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.
Razing with a building permit
City Council, 5:30 p.m. Monday. Councillors propose support for a local-option version of the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act being considered on Beacon Hill, so Cambridge and other cities or towns can opt in to let renters bid for a multifamily building in which they’ve been living or designate a nonprofit organization to buy it on their behalf. There’s also a policy order to explore a development review process allowing a building to be torn down and its trees to be removed only when building permits are issues, avoiding needless or premature destruction. The council meets at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Televised and watchable online and by Zoom videoconferencing.
Condo project in Mid-Cambridge
Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission, 6 to 8 p.m. Monday. More on the case of 69 Dana St., where there are plans to build a 9,999-square-foot four-story condo building behind an existing home. The new building would hold three homes, each with a garage parking space. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
End of the Green Street eateries
Central Square Advisory Committee, 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Members get an update on the area’s rezoning and give opinions and advice on a project at 280 Green St. tearing down the existing 1910 two-story Charlie’s Tap/Green Street Grill building to put up a five-story building with nine two-bedroom homes in 12,263 total square feet (with no vehicle parking or commercial component such as a restaurant or retail). The last iteration of the restaurant spaxce, Green Street, closed in the Covid pandemic and never reopened. The committee meets on the second floor of the City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing.
Hazardous waste collection
Household hazardous waste drop-off, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Items accepted from residents include batteries (vehicle and nonalkaline); car fluids including antifreeze, brake, engine degreaser and transmission; car tires (a maximum of four per household); chemicals including cleaners, glues, removers and those used for photography and in swimming pools; fluorescent light bulbs; mercury items including thermometers and thermostats; paints, both oil-based and latex; poisons such as insecticides, pesticides and weed killers; propane cylinders (20 pounds or less only); waste fuels including antifreeze, gasoline, kerosene, Sterno and motor oil; and fire extinguishers. Don’t bring prescription medicines; ammunition, fireworks and explosives. asbestos; bleach or ammonia; commercial/industrial waste; construction debris; empty aerosol cans; compressed gas cylinders; infectious or biological waste; prescription medicines; smoke detectors; or syringes. The notice for this event also says no radioactive waste will be accepted. At 50 Mooney St., Cambridge.
