With the floodwaters now gone from Harriet Island in St. Paul, city leaders are detailing the extensive three week cleanup that will lead up to this weekend's Minnesota Yacht Club Music Festival.
St. Paul's Park and Recreation Director Andy Rodriguez says its been a lot of effort from over one hundred city workers to get the site back to normal.
"We started cleaning out like the Wigington Pavilion, clearing all the silt from the building, pressure washing, sanitizing the space and we have to check all the utilities for all the facilities on the island," says Rodriguez. "So, your electrical outlets, plumbing, gas. And they get to power washing and sanitizing the trails and just cleaning up all that silt and debris that comes from the river and the flood."
He says another large-scale clean up of the downtown St. Paul area will be underway all this week in preparation for this weekend's festival.
According to Rodriguez, this is one of the biggest cleanups he's ever been a part of.
"I would say definitely. It wasn't on my checklist for this year, that's for sure," he jokes. "But I would say things definitely were expedited a bit, you know, deploying more resources where we needed to, and bringing in contractors as well. It's a testament to our front line staff."
Rodriguez says the efforts will need to continue after storms Saturday night downed trees in the area, and created even more messes to clean up. He adds that things should be full steam ahead.
The two-day festival takes place Friday and Saturday. There are two stages with no overlapping sets between the 20 artists scheduled to perform.
Artists for the festival include Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Gwen Stefani, The Black Crowes and Alanis Morissette on Friday. Saturday will include locals from Soul Asylum, The Offspring, Gary Clark Jr. and Red Hot Chili Peppers plus more on each day.
Ticket and more festival information is available here .
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