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Festival moves to new sites, slip-and-slide postponed as Clive adapts to construction and water restrictions
Summary
City staff told council the Clyde Festival will be relocated from Green Belt Landing this year; highlights include moving the running festival to Campbell Park, postponing the giant slip-and-slide and rearranging activities to alternate venues while sponsors and parking are adjusted.
Richard, a city staff member, briefed the Clive City Council on June 26 on logistics for the upcoming Clyde Festival after the Green Belt Landing site became unavailable.
Key changes: the giant slip-and-slide will be postponed this year over concerns about site mess, mud and current irrigation restrictions; the running festival will move to Campbell Park; kids' art activities will be moved to the Harbaugh Center and bingo will be staged at Walnut Ridge. Richard said organizers will rely on portable power and sponsor support for staging and will adjust the event map to use campus drive east of 114th Street up to the gravel overflow parking area.
Richard said sponsors have decreased this year (one major sponsor reduced support from $7,500 to $2,500 and the county grant was not awarded), creating a fundraising gap staff will continue to pursue in the next two to three weeks. He said the fireworks vendor contract with J&M Displays will come before council next week and described tentative show lengths (four to six minutes Friday and seven to 12 minutes Saturday).
Staff indicated they'll update public communications and confirm parking agreements, and councilors asked about bike parking, pedestrian crossings and police support for traffic control. Richard said the team would coordinate with police and park partners to monitor traffic flow and provide temporary bike parking close to festival areas.
What happens next: staff will finalize the event map, update public communications after council feedback and present the fireworks contract for council consideration next week.
