City Manager Clint Quilter said he expects this year’s July 4
weekend will
”
probably be less of a big deal
”
than in 2006 during the first year after the biker rally’s
cancellation, while Hollister officials plan to treat the
permitting for potential vendors
”
like we would for any temporary zoning permit.
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HOLLISTER
City Manager Clint Quilter said he expects this year’s July 4 weekend will “probably be less of a big deal” than in 2006 during the first year after the biker rally’s cancellation, while Hollister officials plan to treat the permitting for potential vendors “like we would for any temporary zoning permit.”
Officials are addressing the likely festivities that weekend – while agreeing to a June 2 cutoff for such applications – in another year after which council members canceled the traditional downtown event due to financial shortfalls.
The council canceled the officially sanctioned event after losing more than $200,000 – part of it in a miscalculated T-shirt deal that left the city with thousands of retail items unsold. When the city canceled the rally for 2006, before reviving it under a private promoter a year later, an estimated 10,000 visitors showed up despite the lacking organization.
“It’ll probably be less of a big deal, I think,” Quilter said about this year, noting he had received only a couple of inquiries in recent months, by e-mail, with interest about the a rally.
Quilter told council members at this week’s meeting about the plans to use its common review practice for requested set-ups over July 4 weekend and establish the deadline to ensure officials are properly prepared for whomever might come.
He explained that temporary use permits are for any event of three days or fewer, such as a used car sale in the Kmart parking lot as an example. Such requests typically go before a review committee with a representative from each department with examinations of such criteria as sanitary facilities, setbacks from sidewalks, security, the layout and fire safety, he said.
Look for an expanded version of this story on preparations for this year’s July 4 weekend in Tuesday’s edition of the Free Lance.
