April 2026 County Board Meeting Agenda Highlights

Published on April 11, 2026

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, April 18, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. The Recessed Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 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.  

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Saturday, April 18, 2026 – Regular County Board Meeting

Item 29 – 3130 Langston Boulevard (Walgreens Site) Redevelopment
The Arlington County Board will consider items associated with the 3130 Langston Boulevard (Walgreens Site) Redevelopment. To achieve this redevelopment, the developer is requesting (Item 29A) a general land use plan amendment, a rezoning, and a new site plan to demolish the existing commercial building on site to construct a new 13-story building, and (Item 29B) vacations for easements related to storm sewers, a public sidewalk, a bus stop, and utilities related to the property.  

If approved, this 13-story building would contain 300 residential units, approximately 7,200 square feet of ground-floor retail, and 361 parking spaces in below- and above- grade structured parking. The applicant/site will also:  

• Include 19 on-site committed affordable housing units;  
• Contribute $1,775,110 to the County’s Affordable Housing Investment Fund;  
• Provide overland relief through its site and provide stormwater management infrastructure that will allow for potential future improvements in the vicinity; and  
• Construct a new public space on the southwestern corner of the site which will nearly achieve (within a single percentage point) the tree canopy targets in the Langston Boulevard Area Plan.  

Item 30 – 2134 N. Taylor St. (Waverly Ridge site) Townhouse Development
The Arlington County Board will also consider a site plan amendment to facilitate construction of 47 townhouse units at 2134 N. Taylor St. The proposal consists of six (6) sticks of for-sale townhouses, private internal streets, and approximately 10,279 sf of new public space. The proposal constitutes a major site plan amendment to the previously approved and valid site plan at the subject site, known as Artis Senior Living, which consists of a 6-story assisted living facility with 175 units and approximately 10,174 sf public space. To date, the Artis Senior Living project has not been implemented, and the site remains developed with several vacant single-family detached properties.  

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026 – Recessed County Board Meeting   

Item 31 – FY27 Operating Budget Adoption
The Arlington County Board will adopt the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget and set the Calendar Year 2026 real estate property tax rate and other tax rates and fees.  

No further public comment will be heard on this item, as public hearings were held on March 24 (on the proposed Budget) and March 26 (on the proposed tax rates and fees). The FY 2027 Proposed Budget, Budget Summaries, and additional resources can be viewed on the County Manager's Budget Webpage.   

The public budget process began in December 2025, with the Board's Budget Direction to the County Manager, and included a series of public work sessions, virtual and pop-up public engagement, and public hearings on the Proposed Budget and the advertised Tax Rates and fees.    

The County Manager’s proposed a $1.69 billion budget, that is a 0.1% decrease compared to the adopted FY 2026 budget and recommends $10.6 million in funding cuts and a 1.5-cent increase to the real estate tax rate, raising it to $1.048 per $100 of assessed value. This budget is based on 1.1% growth in real estate assessments (compared to 2.0% growth in 2025). Commercial property assessments decreased by 1.5% compared to the previous year, impacted by the continued weakness in the commercial office sector. Existing office property values, which have been impacted by high vacancy rates and changing demand for office space, decreased by 19% overall.    

To provide flexibility in its deliberations, at its February 24 Recessed Meeting, the Arlington County Board voted to advertise a real estate tax rate that was $1.053 per $100 of assessed value, a 2-cent increase from calendar year 2025 and a 0.5 cent higher than the County Manager’s proposed. By law, the Board can adopt a tax rate no higher than the advertised rate, although it may adopt a lower rate. 

If adopted, this advertised tax rate is estimated to result in a real estate tax payment increase of $466 for homeowners, based on the average home value of $882,900. The average apartment renter would see an increase of $317, based on an average apartment value of $373,772 and assuming this increase is directly passed onto the renter by their landlord.  

Read the staff reports on this by scrolling to Item 31 on the Recessed Meeting agenda. 

Item 32 – FY27 Opportunities Grant Awards
The Board will also consider awards to recommended recipients of the FY27 Opportunities Grant. The Opportunities Grant began in FY 2025 as the RACE to Rebuilding Trust and Community Grant. This funding opportunity stemmed from the County’s ongoing racial equity work and direction from the County Board. Local leaders representing the Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) community and United Way of the National Capital Area (UWNCA) collaborated with County staff in the development of the grant process which focuses on responding to community-defined human services needs. The resulting grant program intends to support nonprofits in their work creating opportunities for Arlington residents to thrive by reducing, eliminating, and preventing inequities.  

Item 33 – Initiating Resolution for 750 23rd St. LHD Designation
The Board will also consider adopting a resolution to initiate an Arlington County Zoning Ordinance amendment regarding the Local Historic District (LHD) Designation for Nelly Custis Elementary School property (also known as the Melwood site) located at 750 23rd St. S. Initiation of this amendment is for procedural purposes, only to commence work; if this initiating resolution is approved, staff will proceed with following the required steps identified in §11.3.4, Establishment of Historic Districts, of the Arlington County Zoning Ordinance (ACZO).    

The timeline of this process is as follows:  

• In April 2024, the Community Planning, Housing and Development (CPHD) Neighborhood Services Division-Historic Preservation Program received a Local Historic District (LHD) designation nomination application for the Nelly Custis Elementary School.  
• In June 2024, the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board (HALRB) reviewed the LHD request and made a motion for Historic Preservation  Program (HPP) staff to study the property, as information provided in the nomination application suggested the property may meet at least two criteria to become an LHD.  
• On March 18, 2026, HALRB public hearing, the HALRB made a motion that the Nelly Custis Elementary School met two of the 11 designation criteria enumerated in ACZO §11.3.4.A.6 as necessary to receive a local historic district recommendation. Pursuant to its authority under ACZO Section 11.3.4.A.7 and 11.3.4.A.8, the HALRB favorably transmitted such recommendation to the County Board for further consideration.  

Bringing forward the request to initiate review of the LHD designation is the next procedural step in the process before staff brings the HALRB’s recommendation forward for Resolution to Authorize Advertisement (RTA) and for consideration of adoption by the County Board. 

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.  

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.)