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.
Sex trafficking awareness talk
Discussion about commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking in Cambridge, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. Topics including misconceptions of sex trafficking vs. the reality, how the landscape of trafficking has changed in tech and social media, connections to addiction and the opioid crisis and where victims can get help are presented by the Cambridge Commission on the Status of Women and the My Life My Choice and Boston Heat organizations. At the Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge.
Annual reports from utilities
Planning Board, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. It’s time for the annual reports due to the city from utilities such as the electricity and gas provider Eversource and Vicinity Energy, another electricity company, as well as the city’s own departments of Public Works and Water. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Growing older in Cambridge
Civic Unity Committee, 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday. This committee run by Mayor E. Denise Simmons and councillor Cathie Zusy discusses how Cambridge can prepare for the growing challenges associated with eldercare. The discussion will focus on such things as senior housing needs, equitable access to medical and mental health care and the mounting shortages in the health care workforce that affect elder services. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Collins branch library reopens
Library branch reopening party, 4 to 7 p.m. June 12. The branch reopened May 28 after being closed since July 1 for work to regrade and direct stormwater toward the street. That helped stop the infiltration of moisture at the foundation of a building in use since 1936 (after starting as Gale Lumber), according to a city press release. This party makes it official and helps the neighborhood reconnect with Collins staff and meet the new branch manager. Refreshments, crafts and games are at the library – in the backyard, if weather permits – at 64 Aberdeen Ave., West Cambridge.
Public parking in school lots
School Committee Building & Grounds Subcommittee, 5:30 to 7 p.m. June 12. This hearing chaired by José Luis Rojas Villarreal talks about policy orders adopted by the City Council related to exploring parking at the school district’s secure parking lots. Also expected: an update on a long-range facilities condition assessment. Televised and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Lubavitch seeks a quadrupling
Board of Zoning Appeal, 6 to 11:30 p.m. June 12. A new application for Lubavitch of Cambridge for an institutional center at 38-56 Banks St., Riverside, now a 70-foot-high, five-story complex that would quadruple its current space – an expansion from a previous proposal of keeping the current three-story height of 38 feet while roughly doubling its space. This bigger version was proposed the day after the organization learned that zoning passed to allow construction of more homes seemingly ended restrictions on institutions too. The Orthodox Jewish sect is already suing the city in federal court for the board’s rejection of its previous, smaller plan. We wrote about it here. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
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