On July 22, 2025, the Board of Public Service received requests from the Office of Special Events to declare 10 special events as festival zones in the city. The items were read into the meeting record by President Rich Bradley as part of the agenda.
The events listed included the Manchester Bike Bash on Manchester (between Sarah and Kentucky) on Aug. 2 (4 p.m.–11 p.m., setup beginning 9 a.m. Aug. 2 and teardown by 3 a.m. Aug. 3); Oktoberfest at Soulard Market Park on Oct. 10–11 (setup beginning Oct. 6; teardown by Oct. 13); Gospel Fest on Page between Perri and Evans on Aug. 2 (9 a.m.–6 p.m.); Great Rivers Greenway 20th anniversary in Forest Park on Sept. 15 (4:30 p.m.–7 p.m.); Oil of God Ministry Community Street Festival at 4300 Gano between Carter and West Florissant on Aug. 9 (10 a.m.–6 p.m.); Story Time in the Commons/Be My Neighbor Day on Olive between N. Spring and N. Grand on Sept. 6 (9:30 a.m.–11 a.m.); Moonlight Ramble on Lake Drive between Lochborough and Holly Hills on Aug. 9 (7 p.m.–11:30 p.m.); Baton Festival on N. Broadway between Bittner and Baton on Aug. 2 (noon–4:30 p.m.); Greater Saint Louis, Inc. Keener Summer Nights concerts on S. Lenore K. Sullivan on five dates in July–August (6 p.m.–8 p.m.); and Freedom Arts Expo on Levee between N. Grand and Peck on Aug. 2 (noon–3 p.m.).
The record characterizes these items as requests to be approved subject to certain conditions; the excerpt does not include a separate roll-call vote on each special-event request in the provided transcript slices.
Why it matters: festival-zone declarations affect street closures, public-safety deployments and neighborhood access during events.
What the record does not show: the transcript in the supplied excerpt lists the events and their times but does not capture detailed conditions attached to each approval or a separate recorded vote for each event in these lines.