These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City of Somerville website.
Broadway parking changes
Traffic Commission, 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Discussion of proposed traffic changes to Broadway as part of a larger project to redesign the well-trafficked Somerville street. Some changes shift time-restricted parking spots off the main road and into residential streets, reducing the overall amount of available parking. Watchable via videoconferencing.
Senior aid and missing memorials
City Council, 7 p.m. Thursday. Convening for the first time under president Judy Pineda Neufeld, the council covers a number of items relating to city monuments and senior living, including creation of a “senior liaison” to help residents age in place and an exploration of how to help seniors shop and pay for groceries. Councilors will likely call for the restoration of Korean and Vietnam War memorials in storage for several years and a timeline for the return of other memorials. Other issues include getting administrative support staff for councilors to help with such things as constituent communications, possibly in the form of paid internships, and forming a Community Center Task Force to coordinate use of planned and potential spaces. A report on the failure of the boiler at the Brown School and plans to address heating for the building is expected, and a vote to appropriate $4 million to pay for land at 90 Washington St. seized in 2019 for a new public safety building. The city paid $8.7 million for 4 acres; in October an appeals court agreed with former owners that the former Cobble Hill Shopping Center land was worth nearly $30 million more. At Somerville City Hall, 93 Highland Ave., Central Hill and watchable via videoconferencing.
Accessibility-focused projects
Somerville Commission for Persons with Disabilities, 7 p.m. Tuesday. The commission meets for the first time in 2025 to review project progress and plan for the upcoming year. The group, led by four commissioners, aims to expand accessibility across the city and maintains projects on mental health, legislative matters, parking and education. In Room 203M of the Tufts Administrative Building, 167 Holland St., in the Tufts neighborhood near Teele Square, Somerville and watchable via videoconferencing.
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