These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City Calendar and in the city’s Open Meetings Portal.
Memorial Day ceremony
Department of Veterans Services, at 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday. A celebration and commemoration of military members emceed by Department of Veteran Services director Cynthia Harris. Family-friendly activities follow, including entertainment by Monkeys with Crayons and a petting zoo. There’s free food and refreshments for service members. At Cambridge Common, near Harvard Square.
Zero Waste Master Plan update
Health & Environment Committee, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday. This committee run by city councillor Patty Nolan discusses implementation of updates adopted by the council in June to the Zero Waste Master Plan. The committee meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable online and by Zoom videoconferencing.
Ahead (and under) Sherman St.
Community meeting, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Learn more about plans for a city-owned space at 135 Sherman St. (formerly known as Bellis Circle), a parking lot in Neighborhood 9 near Fresh Pond that the city bought in 2023 for $8.3 million. It may become a Department of Public Works facility atop a buried 2.1-million-gallon tank meant to absorb stormwater and prevent combined sewer overflows of waste into public water. This meeting is expected to include a brief presentation outlining the history of the parcel, the proposed tank and the future use of the space. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Ellery Street multifamily plan
Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission, 6 to 8 p.m. June 1. The final hearing of plans for 88 Ellery St., where the existing two-story, single-family 1873 home of 4,006 square feet would get a partial demolition and a rear addition of six stories and 47,692 square feet – more than 30 homes not needing a special permit, because the project falls under the multifamily zoning enacted Feb. 10, 2025. It would be next door to another six-story multifamily development at 84-86 Ellery St., a block north of a six-story project at 60 Ellery St. and around the corner from a six-story project at 406 Broadway. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
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