Three surveillance technologies

City Council Legislative Matters Committee, 6 p.m. Tuesday. This committee run by city councilor J.T. Scott looks at impact reports for surveillance technology that the city might adopt: ball cameras, thermal imaging and under-door cameras. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.

Later hours for two eateries

Licensing Commission, 6 p.m. Tuesday. Expanded hours are requested by Ruth’s Chris Steak House at Assembly Square (going to midnight all seven days) and the Kokoro Don Café in the Prospect Hill neighborhood (going to 10:30 p.m. all seven days, a change from 8 p.m.). New licensing is asked by La Cocina, 854 Broadway, Powder House Square; Nostalgia, 322 Somerville Ave., Union Square; and Kupel’s Bagels, 54 Elm St., Spring Hill. Kupel’s opened in Brookline in 1978; this expansion would finally activate a first-floor retail space – the former Lucky Market convenience store – waiting for a tenant since renovations began in 2017. A coffee shop proposed in 2018 and Thai restaurant called Jakingrass, from a founder of Dakzen by Davis Square, never opened. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.

Updates on tree removals 

Urban Forestry Committee, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The city will talk about tree removals – several were taken down in and around Union Square this week – and present mortality data on the city’s small trees, while committee members will consider recommendations for the mayor, work on a species selection and planting protocol and prepare to name and shame “Somerville’s most wanted weeds.” Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.

State affordable-housing law

Planning Board, 6 p.m. Thursday. Staff will present on Chapter 40B, the state law that allows local approval of developments if at least 20 percent to 25 percent of the units are designated as  long-term affordable. A vote on the site plan for a development at 44 White St., Porter Square, is also on the agenda. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.

Traffic safety data and goals

Pedestrian and Transit Advisory Committee, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The group looks at safety data now – from a 2025 progress report analyzing trends around such things as vehicle speeds and crashes for pedestrians, bikes and cars – and presents a draft and goals for the coming year. At 101 South St., Boynton Yards, and watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.

From a highway to a boulevard

City Council Traffic and Parking Committee, 6 p.m. Monday. This committee run by city councilor Naima Sait discusses the state’s $120 million McGrath Boulevard project, which is intended to take down the highway separating East Somerville and put the replacement road on a “diet” to two lanes from three in each direction in multiple locations. With designs at the 25 percent stage, the project is expected to go out to bid next year and see construction begin by 2028. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.