Fizzled efforts to reverse the rollback parking program may get a boost if the Undergraduate Student Government decides to rally for the plan's demise.

Mike Gillespie, chairman of the USG Governmental Relations Committee, said the committee is reviewing the rollback program and may join forces with the plan's opponents.

The rollback parking program --which began Aug. 1 and is aimed at reducing the bumper-to-bumper traffic in downtown neighborhoods -- has drawn criticism from many students and residents who do not want to pay to park on the streets.

The plan includes charging commuters $30 a month to park in a designated commuter zone on weekdays. Residents who live in the commuter zone must pay $7.50 a year to park in the area.

The State College Borough Council last week rejected a petition calling for reconsideration of the plan, ruling that opponents did not have the 77 signatures required for them to readdress the issue.

But if recommendations from last night's borough council work session are any indication, the plan is not likely to be reversed.

"Rollback should be continued," said Borough Manager Peter Marshall, reading from a staff review of the plan.

Marshall said the staff concluded that rollback has been effective in reducing commuter traffic in the downtown neighborhoods, and, besides a few amendments, should remain intact.

But Lester Penino, a representative of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 458 E. College Ave., and spokesman for the petitioners, continued his drive to abolish the program.

"I worked hard on this petition and you fluffed it off," he told the council.

Penino said free parking is a right every resident should have and charged the council with not being receptive to the situation.

Although the council told Penino future petitions must include 77 new signatures, rather than just adding to the existing signatures, he presented Marshall with only 22 new signitures.

Since Marshall said the latest petition will probably carry little weight, Gillespie said if USG decides to oppose the program, the committee could recruit enough registered students in the borough to sign a new petition, which would force the council to reconsider the issue.

"I would like to see more students active," said Gillespie (junior-political science).

Penino said new people are crucial to make a difference on this issue.