Public meetings this week look at street cleaning without tows, green zoning, a municipal property inventory; conservative “birthing” clinics, board Stipends and bank frontage; and zoning to decide where labs are allowed.

Public meetings this week look at development of a Boynton Yards lab building, implementing municipal broadband, city charter changes and affordable housing

The city manager and City Council should explain what they want Cambridge to be like in the future, and offer more clarity about regional plans affecting the city.

Public meetings this week look at municipal broadband feasibility, the unhoused and substance issues, Alewife zoning recommendations and more.

Public meetings this week look at traffic calming, short-term rentals, access to recreation programs and a revised proposal for the long-vacant Broadway Star Market.

Public meetings this week look at expanding the Affordable Housing Overlay zoning from 2020 and how to use city-owned property; getting more EV charging and a municipal “green fleet”; the findings of the East Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Study Committee; and more.

Public meetings this week look at a new lab building, funding for job seekers, returning outdoor dining in 2023, revising the city’s governing charter and more.

The Cambridge City Council has scheduled a “a communications training” retreat for Wednesday, without explanation of what that means.

Public meetings this week look at transportation by bus, rail and car, including on the newly one-way Garden Street; a statement of values for the city’s charter; and Alewife zoning recommendations.

Underlying much of the so-far very theoretical conversation by Cambridge’s Charter Review Committee was concern about the relationship between the city manager and council, with debates that will sound familiar to anyone following local politics over past years.