These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City Calendar and in the city’s Open Meetings Portal.

Laundrytown on Rindge Avenue in Cambridge could be replaced by an eatery. (Photo: Marc Levy)

Landscapers on leaf blowers

Leaf blower community meeting, 4 to 6 p.m. Monday. The city’s licensed landscapers have been invited to offer comment on a proposed law that would see residential use of gas-powered leaf blowers ending in March 2025 and commercial use in March 2027. A law to this effect was passed to a second reading Nov. 6 by city councillors, but before it is voted comes this community meeting (a “listening session”) and an Ordinance Committee hearing the next day. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.

Back at Beudo for exemptions

Ordinance Committee, noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday. This committee run by city councillors Marc McGovern and Quinton Zondervan hears an amendment to the Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance, which was passed by the City Council on June 26, that would require new large commercial and institutional buildings to achieve net zero by 2030. In other words, it would add new construction to a law so far about existing properties and add large labs, scientific research and medical facilities that are exempt from a “fossil fuel-free demonstration program” Cambridge has joined. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.

City councillors on leaf blowers

Ordinance Committee, 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday. This committee run by city councillors Marc McGovern and Quinton Zondervan picks up the topic of gas-powered leaf blowers. This comes after a listening session for landscapers and others with a stake in a law that would see residential use of the devices ending in March 2025 and commercial use in March 2027. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.

Open data, its licensing and AI

Open data review board meeting, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Cambridge has plenty of raw data of all sorts online for anyone to work with – but not everything is posted. In a meeting rescheduled from Sept. 20, City Manager Yi-an Huang visits to talk about his views on open data and its licensing and discuss how artificial intelligence changes things. The board will also talk about retiring obsolete datasets and changes to the open data website. The board meets in the second-floor Ackerman Room at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.

Primary and high school math

School Committee roundtable, 6 p.m. Tuesday. With the removal of eighth-grade algebra dominating talk and elections over the past months, members talk primary and secondary school math with community partners and district staff. The committee meets in the Dr. Henrietta S. Attles Meeting Room at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, 459 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge. Televised and watchable on cpsd.us’ online Channel 26.

Ending ‘lodging house loophole’

Ordinance Committee, 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday. This committee run by city councillors Marc McGovern and Quinton Zondervan hears a zoning petition meant to handle a loophole from 2001 allowing “lodging houses which are simply an in-name-only use classification for hotels and motels” in residential areas, lead signer Allene R. Pierson said. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.

Changes on Cambridge Street

Safety Improvement Project on Cambridge Street open house, 4 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The first of three public events this year (an online version is planned for Dec. 12) on the topic of separated bike lines between Inman Square and Second Street during which city officials will gather feedback on safety concerns and answer questions. At the Cambridge Public Library Valente Branch, 826 Cambridge St., Wellington-Harrington.

Laundrytown to be for food too

Board of Zoning Appeal, 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. Thursday. This may be the end for Laundrytown, which is attached to Ferro’s Foodtown, 336 Rindge Ave., in North Cambridge near Alewife, and is the nearest commercial service for thousands of residents, many of them low-income. The owners – new since a purchase early in 2022 – plan to move prepared foods out of Foodtown and into the Laundrytown space, creating a 1,422-square-foot, 14-seat quick-serve restaurant. “The laundromat being converted does very little business,” owner Fayaz Washwell said. “The neighborhood will not be adversely affected.” The board meets at the Citywide Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.