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Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee

Town of Holly Springs · Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee
Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 7:00 pm

Advisory board meeting Parks and recreationPolice and public safetyGrants and outside fundingPublic facilitiesRoads and transportation

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What's on this agenda

The Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee's one substantive item is a discussion of e-bike education and potential policy changes, following a public comment period where residents can speak for up to three minutes each (15 minutes total). The agenda doesn't say what policy options are on the table, only that the committee will discuss them.

Everything else is routine: approving March's minutes, a round-robin of committee updates ('Hot Topics'), and reports from Council, the Traffic and Roadway Advisory Committee, the Tree Advisory Committee, the Police-Citizens Advisory Group, and staff program updates. No votes or formal actions are recorded on this agenda.

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

The committee backed the town's proposed e-bike rules. Parks director LeeAnn Plumer laid out what the police department, which is leading the work, is recommending: permit pedal-assist e-bikes, e-scooters and one-wheels on greenways provided riders keep safe speeds, yield to pedestrians and call out when passing; let minors and parents with children use sidewalks with the same precautions; and set escalating penalties, a warning and impoundment on a first offense, a $250 fine and impoundment on a second, $500 and impoundment on a third. The town would pair this with a parents' webpage, videos aimed at young riders, outreach at events and bike rodeos.

Members said the recommendations set the right tone but pressed on timing, saying incidents are happening now and use will rise when school lets out, and that the message to teenagers has to be engaging to land. The committee supported the changes. Staff said a council briefing was due that Friday, the item would go to the council on April 21, and the new policies would take effect around June 1.

One resident spoke. Elsewhere in the meeting, staff reported $38,500 in USTA grants to resurface all eight tennis courts at the North Main Athletic Complex, a library renovation starting in late April that will limit summer use, a CAPRA accreditation site visit from May 11 to 13, and a virtual public meeting on April 15 about a new park near Avent Ferry and Rex Roads.

How the votes went

One vote: approval of the March minutes, moved by Daniel Fenton and seconded by Karen McGowan, unanimous. The committee took no formal vote on the e-bike recommendations, but the minutes record that it supports them.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

1 member of the public spoke.

  1. Greg Ackerman, a Holly Springs resident since 2002 who rides a one-wheel, backed thoughtful policy on e-bikes and e-scooters, argued for outreach and education over enforcement alone, and offered to volunteer at events and talk at Salamanders games about safe recreational use.

One speaker, on electric transportation.

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

Town of Holly Springs's own rules for public comment — check them before you rely on anything here.

Agenda items (9)

Procedural · 4Discussion item · 3Minutes approval · 1Staff or committee report · 1
  1. 1 Call to Order
    Procedural
    Meeting opens with welcome and attendance.
  2. 2 Approve March 2026 Meeting Minutes
    Minutes approval
    Committee approves minutes from its March meeting.
  3. 3 Public Comment Period
    Procedural
    Up to 15 minutes for public comment, 3 minutes per speaker; the committee does not act on comments during the period.
  4. 4.a E-Bike Education & Potential Policy Changes
    Discussion item Parks and recreationPolice and public safetyRoads and transportation
    Committee discusses e-bike safety education and possible policy changes; the agenda does not specify what changes are proposed.
    Committee expressed support; council briefing that Friday and an item on the April 21 council agenda
  5. 5 Hot Topics / PRAC Round Robin
    Discussion item
    Open round-robin discussion among committee members.
  6. 6 Reports (Council, TRAC, Tree Advisory Committee, Police-Citizens Advisory Group, Program/Event Updates, Director Report)
    Staff or committee report Grants and outside fundingPolice and public safetyPublic facilities
    Standing reports from Council liaison and affiliated committees, plus staff program and director updates.
  7. 7 Old Business
    Discussion item
    Placeholder for any carried-over business; none specified.
  8. 8 Announcements/Information Share
    Procedural Parks and recreation
    General announcements.
  9. 9 Adjournment
    Procedural
    Meeting adjourns.

Agenda changes

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