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Town Council Business Meeting

Town of Holly Springs · Town Council
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 7:00 pm

Regular meeting Budget and appropriationsRezoningRoads and transportationContracts and procurementEconomic development incentivesHousing and affordabilityLitigation and settlementsPolice and public safety

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What's on this agenda

Holly Springs Town Council has a mostly routine consent agenda: minutes from two November meetings, monthly budget amendments, retirement of a police K9, the town's acceptance of two streets (Grigsby Avenue and Pine Avenue) for maintenance from NCDOT, an engineering design standards update, a speed-limit concurrence for Holly Springs Road, and an amendment to the town's audit contract for fiscal year 2025.

The main item of substance is a residential rezoning case (25-REZ-07) and an associated development agreement for property on Grigsby Avenue, taken up under new business. The manager's report previews upcoming development-services land use cases, and the meeting closes with a closed session.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

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

Holly Springs Town Council split 4-1 to adopt Rezoning Ordinance RZ25-09 for the Grigsby Avenue Residential project. Council member Larson cast the no vote, saying the property's existing by-right zoning already protected its natural areas without a rezoning. The plan, filed by applicant Jon Keener, takes the site from Residential to Mixed Residential Neighborhood for 21 units, 12 detached and 9 attached. The applicant widened a buffer along Lakeside to all evergreens after residents raised concerns about tree loss at the November public hearing. The Planning Board had recommended approval 7-0. The council then approved the project's utility allocation and its development agreement unanimously. Nobody signed up for public comment, in person or in writing.

The rest of the meeting was routine. The council approved its full consent agenda on one unanimous vote: minutes of two November meetings, a budget amendment, NCDOT's transfer of Grigsby and Pine avenues to town maintenance, an engineering standards update, a 45-mph speed limit on part of Holly Springs Road, and an amendment to the fiscal 2025 audit contract. It also adopted Resolution 25-45, retiring police K9 Risner to handler Cpl. Dustin Gillam. Development Services previewed six coming rezoning cases, at 4917 Friendship Road, 5617 Sunset Lake Road, 2420 Avent Ferry Road, 5800 Duncan Cook Road, 6725 Thrasher Road and 7501 Rouse Road, plus the Mira Ridge project. The council then went into closed session to discuss an economic incentive, a real-property purchase, and two pending suits against the town, Lamar v. Town of Holly Springs and Greenhawk v. Town of Holly Springs.

How the votes went

The rezoning ordinance passed 4-1, with Larson opposed. The project's utility allocation and development agreement passed unanimously, as did the full consent agenda and the votes to enter and leave closed session.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

No members of the public spoke.

Read from the records the government published after the meeting. Members of the public are private residents and are not named or indexed.

Speaking at this meeting

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Jump to an item (15 on this agenda)
  1. 1Call to Order
  2. 2Pledge of Allegiance
  3. 3Invocation
  4. 4Adjustment and approval of December 16, 2025 meeting agenda
  5. 5November 10, 2025 Workshop Meeting and November 18, 2025 Business Mee…
  6. 6Monthly Budget Amendments
  7. 7Police K9 Retirement
  8. 8Town Acceptance of Grigsby Avenue & Pine Avenue for Maintenance from…
  9. 9Engineering Design and Construction Standards Supplement #13
  10. 10Municipal Concurrence for Speed Limit on Holly Springs Road
  11. 11Audit Contract Amendment for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025
  12. 12Grigsby Ave Residential Rezoning 25-REZ-07 and Development Agreement
  13. 13Preview of Upcoming Development Services Land Use Cases
  14. Closed Session
  15. Adjournment

Agenda items (15)

Consent agenda · 6Procedural · 5Minutes approval · 1Ordinance · 1Staff or committee report · 1Closed session · 1
  1. 1 Call to Order
    Procedural
  2. 2 Pledge of Allegiance
    Procedural
  3. 3 Invocation
    Procedural
  4. 4 Adjustment and approval of December 16, 2025 meeting agenda
    Procedural
  5. 5 November 10, 2025 Workshop Meeting and November 18, 2025 Business Meeting Minutes
    Minutes approval
  1. 12 Grigsby Ave Residential Rezoning 25-REZ-07 and Development Agreement
    Ordinance Housing and affordabilityRezoning
    Council considers a residential rezoning case on Grigsby Avenue along with an accompanying development agreement.
  2. 13 Preview of Upcoming Development Services Land Use Cases
    Staff or committee report Rezoning
    Staff preview of land use cases expected to come before the council.
    • 4917 Friendship Rd · Double J Properties of North Carolina LLC · 8.3 acres · assessed $553,325
    • 5617 Sunset Lake Rd · The New School INC · 11 acres · assessed $2,140,747
    • 2420 Avent Ferry Rd · Ronin Partners LLC · 31 acres · assessed $1,856,725
    • 5800 Duncan Cook Rd · Cook, Durwood W Cook, Peggy B · 3.3 acres · assessed $396,803
    • 6725 Thrasher Rd · Temple, Wade P Temple, Joyce A · 95 acres · assessed $11,320,263
    • 7501 Rouse Rd · no matching parcel on file
  3. Closed Session
    Closed session Economic development incentivesLitigation and settlements
    The council met with the town attorney to discuss an economic incentive, a real-property acquisition, and two pending lawsuits against the town, Lamar v. Town of Holly Springs and Greenhawk v. Town of Holly Springs.
  4. Adjournment
    Procedural

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