A project to build affordable housing for seniors in the Cambridge Highlands has been mostly welcomed in early hearings by the Conservation Commission and Planning Board, with some debate over parking and height.

Public meetings this week look at making a better Central Square, how to make City Hall contracting more equitable, the economic toll of vacant spaces and the use of “micromobility” devices on city streets.

Public meetings this week include a call for help returning Jerry’s Pond to a better public amenity and an order for orders overwhelming city staff; a look at property near wetlands that’s meant to hold senior affordable housing; and a proposal for a Central Square Dunkin’ Donuts.

A proposed six-story addition to a Massachusetts Avenue mansion that would hold affordable housing drew critiques for not fitting in well with the neighborhood, but the project was mainly welcomed by residents and Cambridge’s Planning Board.

Public meetings this week look at Jerry’s Pond or bridge building, the possible next uses for a cricket field that hasn’t even opened, nonlethal police weapons, a tree canopy update, Starlight Square zoning, conservation districts, an energy disclosure law, student discipline and more.