ON THE AGENDA

Meetings

The Atlanta City Council will meet Sept. 6 at 1 p.m. at City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave., due to the Labor Day holiday. The second meeting is Sept. 19. Agendas and information: citycouncil.atlantaga.gov.

Midtown Review Committee meets Sept. 6 at 5:30 p.m. at 999 Peachtree, 5th floor conference room. Information: midtownatl.com.

Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education meets Sept. 6 at 130 Trinity Ave. with a 2:30 p.m. session for presentations and 6 p.m. for community meeting. Information: atlanta.k12.ga.us.

The Decatur City Commission meets in open session on the first and third Mondays of each month at City Hall, 509 North McDonough Street, at 7:30 p.m.

NEWS

Emory University is pursuing annexation into Atlanta by petition rather than seeking legislative or voter approval.

The Atlanta Regional Commission said the City of Atlanta added 7,900 new residents between April 2015 and April 2016.

The Atlanta City Council has extended the services of PARKAtlanta for up to six months while it searches for a new company to handle parking violations.

MARTA plans to replace all of its train cars by 2026 with new, modern carriages.