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Council's To-do List

Following a South by Southwest spring break, City Council returns to the dais this week (Thursday, March 24), facing a 60-item agenda that's not particularly large or controversial. The Health and Human Services agenda items (Items 14-20) contain many notable actions, including an agreement between Austin Community College and the city in which ACC will offer GED classes at Rosewood-Zaragosa Neighborhood Center; other items address implementation of healthier food options and installing additional bike racks at local schools. Item 41, a resolution sponsored by Lee Leffingwell, supports Senate Bill 853, drafted "to restrict wastewater discharges in the Contributing Zone of the Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer." (Such discharges are already prohibited in the aquifer's recharge zone.) And Item 48 is a morning briefing updating council on negotiations surrounding Solid Waste Services' long-term recycling contract – a precursor to selecting a contractor.