Post by lifesaver on Feb 22, 2014 9:35:07 GMT -5
Saw this article in Friday's Times. Take note to Butterfield's comment at the very end of the article. Priceless!!!! 
Time to dig up the puking cat!
Time to dig up the puking cat!
Bike Week organizers propose kick off event on Lincoln Square July 9
BY JIM HALE Times Staff Writer | Posted: Friday, February 21, 2014 12:06 am
A proposal to "bag" parking meters for a Bike Week event in Lincoln Square prompted questions Tuesday during a meeting of the Borough Council's Public Safety Committee.
Mayor William Troxell informed members of an email he received from Kelly Crist, event coordinator for Bike Week, which draws a large number of motorcyclists to Gettysburg each year.
In the email, sent Jan. 21, Crist proposes "some type of kick off party" July 9 in the downtown square.
"My idea is to have a bike show on the square," Crist wrote, but "without closing the square, just bagging meters," which would mean coins would not have to be inserted during the event.
Crist wrote that the proposed event has attracted the interest of several merchants and would benefit the borough by transferring the annual Bike Week kickoff event to Gettysburg from its longtime site at a restaurant in Hanover.
However, the kickoff event would fall outside criteria for temporary bagging that are set forth in the borough's ordinance, Police Chief Joe Dougherty told the committee.
He said meters can only be bagged temporarily because of construction, or when people are loading or unloading in order to move, or for visiting dignitaries.
Yet, committee member Becky Brown and her colleagues quickly noted what she termed "parallels" between the proposed kickoff party and existing downtown events during which meters are bagged, including the Farmers Market and twice-yearly Antique Sale.
Issues include whether those events' organizers reimburse the borough for lost parking meter revenue, Brown and others said.
Borough Secretary Sara Stull said she would gather information on those matters in time for the committee's next meeting.
Members agreed to invite Crist to that meeting in order to learn more about her proposal. The meeting is set for March 17 at 3 p.m. at the borough building, 59 E. High St.
From the floor Tuesday, council member John Butterfield said the event could be good for businesses, but that he could support it only if the promoters could guarantee that participants' motorcycles would comply with state muffler regulations.
BY JIM HALE Times Staff Writer | Posted: Friday, February 21, 2014 12:06 am
A proposal to "bag" parking meters for a Bike Week event in Lincoln Square prompted questions Tuesday during a meeting of the Borough Council's Public Safety Committee.
Mayor William Troxell informed members of an email he received from Kelly Crist, event coordinator for Bike Week, which draws a large number of motorcyclists to Gettysburg each year.
In the email, sent Jan. 21, Crist proposes "some type of kick off party" July 9 in the downtown square.
"My idea is to have a bike show on the square," Crist wrote, but "without closing the square, just bagging meters," which would mean coins would not have to be inserted during the event.
Crist wrote that the proposed event has attracted the interest of several merchants and would benefit the borough by transferring the annual Bike Week kickoff event to Gettysburg from its longtime site at a restaurant in Hanover.
However, the kickoff event would fall outside criteria for temporary bagging that are set forth in the borough's ordinance, Police Chief Joe Dougherty told the committee.
He said meters can only be bagged temporarily because of construction, or when people are loading or unloading in order to move, or for visiting dignitaries.
Yet, committee member Becky Brown and her colleagues quickly noted what she termed "parallels" between the proposed kickoff party and existing downtown events during which meters are bagged, including the Farmers Market and twice-yearly Antique Sale.
Issues include whether those events' organizers reimburse the borough for lost parking meter revenue, Brown and others said.
Borough Secretary Sara Stull said she would gather information on those matters in time for the committee's next meeting.
Members agreed to invite Crist to that meeting in order to learn more about her proposal. The meeting is set for March 17 at 3 p.m. at the borough building, 59 E. High St.
From the floor Tuesday, council member John Butterfield said the event could be good for businesses, but that he could support it only if the promoters could guarantee that participants' motorcycles would comply with state muffler regulations.
