Plans for a 249-unit affordable housing building off of Langston Blvd are up for County Board consideration this weekend.

Planning Commission members voted 9-2 on Feb. 9 to support True Ground Housing Partners’ proposal to replace 40 garden-style apartments at the Leckey Gardens complex (2031-37 N. Woodrow Street) with a 10-story affordable apartment building.

The redevelopment proposal will be heard at the Board’s Saturday meeting, with a public hearing preceding a final vote.

The 1.36-acre site in the Waverly Hills neighborhood is bounded by N. Woodrow Street, 21st Street N., N. Woodstock Street and 20th Road S. The existing three-building apartment complex was constructed in 1949, and was acquired by True Ground — then known as the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing — in 2000.

If the redevelopment project is approved, current residents will be able to move to other True Ground properties, then return when the new building is complete.

Planning Commission chair Denyse “Nia” Bagley said the proposal wasn’t perfect, but the applicant had “responded well” to issues raised during the lengthy review process.

Alice Hogan, the Arlington coordinator for the Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance, echoed that view.

The end result is “a much improved proposal … that shows that our Arlington process really works,” Hogan said.

Not everyone came away happy with the recommendation, however.

The Waverly Hills Civic Association continues to have concerns about the building’s height — it wants no more than eight stories — and limited parking.