These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City of Somerville website.
Reducing resident displacement
Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development, 7 p.m. Thursday. The city’s antidisplacement task force makes a series of policy recommendations to reduce Somerville property vacancies. Delayed from a mid-2024 release, the report addresses displacement of residents, small businesses and artists and will reportedly provide ways to minimize affordability problems. Though more informational events on the group’s work will happen this spring, community members are invited to share feedback Thursday. Watchable via videoconferencing.
Report to reform public safety
Department of Racial and Social Justice, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Following the recent release of reports, contributing groups – the Public Safety for All Task Force, Civilian Oversight Task Force and Antiviolence Working Group – discuss recommendations for police reform and additional public safety models in Somerville. Residents are invited to review the reports and submit questions for discussion beforehand. At Somerville High School, 81 Highland Ave., Central Hill.
Cannabis and psychosis
“Marijuana and Psychosis: What are the Facts,”7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Dost Öngür of McLean Hospital in Belmont presents on the state of current science around marijuana’s effect on people who are susceptible to psychosis. Rich Parker, of the local National Alliance on Mental Illness branch (which is the sponsor), moderates at the Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge.
New bar and grill near McGrath
Ward 2 Neighborhood Meeting, 6 p.m. Wednesday. A bar and grill restaurant, Bonfire Boston, may be coming to the Union Square area. Representatives of the company, their attorney and architect will present plans at a neighborhood meeting for the restaurant to be located at 282 McGrath Highway, replacing the shuttered Portuguese sports bar Nucleo Sportinguist. Watchable via videoconferencing.
Davis Square mixed development
Planning Board, 6 p.m. Thursday. The board hears a site approval application for a mixed-use, four-story development with three residential units and commercial art gallery at 53 Chester St., Davis Square, next door to Redbones Barbecue. The current structure, built in 1920, is a two-family house. Watchable via videoconferencing.
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