City Council
MEETING DATE: 5/11/2016
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FallFest
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FROM:
Chris Parman, Communications/Events Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the approval of Special Use Permit #16-008 to allow an annual event to be named FallFest in Downtown Cathedral City.
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BACKGROUND:
KevaWorks, Inc. of Rancho Mirage approached the City to offer an annual event in Downtown Cathedral City called, FallFest. KevaWorks is the producer of the Tamale Festival in Indio and has produced over 3,000 events. They specialize in carnivals, music and food festivals, and community fairs for churches, malls, shopping centers, service organizations and a host of non-profits. After seeing the Balloon Festival this past February, they decided Cathedral City was the place to start this new event.
DISCUSSION:
FallFest will be a family-friendly, community event that becomes an annual tradition in Cathedral City. Proposed to take place over two weeks in late October, FallFest will include a full carnival, complete with rides and games; a pumpkin patch area celebrating the fall holiday with hay bales, scarecrows, corn stalks and pumpkins for sale; family activities such as pumpkin carving, Halloween costume contests, trick-or-treating, and arts and crafts; and finally, weekend activities to include food and craft vendors, a beer garden, and live entertainment.
FallFest will use most of our downtown area footprint. The pumpkin patch area, beer garden, and live music will occur on the Festival Lawn. Live music may occur on Friday evenings up to 10 pm, Saturday from 11 am to 10 pm, and Sunday from 12 noon to 9 pm. I emphasize "may" because they are not definite on the hours or days of live entertainment, but will abide by the cut-off times of 10 pm on weekend nights and 9 pm on Sunday evening. There is no music scheduled during the weekdays.
The carnival rides and games will take place in the vacant lot adjacent to and west of the parking struct...
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