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.
Update on advance learning
School Committee Curriculum & Achievement Subcommittee, 5:30 p.m. Thursday. This hearing co-chaired by David Weinstein and Richard Harding Jr. brings an update on the district’s work on advanced learning and how to meet student needs. Televised and watchable online and by Zoom videoconferencing.
K-Lo building; UPK choice
School Committee Building & Grounds Subcommittee, 5 p.m. Monday. This hearing chaired by José Luis Rojas Villarreal looks at what will be done with the Kennedy-Longfellow School at 158 Spring St., East Cambridge, when it closes at the end of this academic year; and starts discussion on policy changes around preschool and kindergarten assignments. Televised and watchable online and by Zoom videoconferencing.
Filling empty storefronts
Economic Development & University Relations Committee, 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday. This committee run by city councillor Paul Toner brings in the city solicitor and Community Development Department’s Economic Opportunity Division to talk about vacant storefronts and commercial properties in Cambridge, assess past efforts to fill them and possible new policy options such as taxes and fines for owners who leave spaces empty for years. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Envisioning Mass. Ave. of 2040
Massachusetts Avenue Planning Study working group, 6 to 8 p.m. March 13. This group is considering what the avenue will look like in 2040 from Cambridge Common to Alewife Brook Parkway. At this session it hears from the Community Development Department’s Zoning & Development Division about recommendations on such things as building height, use, density and dimensional and design standards. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
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