The Arlington City Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. (called to order at 6:32 p.m.) in the City Hall Council Chamber. The meeting covered a wide range of items including consent agenda approvals (with the exception of the Anti-Discrimination Chapter), public hearings on the creation of the Anthem Public Improvement District and a tattoo parlor permit, and resolutions for redevelopment agreements, land purchases, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup event agreement. The meeting adjourned at 8:06 p.m.
Good evening, everybody. Welcome to the Arlington City Council meeting. Today is February the 24th, 2026. Hope everybody had a great weekend. We're going to go ahead and call the evening session to order, and I'm going to ask Dr. Renee Hornbuckle from Triumph Worship Center to please come forward and lead us in an invocation. Please stand if you can. Good evening, everyone. It's a blessing to be here. I want to be specifically led by Jeremiah 29 7 tonight, which calls us to seek the peace and well-being of the city. And so I invite each of us to simply just pause together so that we really can lift up our beautiful city of Arlington in prayer. Will you bow with me? Gracious God, we come before you grateful for this city we call home Arlington, a city of vision, diversity, opportunity, and promise. Your word calls us to seek out the peace continually and be concerned about the well-being of the city. And so tonight we lift up Arlington before you. And so we ask a special prayer for covering for the residents of this great city. Cover them with peace, stability, and hope. Honor the Texas flag. I believe that we can see the Texas one state. One and individual. 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. 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. 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 this evening? Thank you, Mayor. We have two appointments to boards and commissions to the Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau Board. Kevin Lasher, place 10 to the Zoning Board of Adjustment, Mark Boyer, place eight. Thank you, sir. Do we have uh any speakers on these two items? No, sir, we do not. Thank you. I have a motion from Councilmember Odom Wesley, a second from Councilmember Peel, please cast your vote. The motion passes. Mr. Buskin, consideration of items from the executive session, please. Thank you, Mayor. We have six items for consideration from executive session. 6.1, a resolution determining the necessity of acquiring water main easements for the public use of constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, and using water main improvements for the West Pressure Plain 16-inch water main improvements project. 62 through 66 resolutions authorizing the settlement of negotiations for fee simple ownership of approximately 1,421 square feet, being a portion of lot 1 block 36 of the original town of Arlington, otherwise known as 301 West Division Street, of 1,358 square feet, being a portion of lot 1 block 33 of the original town of Arlington, otherwise known as 107 West Division Street, of 1,281 square feet, being a portion of Lot 1 Block 28 of the original town of Arlington, otherwise known as 300 North Elm Street, of 699 square feet being a portion of lots 46R and 42R, Solomon Davis Subdivision, in addition to the City of Arlington, otherwise known as 712 and 714 East Division Street, and of 517 square feet being a portion of the Solomon Davis Survey, Abstract Number 425, City of Arlington, otherwise known as 510 West Division Street, Arlington, Texas, for the public use of sidewalks and landscaping improvements for the Division Street Text out Sidewalk, Cooper Street to Collins Street project. Thank you, Mayor. That concludes the items for consideration from executive session. Thank you, Mr. Buskin. Do we have any speakers on any of those items?