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September 2026 County Board Meeting Agenda HighlightsThe Arlington County Board will consider and act on several items at its September 2026 Regular and Recessed meetings. The Regular meeting will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. The Recessed meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. These meetings are open to the public. Please visit the County website for information on speaking at a County Board Meeting. Virtual participation options are available to the public through Microsoft Teams. If you are sick, please consider watching the meeting's live webcast or cable broadcast or participating virtually via Microsoft Teams. More information on how to participate or watch virtually is provided below. Comment on Agenda Items and Speak at the Meeting If you wish to comment during the Public Comment period at the start of the Regular Hearing or on a Regular Public Hearing item, please register in advance on the County Board website, where you can also find more details on public participation in virtual Board Meetings, or call the Board Office at 703-228-3130 from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Online registration opens once the agenda for the meeting is posted, approximately one week before the meeting. In-person registration is also available on the day of the meetings. Watch it Live Saturday, September 19, 2026 – Regular County Board MeetingItems 50 – 1501 Langston Boulevard The proposal, if approved, would demolish and replace the existing vacant office building, which formerly served as the headquarters for the Air & Space Force Association (AFA), with new housing in a highly transit-accessible location near the Rosslyn Metro station. This proposal advances County goals to reposition obsolete office space and adds new housing units in an area well served by transit and multimodal transportation options. The building and site design have been shaped to respond to the site’s surrounding conditions, including a steep topographical change in grade throughout the site, as well as its proximity to lower-density housing directly to the north and west of the site. The redevelopment of the AFA site would also include the provision of two new public spaces, as well as several transportation improvements, including to the adjacent section of the Custis Trail, the narrowing of a section of Langston Boulevard, and removal of a section of the sound barrier adjacent to the Custis Trail. Item 51 – Vision Zero Action Plan Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all transportation-related fatalities and severe injuries, while ensuring safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. In the last five years, Arlington has averaged about 43 serious injuries and 3 fatalities each year. The County’s target is to get to zero by 2030. The proposed plan formalizes Arlington’s Vision Zero program structure, sets forth 26 new action items that will advance the program to proactively address key safety needs, and identifies progress and outcome measures to track the efficacy of the program. These action items fall into four (4) categories:
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 – Recessed County Board MeetingItem 52 – Big Tony’s Restaurant Use Permit Request During the review of this application, the establishment conducted live entertainment activities on multiple occasions without the required use permit approval, resulting in Notices of Violation (NOVs) and associated monetary tickets for noncompliance with applicable provisions of the Arlington County Zoning Ordinance (ACZO). Based on this pattern of noncompliance, staff from multiple departments have significant concerns regarding the operator’s ability and willingness to adhere to use permit conditions that would govern live entertainment at the subject property. Therefore, the County Manager recommends denial of this use permit request. Denial of this use permit will not impact the ability of the establishment to continue operations as a restaurant; however, they would not be able to conduct live entertainment activities lawfully. Public Hearings View the agenda and staff reports (Note: some reports are posted closer to the meeting date.) Media ContactDavid Barrera
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