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.
Multifamily zoning discussed
Ordinance Committee, 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday. This committee run by vice mayor Marc McGovern and city councillor Paul Toner has two multifamily zoning petitions back from the full City Council for discussions as amended: focused on four stories as a base for citywide home construction, a reduction from the initial proposal of six stories. After this second of two committee meetings, the zoning is expected back before the full council for a final vote in February. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Ceremonies mark MLK Day
Martin Luther King Day commemoration and remembrance, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday. The city honors King and his legacy with members of the community sharing readings of King’s words calling for peace, justice and transformation. This year’s program includes a greeting from mayor E. Denise Simmons, original poetry from Jean Dany Joachim, Cambridge’s poet populist from 2009 to 2011, and remarks by the Rev. Jeremy Battle. An informal social hour with coffee, tea and pastries follows in the undercroft (basement) at St. Peter’s. The Cambridge Peace Commission organizes the free event at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 838 Massachusetts Ave., Riverside near Central Square, Cambridge.
Special-education group issues
Special meeting of the Cambridge Special Education Parent Advisory Council, 6 p.m. Wednesday. The council gathers to discuss an Open Meeting Law complaint by a parent that the body has not given notice of its meetings, posted its minutes or held elections for more than a year. Watchable online.
Update on sewer improvements
Combined Sewer Overflow control planning update, 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday. Heavy rainfall can still cause sewer systems to overflow and pollute our rivers, but Cambridge, Somerville and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority are working on plans for sewer improvements that will reduce the pollution. Plans will be discussed via Zoom videoconferencing.
Panel on racial and social divides
The Fifth Annual Radical King Symposium: Building Bridges, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 23. A My Brother’s Keeper Cambridge Task Force panel discussion guided by King’s work examines relationships and change across racial, ethnic and social divides. Moderated by MBK’s Tony Clark, the panel includes Ellen Semonoff from the Department of Human Services; Andrew King from the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research; Lilly Havstad of Harvard University; Wayne Altman of Tufts University School of Medicine; state Rep. Marjorie Decker; and Anthony Galluccio. The free event is at the Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge. Free.
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