Arlington County Board Member J. Walter Tejada expressed his disappointment with the recent County Board vote approving the creation of “a western entrance to the Ballston Metro station, after the County Board narrowly approved a controversial high-rise building in return for the developer’s assistance in constructing the new Metro portal,” according to the Arlington Connection.
Said Tejada, “At the end of the day we could have gotten more in public benefits. This may cause us to revise the way we evaluate these things. We don’t need to incentivize to this level.” The newspaper said that Tejada “voted against the proposal because there was no developer contribution toward affordable housing. He questioned how his fellow board members could approve granting so much increased density to a project without the county receiving any affordable units, or cash contributions to a housing fund, in return.”
“I’m disappointed … there should have been other components here toward affordable housing,” Tejada said.”
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