Public meetings this week look at snow removal, while the snow keeps falling; an Alewife Quadrangle zoning petition, continued; MIT plans for a grad student dorm; a possible end of zoning just for single-family housing; remaking Harvard Square’s Palmer Street; and more.

Public meetings this week look at a roadblock to socially distanced exercise; how Kendall Square evolves under the CRA’s watch; a new way to decide in-person vs. remote learning; a dog park for the Cambridge Crossing neighborhood; and the police department’s inventory list.

If the obvious worst thing about this year was the coronavirus, the best thing is just as apparent: Our response to the pandemic as a city and as individuals.

Public meetings this week look at a massive project for Kendall Square; a long-delayed property inventory that could lead to more affordable housing; relief for schools from weekly “check-ins” for remote students; restorative justice for School Committee conflicts; and a municipal broadband study.

Public meetings this week bring renewed discussion on the future of an empty lot on Cherry Street in The Port, homelessness in Cambridge, coronavirus in public schools, Kendall Square development and allegations that Beauty’s Pizza packed in too many customers for too long.

Public meetings this week look at increasing parking permit costs, building affordable housing on an empty Cherry Street lot – finally – as well as Kendall Square’s Eversource substation design and School Committee ethics and school council supports.

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.

Public meetings this week look at the the Tobin/Vassal Lane school project, Kendall Square design, public schools’ curriculum for the fall and how faculty “check-ins” with students work, as well as plenty on the coronavirus recovery and the pot shop that wants to replace Stereo Jack’s Records.

Kendall Square’s rooftop garden is getting redone as part of a larger project at 325 Main St., but the garden’s plants won’t suffer – many are being taken away Thursday by residents to be cared for at home, according to the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority.

Public meetings this week look at new open space and other changes coming to Kendall Square and how coronavirus might change the use of school campuses and the revamp of Tobin Montessori and Vassal Lane. A police funding order that caused conflict last week is also back to the City Council.