CCT Subcommittee #3 carried over two Northern Virginia-focused bills — an Arlington affordable housing advisory committee bill and a local procurement preference bill — to the 2027 session, passed by a third bill for later discussion, and laid on the table a shoreline erosion property-sale bill on a 6-to-1 recorded vote after the patron argued ongoing environmental damage left no time to spare.
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An unidentified committee member moved to carry SB 805 over to 2027, citing the absence of a House cognate and the desire for more time. The senator-patron countered that 'the challenge is that this erosion is going to continue on for the next year. So all that sediment and all those things are going into the bay. So there's no other options.' The committee member then withdrew the carry-over motion and substituted a motion to lay the bill on the table instead.
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“What the bill does is it requires Arlington county to set up an advisory committee. 50% of the committee would have to come from the developer world or the real estate world, and then the other half could come from the housing commission and probably affordable housing advocates. And this committee would be advising the county on the adoption of a zoning ordinance. Regarding the contributions for affordable housing. There is a reenactment clause. So all the stakeholders would get to see the work of the advisory committee.”
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Sign in to subscribeThis meeting of county, cities and towns, subcommittee number three will come to order. We'll start with taking a brief moment of silence for our colleague who we share the same locality, Delegate Barry Knight, as we begin this meeting. So if everybody could just take a few minutes. Thank you. So we will start with Senator Favola's SB291st. We'll start by taking attendance. Good morning, Mr. Chairman. One second. And members of the committee. One second. One second, Senator. Thank you, Madam Clerk. We do have a quorum. Okay, I'll start again. Good morning. And I ask you to put your attention to Senate Bill 296. It has to do with the county manager plan of government. I know Delegate Lopez had a House bill that was a companion bill, but this bill, my bill, is very different. It went through a Senate substitute, so I'll explain the substitute that passed the Senate 22 to 18. What the bill does is it requires Arlington county to set up an advisory committee. 50% of the committee would have to come from the developer world or the real estate world, and then the other half could come from the housing commission…
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