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.
City manager goals and reviews
Government Operations, Rules & Claims Committee, 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday. This committee run by vice mayor Marc McGovern will discuss the city manager’s current annual goals and review process. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Peter Valentine home demolition
Historical Commission, 6 p.m. Thursday. The nonprofit developer Just A Start comes to propose taking down the three-story 1907 Cambridgeport property lived in by the outsider artist Peter Valentine until his death in 2022 and once known as Cosmic Moose & Grizzly Bear’s Ville. Per the family’s wishes, the plan is for the property to become affordable homes. We wrote about it here. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Reappointing the city auditor
Government Operations, Rules & Claims Committee, 3 to 5 p.m. Monday. This committee run by vice mayor Marc McGovern begins the process of reappointing the city auditor. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
If our job training works well
Economic Development & University Relations Committee, 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday. This committee run by city councillor Ayesha Wilson returns to talks about the workforce development and job training programs provided for or funded by the city, its school department and nonprofits with a focus on how well each is doing and their cost and staffing – as well as what a possible future “jobs trust” would do differently. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Improvements at Jerry’s Pond
Planning Board, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The life-sciences developer IQHQ brings its proposal for returning Jerry’s Pond – fenced in since the 1960s – as a North Cambridge public amenity with pedestrian paths, an ecological center, new trees, a floating wetland, boardwalks and dining areas with a grill and other improvements. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Annual Holocaust remembrance
Commemoration of the Holocaust, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Music, candle lighting and remembrance with Holocaust survivor Janet Applefield at Temple Beth Shalom, 8 Tremont St., The Port, Cambridge.
Letting cannabis shops package
Ordinance Committee, 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday. This committee run by vice mayor Marc McGovern looks at changing city cannabis zoning laws to remove a prohibition against packaging or repackaging product in a retail store and related cannabis topics. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Budget hearings get underway
Finance Committee, 9 a.m. May 8. This committee run by city councillor Patty Nolan holds hearings on city and school budgets for the fiscal year starting July 1. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
New Middle Eastern restaurant
Board of Zoning Appeal, 6 to 11:30 p.m. May 8. Naya, a rapidly expanding Middle Eastern restaurant chain – it’s also bringing its Lebanese influences in bowls, wraps and salads to Watertown and Boston’s Back Bay – seeks to open at 355 Main St., Kendall Square, in a former Clover location. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
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Hi, I couldn’t attend the Jerry’s Pond mtg. Does anybody have an update they can share? Is there a Cambridge Day article coming soon? Much appreciate it.