The Arlington City Council met on November 19, 2024, at 6:30 PM in the City Hall Council Chamber. The meeting included public hearings, adoption of the Safe Streets Arlington Plan, zoning changes, tax abatement policies, approvals of multiple contracts and grants, and citizen participation. All votes were unanimous (9-0).
Well, good evening, everybody, and welcome to the city council meeting. Today is November nineteenth. We're gonna go ahead and call the meeting to order. I'm gonna ask Katie Rockwall from the revived church to come forward and lead us in an invocation. Please stand up. Hello, everyone. Uh bow your heads. Father, we thank you for just to be able to gather tonight and make plans for our city. We just ask for your hand of a blessing as we put our best foot forward and we ask for the spirit of unity together as we plan. And um thank you, God for wonderful ideas for this city and that we love. In Jesus' name, amen. Please join us with a Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you, you may be seated. Mr. Buskin speaker guidelines and general decorum, please. Thank you, Mayor. The city of Arlington fully embraces the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility where people of all identities and experiences are understood, appreciated, and fully included in the community, and more equitable treatment and outcomes prevail. Any person making personal, profane, hostile, slanderous, or threatening remarks who uses vulgar or obscene language, who engages in any other actions that disturb or are calculated to disturb the meeting, or who becomes disruptive while addressing the mayor and the city council or while attending the city council meeting may be removed from the council chambers. All speakers shall address the city council and not the audience or city staff and shall not call out individually named members of city staff or the public. For speakers tonight, when your name is called, please come to the microphone at the podium and state your name and city of residence for the record. Speakers may not use music, videos, other forms of media, signs, or props. During public hearings for zoning cases, the applicant will be asked to speak first and will be given five minutes to make a presentation. Speakers in support or opposition of the item will be given three minutes each to make their statements. The applicant will then be given three minutes for any rebuttal. For all other items on the agenda, speakers will be given three minutes to speak. If multiple speakers plan to provide the same or similar comments, those speakers may, if they so desire, designate one or more individuals to provide public comment on behalf of the group. A bell will signal the end of each speaker's time. In consideration of other speakers, please conclude your comments promptly when you hear the bell. We ask that you address your comments to the mayor and council. Thank you, Mr. Buskin. Do we have any appointments to boards or commissions? Thank you, Mayor. We have one appointment to boards and commissions to the International Corridor Implementation Steering Committee. Gabrielle Revis, place 11. Thank you, sir. Do we have any speakers on that item? No, sir, we do not. Can I get a motion and a second, please? I have a motion from Councilmember Hunter. A second from Councilmember Peel, please cast your vote. And the motion passes. Mr. Buskin, consideration of minutes, please. Thank you, Mayor. Minutes for consideration this evening are the afternoon and evening meetings from November 12th, 2024. Thank you, sir. Council, do you all have any additions or corrections? Seeing none, Mr. Buskin.