February 2026 County Board Meeting Agenda Highlights
The Arlington County Board will consider and act on several items at its Regular and Recessed meetings. The Regular meeting will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. The Recessed Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 24, 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
Please send your written comments on agenda items to the County Board at CountyBoard@arlingtonva.us. All comments received by the Board are made part of the public record and are before the Board members as they consider items.
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
All County Board meetings are live-streamed on the County website, Agenda and Minutes webpage, YouTube, and broadcast live on Arlington TV, the County's cable channel, with live captioning on Comcast 25 & 1073 (HD) and Verizon FiOS 39 & 40. Videos of Board meetings are archived on the County website (with captions and staff reports) and on YouTube.
Saturday, February 21, 2026 – Regular County Board Meeting
Item 23 A-C – Leckey Gardens 2031 N. Woodrow St.
The Arlington County Board will consider the adoption of several items that will allow for the redevelopment of the Leckey Gardens site located at 2031 N. Woodrow Street. This proposed redevelopment will include the construction of a new multi-family residential building containing 249 committed affordable housing (CAF) units and 218 parking spaces located in an underground garage. If approved, this project will deliver nearly 10 percent of the Langston Boulevard Area Plan goal of 2,500 new CAFs by 2040.
This project will be the first site plan considered under the guidance of the Langston Boulevard Area Plan (LBAP) adopted by the Board in November 2023. The applicant is proposing a 100 percent affordable housing development with this project, and many of the affordable housing goals will be fulfilled if approved, including:
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Policy H.2 – Increase the supply of multifamily housing and promote 2-bedroom and greater sized units where/when possible, along the corridor.
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Policy H.3 – Support retention of existing low- to moderate-income households, meet new resident housing needs, and replace or retain the supply of existing affordable units through a variety of tools and incentives including increased building density and height and County assistance programs and policies.
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Policy H.4 – Increase the committed affordable housing supply in the Langston Boulevard Planning Area through new units onsite and the conversion of existing market-rate affordable units (MARKS) to committed affordable (CAF) units. Monitor housing supply and need at all income levels and use CAF affordability requirements in County-financed CAFs to fill gaps, including households earning below 30% AMI and households earning between 60 to 80 percent of the AMI.
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Policy H.6 – Achieve new CAFs affordable to households earning up to 60 percent of the AMI through redevelopment and infill, including units that achieve deeper levels of affordability.
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Policy H.13 – Incentive energy efficient and sustainable development that supports healthy living for all residents of the corridor and minimizes long-term and ongoing operating and maintenance costs.
If approved, the applicant will be required to provide a Residential Relocation Plan that must be approved by the County prior to the demolition of the building. Tenants currently in the 40 exisiting units on the property will have the opportunity to relocate to other properties owned by the applicant and will be offered a unit within the newly constructed Leckey Gardens building once completed.
Item 24 – The County Manager’s Presentation of the Proposed FY27 General/Operating Budget
The County Manager will present his proposed operating budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027. A public hearing on the budget and associated tax rates will be held at the Tuesday recessed meeting on February 24, 2026.
Arlington’s annual operating budget outlines spending on County programs, services and administration for the coming fiscal year, which begins July 1. The County Manager and County Board are committed to engaging the Arlington community to approve a budget that reflects the Board’s guidance to the Manager approved in December 2025.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 – Regular County Board Meeting
The Recessed Meeting will begin at 3:00 p.m. with reports from the Board and County Manager. Agenda items will be heard no earlier than 6:30 p.m.
Item 25 – FY27 Proposed Operating Budget RTAs
The County Board will hold a public hearing and consider authorizing advertisements for the proposed real estate, personal property, and Business Improvement District Calendar Year 2026 tax rates, as well as proposed fee changes for FY 2027.
Public Hearings
The Board will hold a public hearing no earlier than 6:30 p.m. and consider Regular Hearing items first, followed by items pulled from the Saturday Consent Agenda.
View the agenda and staff reports (Note: some reports are posted closer to the meeting date).
Media Contact
David Barrera
Communications Manager
Arlington County Board Office
dbarrera@arlingtonva.us
703-228-3121
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