Town Board Approves 26 Resolutions Supporting Environmental and Pandemic Relief Programs
Brookhaven Town Board unanimously approved 26 resolutions and authorized federal grant applications and bond issuances totaling at least $140,000. The board authorized the Department of Housing and Community Development to apply for U.S. Department of the Treasury funding for the COVID-19 Emergency
Town Board · Meeting of January 14, 2021
NY BROOKHAVEN — Brookhaven Town Board unanimously approved 26 resolutions and authorized federal grant applications and bond issuances totaling at least $140,000. The board authorized the Department of Housing and Community Development to apply for U.S. Department of the Treasury funding for the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program and accepted grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for environmental education programs on coastal conservation and restoration and from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development for a full-time Family Self-Sufficiency Program coordinator position. Bond resolutions authorized $140,000 for a Mastic Beach neighborhood road corridor feasibility study and funding for the Suffolk County Water Quality Protection and Restoration Program for stormwater and flood mitigation. The board also approved acquisition of farmland development rights for the Bakewicz family property at 291 Route 25A in Wading River, accepted a land donation from Anna Krafinski in Mastic Beach, and amended property covenants to redirect a $1 million developer contribution to the Tri Hamlet park project in Shirley.
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Source: the Town Board meeting of January 14, 2021, compiled from the official minutes.
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