NEBRASKA CITY – Parking during the AppleJack Festival came back before the Nebraska City City Council on Monday.

City commissioners agreed to allow Arbor Day Farm to organize parking in Wildwood and Steinhart Parks during the AppleJack Festival.

Adam Howard, director of farm operations, said organized parking could add up to 250 more parking spots at Wildwood and 100 at Steinhart Park.

He said event parking in the area would increase from 970 to 1,300.

Parking spaces would be reduced on the eastern end of Central Avenue with Calvary Community Church’s request to use the sunken parking lot near Seventh Street for family activities and vendors Friday and Saturday and a worship service on Sunday morning.

Pastor Don Moore told commissioners the church will use the parking lot at the Pioneer Academy, but wanted permission to use the sunken parking lot as a plan B.

Finance Commissioner Gloria Glover moved that the tent take up only half of the parking lot, so that all of the parking it not lost Friday through Monday morning.

Commissioners also approved use of the Memorial Building parking lot for Dinty Moore’s beer garden from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.