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What: Greensboro City Council meeting.

When: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Where: 300 W. Washington St., Greensboro. Parking is free in the Greene Street deck.

On TV: Time Warner cable channel 13 or online.

How to speak: Sign up before the meeting. Speakers on non-agenda items have three minutes each.

On the agenda: City Council will consider adopting guidelines that are designed to help shield future residential development from the noise of the urban loop. ... Council will accept $2.6 million in federal Neighborhood Stabilization Funds for a housing program that will buy homes for resale and help fund repairs for new buyers who want to purchase foreclosed homes. The activities are meant to help mitigate the impact of foreclosures in Greensboro. ... Council will be asked to adopt the Jonesboro/Scott Park Neighborhood Plan. ... The city staff will ask City Council to a 20 percent match, or $3,700, to a state grant that will help Greensboro expand recycling to multifamily housing complexes that do not currently have it. ... Council will consider a new agreement with Family Dollar that will allow Greensboro to start to build the new McGirt-Horton library branch.

Upcoming: Council will hold a special briefing at 5:30 p.m. Friday to receive a presentation on handling solid waste. The meeting will be held in the Plaza Level Conference Room of the Melvin Municipal Office Building. ... Council has called a special meeting for 12:30 p.m. July 28 in the Council Chambers of the Melvin building to discuss the city manager search.

—AMANDA LEHMERT