(a)      For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of housing projects located wholly or partly within the area in which it is authorized to act, any State public body may upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:

            (1)      Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its property to an authority or the federal government;

            (2)      Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with housing projects;

            (3)      Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake;

            (4)      Enter into agreements (which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary) with an authority or the State or federal government respecting action to be taken by such State public body pursuant to any of the powers granted by this article;

            (5)      Do any and all things, necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning, financing, undertaking, construction, or operation of such housing projects;

            (6)      With respect to any housing project which an authority has acquired or taken over from the federal government and which the authority by resolution has found and declared to have been constructed in a manner that will promote the public interest and afford necessary safety, sanitation, and other protection, no State public body shall require any changes to be made in the housing project or the manner of its construction or take any other action relating to such construction;

            (7)      In connection with any public improvements made by a State public body in exercising the powers herein granted, such State public body may incur the entire expense thereof. Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, any sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement provided for in this section may be made by a State public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public bidding;

            (8)      Grant easements, licenses, or any other rights or privileges therein to an authority or the federal government;

            (9)      Cause services to be furnished to the authority of the character which such State public body is otherwise empowered to furnish;

            (10)      Enter into agreements with respect to the exercise by such State public body of its powers relating to the repair, closing, or demolition of unsafe, unsanitary, or unfit dwellings;

            (11)      Plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of such State public body, make exceptions from its sanitary, building, housing, fire, health, subdivision, or other similar laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances that may be enacted from time to time, or make any changes to its map or master plan; and

            (12)      Agree to a payment to it by the authority of such sums in lieu of taxes, if any, for any year or period of years as may be set by such agreement.

      (b)      The powers conferred hereby on State public bodies shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.