City Calendar

Seniors Healthy Aging and Transit Lunch

Citywide Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139

This spring there will be 4 opportunities for seniors to talk about healthy aging and public transit. Let your voice be heard.

Engagement and Behavior Change Working Group- Net Zero Task Force

City Hall Annex, 4th Floor Conference Room, 344 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139

This Net Zero Task Force Working Group on Engagement and Behavior Change will develop an approach to both raising awareness about the Net Zero target, and engaging stakeholders to take action where applicable. The target audience for education and engagement is a broad mix of Cambridge residents, industry groups, and the business and academic communities. This Working Group’s tasks include, but are not limited to developing strategies for the following objectives: Raising awareness among the general public as to ‘what is net zero?’; Educating the construction, design, and development industry in best practices in energy efficient retrofits, design and construction (may include identifying gaps in local expertise and proposing training programs to build capacity in specific areas); Developing an engagement approach for building managers and operators to address ‘low hanging fruit’ opportunities to optimize building performance; Exploring tools such as building energy benchmarking, reporting and labeling programs, with a view to developing strategies for how the City will make use of the data once collected; Exploring strategies to engage homeowners, tenants and landlords to impact their behavior and purchasing decisions For more information on the Net Zero Task Force, please check here.

Affordable Housing June Information Session

Citywide Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139

The Community Development Department would like to invite you to attend an INFORMATION SESSION to learn about the City's Rental and Homeownership Ownership Programs. Presently, the Housing Division is accepting applications for the Homeownership Pool and the Rental Applicant Pool. Preference is given for Cambridge residents and families with Children.

DPW Foresty Division - EAB Workshop

Main Library, Lecture Hall, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

Learn more about the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Beatle and the treatment plan that the City of Cambridge is ready to launch.

License Commission General Hearing

Lombardi Building, Basement Level Conference Room, 831 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139

License Commission General Hearing

Planning Board

City Hall Annex, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 344 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139

City of Cambridge Planning Board Meeting

Sorefronts Improvement Program

Boston Bed Company 625 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02141

The City of Cambridge Announces grant funding to remove architectural barriers with the Storefront Improvement Program.

Employee Lunchtime Walk

Meet on the front steps of City Hall

Join CDD and the Women's Commission for a walk down Women's Heritage Lane!

Monthly Water Board Meeting

Walter J. Sullivan Water Treatment Facility, 250 Fresh Pond Pkwy., Cambridge, MA 02138

Monthly Water Board Meeting

CRA Board Meeting

Police Station, First Floor Conference Room, 125 Sixth St., Cambridge, MA 02142

Regular monthly meeting

Hubway Open House

Dana Park, meet at the picnic tables

Learn all about the Hubway Station at Dana Park

Ordinance Committee

City Hall, 2nd Floor Sullivan Chamber, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139

Ordinance Committee

Tree Hearing

Department of Public Works, Main Conference Room, 147 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA 02139

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING Removal of Public Shade Trees City of Cambridge, Department of Public Works Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 87, Sections 3 and 4, a public hearing will be held on Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 at 5:30 pm at 147 Hampshire St, Cambridge, Mass., to consider the removal of the following public tree(s): 1. 164 Hampshire St – Removal of 12.6” ash tree due to wounding along trunk. Location will be replanted 2. 186 Hampshire St – Removal of 10” ash tree due to wounding along trunk. Location will be replanted. 3. 359 Cambridge St – Removal of 5.7” ash tree due to structural issues and wounding along trunk. Location will be replanted. 4. 1360 Cambridge St – Removal of 8.6” ash tree due to structural issues. Location will be replanted. 5. 55 Otis St (on Third St) – Removal of 2 ash trees (9.7” and 10.5”) due to canopy dieback. Location will be replanted. 6. 149 Windsor St – Removal of 11.5” ash tree due to wounding along branches. Location will be replanted. 7. Columbia St (at Washington St) – Removal of 2 ash trees (12.2” and 13.4”) due to wounding along trunk. Location will be replanted. 8. Opposite 64 Prospect St – Removal of 10.8” ash tree due to canopy dieback and wounding along trunk. 9. Opposite 74 Prospect St – Removal of 2 ash trees (4.5” and 5”) due to structural issues. 10. Opposite 80 Prospect St – Removal of 12.1” ash tree due to wounding at base of trunk. 11. 102 Prospect St – Removal of 7.5” ash tree due to canopy dieback. Location will be replanted. 12. 114 Prospect St – Removal of 9.5” ash tree due to structural issues. Location will be replanted. The tree(s) identified above have been posted for public inspection. Any objections to their removal must be submitted in writing to the City Arborist, prior to or during the hearing. The mailing address for the City Arborist is Department of Public Works, City of Cambridge, 147 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139; phone: 617-349-6433 email: cambridgetree@cambridgema.gov

Harvard Square Public Toilet Public Meeting

Starbucks Harvard Yard

Public meeting to discuss new public toilet in Harvard Square

Pole and Conduit

831 Mass. Ave, Basement Conference Room, Basement, 831 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139

Pole and Conduit Meeting, June 19, 2014