These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City of Somerville website.
9/11 remembered in Davis
Department of Veterans’ Services, 6 p.m. Thursday. A remembrance ceremony on the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Planes struck World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C., in coordinated attacks that killed thousands, including more than 400 first responders. The city seeks to honor those who died and who served that day and afterward during the cleanup. Veterans director Jerome Thomas and the mayor make remarks, and honor guards from police and fire departments retire U.S., state and unit flags. In person at the 9/11 memorial, near Mike’s Food & Spirits, Davis Square.
Stormwater retention tank funds
City Council, 7 p.m. Thursday. The council reviews a request for an additional $4.3 million bond to pay for remaining design work for the Morrison Avenue Linear Storage Sewer Separation project, part of city efforts to reduce flooding and lessen the overflow of sewer and rainwater into nearby waterways. The city began evaluating the feasibility of separating sewer and water runoff in the Morrison Avenue and Davis Square area in 2022. Quick reviews for a dozen block parties across the city are also on tap, including a request for a car-free street program on Prospect Hill to return this fall. Tadhg Pearson applied for a license to create a Prospect Hill Play Streets program on Munroe Street along Prospect Hill Park on Friday afternoons and evenings starting Sept. 19 through the end of October. The city streamlined the process for closing down residential streets for community gatherings in April. In-person or watchable via videoconferencing.
School emergency plans
School Building Facilities and Maintenance Special Committee, 6 p.m. Monday. Councilors ask the administration to share contingency plans in case any city school must close this academic year, and to discuss required work to make the Cummings School a flex space in the event of an emergency. The three-person committee also wants the Ginny Smithers Pool at the Kennedy School to have better maintenance and asks city officials to comment on reports of chemical imbalance in the swimming water. Watchable via videoconferencing.
Talking more condos on Webster
Ward 2 Neighborhood Meeting, 6 p.m. Monday. Developers hold a second neighborhood meeting to share plans for 29 condos at 32 Webster Ave., less than two-tenths of a mile from the Union Square green line stop. Developer Kinvarra Capital said previous owners abandoned the current two-family structure more than a decade ago, leading to its disrepair. Though historic preservation determined that the house was historically significant in 2017, the fire department responded to a fire at the vacant property in June 2020. In person at 21 Properzi Way, Ward 2, or watchable via videoconferencing.
Possible Winter Hill teardown
Historic Preservation Commission, 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. The commission reviews a first-stage application for demolition of a Winter Hill residence. They evaluate whether the two-story home at 10 Sargent Ave. is of historical significance. Watchable via videoconferencing.
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