The Arlington City Council held a regular meeting on June 10, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber. Mayor J. Ross presided, and eight councilmembers were present (Councilmember A. Piel absent). The meeting included special presentations, a consent agenda, public hearings, consideration of ordinances, and citizen participation. All items on the consent agenda were approved unanimously. Key actions included the renewal of the Downtown Business Improvement District, first readings of several zoning changes, and authorization of bond issuances.
Well, he said, I think what is that? Well, good evening, everybody. Welcome to the Arlington City Council meeting. It is June 10th. Man, this year's going quick. Um, I'm gonna invite Christian Warthen from St. Andrew's United Methodist Church to please come forward and lead us in an invocation. Please stand if you can. Thank you. May we pray together. One who calls all people, beloved, as we gather on this evening to address the cares and the concerns and the plans that folks have in their wisdom discerned to bring before the city council, we pray. God, that you would give us wisdom. Grant that those who have given of their time and their energies to prepare for this evening will be given the correct words to speak. Grant that those plans that are laid before us will be inclusive of people no matter their age, their race, their income. Grant that we will listen well and lean in with curiosity. Grant that we will honor the belovedness in one another as we do the work to better this community. It is in your name we pray and ask all of these things. Amen. Amen. Please join us in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. One nation under God, individual with liberty and justice world. Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the Texas. One state under God. One and indivisible. Thank you. You may be seated. Melissa Walker. There you are. Come on up. We're gonna make you miss pollinator. I know. Well, I'm the bee queen or something. You're the bee queen queen. Or the queen bee or all right. They call me all kinds of names. A couple of proclamations tonight. Whereas pollinator species such as moths, butterflies, bees, beetles, and other insects are essential partners in producing much of our food, much of our food supply, and they provide significant environmental benefits that are necessary for maintaining healthy, diverse urban and suburban ecosystems. And whereas the public works department's stormwater education specialist and the Arlington B City USA committee created the pollinators of Arlington identification program in order to identify pollinator species found within the city. And whereas this program utilizes the iNaturalist application to gather and store species data collected throughout Arlington and currently has 739 community volunteers who have made 15,204 pollinator species observations since October 1, 2021. And whereas in last year, another 214 pollinator species were identified in Arlington, including a hundred and twenty-seven species of moths, eight species of butterflies, 16 native bee species, and 63 species of pollinating beetles, flies and wasp bring in the total number of identified pollinator species to 1,01. And whereas in addition to identifications, the city's the city provided eight pollinator presentations in the annual moth night at the Sherry Kate Park Nature Preserve and partnered with Tarrant County College Southeast to educate the public about habitat conservation and reduction of pestified pesticide, herbicide, and fertilizer use. Now therefore, I Jim Ross, mayor of the City of Arlington, do hereby proclaim June 16th through 22nd, 2025 as National Pollinator Week. Now I gotta say that I'm happy to help with moths and butterflies, but keep me away from the bees and beetles and wasp and all of those. Okay. Be careful what you say, because I do want to announce that moth night will be July 23rd. And we're going to do it at Webb Community Park this year. So if you want to come check out some Maws, eight about eight o'clock, you can come out and check out some moths. They don't stain.