Legislative approval was required before the County's OHIA could receive HUD authorization on the economic development projects. The projects include:

• Freeport/Roosevelt Health Center ($3,250,000): This loan would fund the construction of a new community health care center. The Center will focus on women's and children's health issues in Freeport/Roosevelt, a medically underserved population. The center will be built on county-owned land and then transferred to a faith-based, not-for-profit group.
• Biopartners Training Center ($1,500,000): Biopartners acts as an "incubator" for the local life sciences industry. The center would provide job training for entry level and higher jobs for the bioscience industry.
• Glen Cove Waterfront Acquisitions ($1,250,000): This loan will fund the purchase of two of the last remaining parcels necessary to complete the city's waterfront revitalization. This project is on a brownfields site and currently is in a blighted area.

In other business, the full legislature approved an agreement with Saccardi & Schiff, in the amount of $250,000, to conduct a market study & housing needs assessment, provide assistance with CDBG and HOME eligibility documentation and compliance, prepare various area plans, including the Roosevelt Hamlet Revitalization plan, and provide other technical assistance related to community development and affordable housing plans and strategies.

The next legislative meeting will be on April 18 at 6 p.m.