Remarks by Mayor Jim Ross
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, I'm sorry y'all didn't get an opportunity to see a real lengthy council meeting tonight, but with that, we are hereby adjourned.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, good evening, everybody. Welcome to the Arlington City Council Chamber. It is September 8th, 2026, 630 p.m. We're going to get started right away. I'm going to invite Matt Hart from Mission Arlington to come up and give us an invocation, please.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Amen. Please join us in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Honor the Texas flag.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. We'll move on down to 6.1, consideration of items from the executive session.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. I have a motion from Council Member Gonzales, a second from Council Member Pham. Please cast your vote. The motion passes. Consideration of minutes, please.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Do you have any speakers on any of these items?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. I'm gonna pull 8.21 for separate consideration. Do we have any speakers on the remaining items?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“For 8.21? Yes. Okay. Can I get a motion and a second for the remaining items of the consent agenda? Raul, Council Member Gonzalez, did you have something else?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Howard, do y'all want to just come? Both of y'all can just come on up if you want to.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So I'm gonna be candid you know when when you first brought this thing up here I called you and I said I think it's ugly and I was candid about that because Viridian is not ugly Viridian is a beautiful development out there that's done some great things I'm still not a huge fan and my concern is others aren't a huge fan as well. We're a big fan of Viridian, not a huge fan of this particular development. Why should we approve this particular development on here?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Do we have any prospective tenants coming in there that's going to be decent tenants? And I'm not looking for a dollar store type of tenant either.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I don't love it. But you love me. I don't hate it. That's more important. Okay. Thanks, baby. Thank God Council Member Ware just hit his button so I can defer to him. Maybe he can enlighten me with some incredibly wonderful questions that I haven't been able to come up with on this. Because... You know, I want to defer to everything you've done out at Viridian and say you're going to make this great like the rest of the place. My instincts tell me no. But I'm on the fence right now. I've got to be honest. You know I'm as candid as they come and sometimes do a fault. But I'm really struggling.…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. I have a motion from Council Member Galante and a second from Council Member Hogg. Please cast your vote. Motion passes. Please don't make me regret this. Congratulations.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you both for coming up and helping us out.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'd love to get an update on leases and stuff like that.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I want to, before we go on, well, let me just do 8.24 first. Council Member Gonzalez, you asked that we pull that one.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026