Mon, Sept 14

5:30pm   City Council meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

Tues, Sept 15

6:00pm   School Committee Meeting  (Zoom) [Agenda]

6:30pm   Planning Board Meeting  (Remote via Zoom) [Agenda]

General Business

1. Update from the Community Development Department

2, Adoption of Planning Board meeting transcripts (7/21/2026, 8/4/2026)

Public Hearing

6:30pm   PB-410
Multiple parcels in Alewife Quadrangle – PUD Special Permit application by Healthpeak OP LLC to develop multiple parcels into a mixed-use development including residential, retail, office and laboratory buildings, as well as municipal service facility site, publicly beneficial open space, and a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over MBTA railroad pursuant to Sections 12.30 Planned Unit Development; 19.20 Project Review; 20.1100.4.3.1 Parking Principal Use; 20.1100.4.4 Neighborhood Uses Location; 20.1100.5.5.1 Building and Site Design Standards – Modifications; 20.1100.5.5.2.4 Build-to Zone Modifications; 20.1100.5.5.2.5 Minimum Build-to Percentage; 20.1100.5.5.2.8 Design of Front Yards; 20.1100.5.5.3 Minimum Ground Story Height; 20.1100.5.5.4 Limitations on Structured Parking; 20.1100.5.5.5 Entrances; 20.1100.5.5.6. Fences; 20.1100.5.5.7 Curb Cuts; 20.1100.5.5.8 Street Tree Planting; 20.1100.5.5.9.1 & 20.1100.5.5.9.3 Side Yard Waiver; 20.1100.6.3 Pooled or Principal Use Parking; 20.1100.6.4 Off-Street Loading Waiver; 20.1100.8 Planned Unit Development AOD-Q; 22.35.3 Reduction of Green Roofs requirement; and 22.84.3 Flood Resilience Standards Modifications. (Materials)

General Business items may be taken out of the order from the agenda. Public comments are taken only during a Public Hearing. The Planning Board need not solicit public comment on General Business items. The City of Cambridge will provide reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities upon request. Please make requests for alternative formats at least two weeks in advance by contacting the Planning Board staff at cddzoning@cambridgema.gov.
Send written comments by 5:00pm the day before the meeting to planningboardcomment@cambridgema.gov.
Applications and Petitions are online at www.cambridgema.gov/planningboard.
Full zoning petition texts available online at: www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/zoninganddevelopment/zoning/amendments.

Wed, Sept 16

11:00am   Joint Housing and Neighborhood and Long-Term Planning Committee Meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)
The Housing and Neighborhood and Long-Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts and Celebrations Committees will continue the joint public hearing of the recessed June 25, 2026 meeting on the 2025 Multifamily Zoning Amendments, consideration of potential modifications, and review of PO26#123, relative to proposed amendments to the Multifamily Zoning Ordinance, which was referred to the hearing at the Regular City Council meeting held on June 8, 2026. There will be no public comment.

Thurs, Sept 17

6:00-8:00pm   Fresh Pond Reservation Master Plan Advisory Board meeting [Agenda]  (Water Treatment Facility, 250 Fresh Pond Pkwy and Online via Teams)

Tues, Sept 22

6:30pm   Planning Board Meeting  (Remote via Zoom) [Agenda]

Mon, Sept 28

5:30pm   City Council meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

6:30pm   City Council Tax Rate Hearing (Property Tax Rate Classification) [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

Mon, Oct 5

5:30pm   City Council meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

Tues, Oct 6

3:00pm   The City Council’s Ordinance Committee will hold a public hearing on a Zoning Petition by Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., to amend the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance in Article 13.000 and Zoning Map with the intent of amending Section 13.59.42 to allow for the transfer of 250,000 square feet of Gross Floor Area from the PUD-4C Zoning District on the Industry B Zoning District in exchange for the conversion of the existing brick and beam structure at 161 First Street into Affordable Housing and creating “Technology Square Transfer Receiving District” in the Zoning Map. [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

Wed, Oct 7

3:00pm   Cambridge Social Housing Task Force meeting [Agenda]  (Bayard Rustin Conference Room, 2nd floor of City Hall Annex or via Zoom)
There will be Public Comment at this meeting. Each speaker will be limited to two (2) minutes.

Mon, Oct 19

5:30pm   City Council meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

Mon, Oct 26

5:30pm   City Council meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

Mon, Nov 2

5:30pm   City Council meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

Mon, Nov 9

5:30pm   City Council meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

Mon, Nov 16

5:30pm   City Council meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

Mon, Nov 23

5:30pm   City Council meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

Mon, Nov 30

5:30pm   City Council meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

Mon, Dec 7

5:30pm   City Council meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

Mon, Dec 14

5:30pm   City Council meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

Mon, Dec 21

5:30pm   City Council meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

Mon, Dec 28

5:30pm   City Council meeting [Agenda]  (Sullivan Chamber and Zoom)

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