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Town of Holly Springs · Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee
Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 7:00 pm

Advisory board meeting Parks and recreationAppointments and personnelPolice and public safety

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What's on this agenda

Holly Springs' Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee gets updates on Bass Lake Park and Eagles Landing Park at its November 13 meeting and picks a representative to the Tree Advisory Committee. The committee also hears reports from its council, TRAC and police advisory liaisons, and notes that WinterFest and the Tree Trail at Ting run December 5 and 6, with a holiday dinner replacing the regular December meeting.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

Park manager Taylor Jackson gave the committee a full account of Bass Lake Park and Sugg Farm. The division spends $883,157 a year and takes in $212,000. Summer nature camps filled all 277 places and recovered 120 percent of their cost. Concessions and the bait and tackle counter turned $29,722 gross profit at 202 percent cost recovery. Boat rentals rose to 742 from 666 the year before; conference room rentals held steady at 160, with fewer weddings and more business meetings.

Volunteers did the work the town had budgeted $90,000 for: a quote to paint the Sugg Farm fence went unspent because 170 volunteers gave 660 hours across six paintings between April 2024 and October 2025. Across the year 353 volunteers gave 1,151 hours on 19 outings. The memorial bench program has put 16 benches at Bass Lake, two left to sell, saving the town more than $30,000 at about $1,900 each.

On Eagles Landing, staff reported building foundations poured with the gym's pre-cast panels due the following week, the park loop road roughed in, and contracts let for athletic lighting and artificial turf. Park amenities are due in June 2027 and the recreation center in September 2027.

The council liaison reported the development proposal for the Ting and Mims sports and entertainment district finalized, with responses due by March 2026 and the top one to three going to the council. Fall programs drew 6,400 participants across 463 activities, with 650 waitlisted, mostly in athletics, and $454,000 of revenue. Eight of nine members attended.

How the votes went

One vote: approval of the September minutes, moved by Melinda Walker and seconded by Will Ulmer, unanimous.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

No members of the public spoke.

The minutes record no public comment.

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Agenda items (10)

Procedural · 4Staff or committee report · 3Minutes approval · 1Discussion item · 1Appointment · 1
  1. Call to Order
    Procedural
    Welcome and attendance.
  2. Approve October 2025 Meeting Minutes
    Minutes approval
    Approval of minutes from the October meeting.
  3. Public Comment Period
    Procedural
    Public comment, limited to three minutes per speaker and fifteen minutes total.
  4. Bass Lake Park Update
    Staff or committee report
    The park manager updates the committee on Bass Lake Park.
  5. Eagles Landing Park Update
    Staff or committee report
    An update on Eagles Landing Park.
  6. PRAC Round Robin
    Discussion item
    Members share updates in turn.
  7. Reports
    Staff or committee report Parks and recreationPolice and public safety
    Reports from the council liaison, TRAC, the police citizens advisory group, program updates and the director.
  8. Selection of Tree Advisory Committee representative
    Appointment Appointments and personnel
    The committee selects its representative to the Tree Advisory Committee.
  9. Announcements / Information Share
    Procedural Parks and recreation
    WinterFest and the Tree Trail at Ting run December 5 and 6; a holiday dinner on December 9 replaces the regular meeting.
  10. Adjournment
    Procedural

Agenda changes

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