Ballston
Comedy Sportz in the Ballston Commons Mall should have its use permit OKed by the county board at tomorrow’s meeting. In their report, county staff said the comedy venue has operated in compliance with county regulations. County staff has added one condition onto the club’s use permit: renewal of the the use permit applies only to Comedy Sportz; if they leave, the use permit does not transfer to the next organization to take the space. Newcomers must apply for a new permit. The county has been adding that as a new stipulation to all live entertainment venues. The permit comes under review in another five years.
Selected "boring but important" recommendations that the county board will consider...
County staff is asking the board to shuffle money in the county’s affordable housing budget. County staff is asking that money in the Housing Reserve Fund and in the “Loan Repayments” lines of the budget to be put into the Affordable Housing Investment Fund. County staff says that they anticipate requests for about $10 million in affordable housing development projects before the end of June. Lumping all of this money into one pot will allow staff to better plan for the projects as they come. About $11.4 million would end up in the AHIF fund.
County staff is asking that $24.5 million be allocated to the Arlington Public Schools, about $15 million goes to operations, the other $9 million to capital projects. This is part of the regular process of carryover from last year’s budget.
County staff is asking that the county board “amend, react, and recodify,” provisions of the Arlington County Zoning Ordinance with regard to a number of facets of Historic Designation. This went before the board last month for discussion last month. Staff is now recommending a vote. These are changes that staff has been working on since 2006 when the county made its Historic Preservation Master Plan. The idea is consolidate and clarify the role of the Historic Affairs and Landmarks Review Board.
At the recessed meeting on Dec. 15…
The county board will consider its legislative package that will be sent with local politicians down to Richmond for the session that begins Jan. 13.
The package covers a range of issues such as access to higher education for immigrants; a higher fuel tax; and expanding the state’s hate crimes definition.
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