These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City of Somerville website.
Activating Gilman Square
Gilman Square City Redevelopment Parcels Civic Advisory Committee, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Neighbors who have wanted to see this patch of land developed will hear a report about a summerlong activation with movies, poetry, markets and a beer garden and work on a letter to the Somerville Redevelopment Authority about its urban renewal. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Effects of Labor Day holiday
Labor Day closings and service changes, Monday. In observance of the holiday, city offices are closed and trash and recycling pickup is delayed by one day.
Voting in primary elections
State primary, 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Democrat and Republicans should find their polling places for in-person voting for U.S. senator, U.S. representative, Governor’s Council member, state senator, state representative, clerk of courts and register of deeds. Democrats have a race only in the 27th Middlesex District (incumbent state Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven and challenger Kathleen Hornby). Libertarians have no one nominated this year, according to Election Commisson documents, and Republicans have candidates only for U.S. senator as they seek to challenge Elizabeth Warren in the general election.
Demolition of historic home
Historic Preservation Commission, 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. The possible demolition of a small home for redevelopment is back. The home at 80 Curtis St., West Somerville, is more than a century old, and Anthony Seretakis, owner of the property along with at least a half-dozen other homes in Somerville, needs permission to tear it down. Watchable via videoconferencing.
Judgment on Homer rezoning
Land Use Committee, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5. Chaired by city councilor Matthew McLaughlin, this committee will look at various requested rezonings, including one from LaCourt Realty’s Mouhab Rizkallah for a change to “urban residence” from “neighborhood residence” at 5 Homer Square, in a cul-de-sac near Union Square. The Planning Board’s take: It rejected the request unanimously July 9, finding it “amounted to spot zoning without a clear public benefit.” Watchable via videoconferencing.
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