Discussions regarding the proposed building at 2072 Massachusetts Ave. have been strikingly heated. I want there to be respect. It is a value we espouse, all of us.

At a contentious four-hour hearing, the Board of Zoning Appeal refused to approve the height of 2072 Massachusetts Ave., a North Cambridge affordable housing project, arguing that its nine stories on the avenue was too tall and trying to get the developers to bring the building down to six.

A nine-story building with all affordable apartments – 49 in all, of which 71 percent are for families – arrives Thursday before the Board of Zoning Appeal with a positive recommendation from planning officials, but some riled-up neighbors and serious concerns from one city councillor.

Citywide affordable housing overlay zoning won approval Monday on an all but predetermined 7-2 vote, a repeat of the one last month that advanced it, with the mayor’s final comments reflecting the surrounding ambivalence.

Public meetings this week look at keeping eviction moratoriums in place even if the state lets its own expire, how to respond to crises without police, changes to the city’s marijuana retail laws, holding coronavirus-era classes in city parks, a Buckingham, Browne & Nichols expansion and more.

The North Cambridge Stabilization Committee plan to squeeze in a 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting about a 100 percent affordable housing project before the 9 p.m. airing of the first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee for president Joe Biden.

Public meetings this week look again at the city manager’s contract, as well as whether Cambridge should stick with the city manager form of government at all. There’s also delayed talk on a Jerry’s Pond cleanup and closing Harvard Square to cars, and on a $250 million school project.

The reintroduced Affordable Housing Overlay Zoning Petition moved to a second reading Monday, continuing its smoother passage to enactment compared with a first version tabled a year ago after months of controversy and divisiveness.

Public meetings this week look at arts funding, a short-term extension of the city manager’s contract, an Affordable Housing Overlay Zoning Petition; a call to skip MCAS standardized testing this academic year; truck traffic, and safer streets in Harvard Square; and much more.

Since 1891, the YWCA Cambridge has been paving the way toward eliminating racism and empowering women. As we move into the next decade, it is only proper to provide an overview of the successes and triumphs over the past decade.