pinpoint the issue.   The program sends the cigarette butts to TerraCycle and the company uses the butts to make benches.   TerraCycle had benches ready for Ocean City, but Smith wanted the company to add a large message on the bench and brand it.   In total, the program has recycled 150 pounds of cigarette butts, and currently has another 55-gallon barrel ready to be sent.