By JOHN KOZIOL

Staff Writer

LACONIA — Area residents are invited to attend a public hearing this evening to tell the Motorcycle Week Advisory Committee what they think about the annual rally.

At the hearing, which begins at 7 p.m. and will be held in Room 200A at City Hall, members of the public will be given five minutes to address any or all of the committee’s charges related to Bike Week.

Last November, the City Council established the committee to look objectively "at the event and its impact on the city’s public relations and infrastructure" to determine whether it is "in the city’s best interest" to assume responsibility for Bike Week and also whether its nine-day duration should be changed.

Additionally, the committee was charged with finding ways of creating a better relationship with businesses and finding alternative sources, other than the city, county and state, to pay for the cost of Bike Week.