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Tree Advisory Committee

Town of Holly Springs · Tree Advisory Committee
Monday, September 14, 2026 at 6:00 pm

Advisory board meeting Environment and sustainabilityAppointments and personnelParks and recreationElections and districtsGrants and outside fundingRoads and transportationZoning text amendment

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What is in the packet

The packet turns the agenda's short lines into figures. The 2026 street tree replacement grant program carries 45,000 dollars, ran from 21 August to 2 October, and has drawn 45 applications, 39 of them processed and 6 incomplete, asking for 55 tree replacements. Two of those applications came from homeowner associations and cover 15 trees between them.

The ordinance item is a motion to endorse Unified Development Ordinance amendments for the town council, covering tree planting requirements on residential lots, street tree spacing, the permitted species list and required planting sizes. The draft ordinance is attached, with the compatibility statement state law requires. The packet also sets out what Tree City USA recognition costs: a tree board, a tree ordinance, an Arbor Day event, and a minimum of two dollars per resident in spending. The committee is asked to adopt its 2026-27 work plan, which schedules four standing events a year, and notes every task in the 2025-26 plan was completed. One new member, three returning members and one junior member take the oath.

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What's on this agenda

Holly Springs' Tree Advisory Committee meets September 14 to seat new and returning members, elect a chair and vice-chair, and take up changes to the Unified Development Ordinance. The committee is advisory: it does not adopt ordinances itself, but would recommend UDO changes to the Town Council, which holds the town's tree protection and landscaping standards.

The rest of the agenda is program business. Staff would brief the committee on the 2026 street tree replacement grant, which pays to replace trees along town street rights-of-way, and on what the town must keep doing to hold its Tree City USA designation. The committee also sets its own work plan for the year and hears plans for two events: HollyFest on October 31 and a tree-planting ceremony marking the town's 150th anniversary. It is planning a public pruning workshop at Veterans Park for the Windcrest and Windward Pointe neighborhoods, and its next meeting is set for December 14.

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Agenda items (11)

Discussion item · 5Appointment · 2Staff or committee report · 2Minutes approval · 1Procedural · 1
  1. 1 Swearing-in of Membership
    Appointment Appointments and personnel
    New and returning committee members take the oath of office at the committee's organization meeting.
  2. 2 Election of Chair and Vice-Chair
    Appointment Appointments and personnelElections and districts
    The committee elects its presiding officers for the coming year.
  3. 3 April 13, 2026 Regular Meeting Minutes
    Minutes approval
    Approval of the minutes of the committee's last meeting, held 13 April 2026.
  4. 4 HollyFest Planning - October 31, 2026
    Discussion item Parks and recreation
    Planning for the committee's part in HollyFest, the town festival held 31 October.
  5. 5 150th Commemorative Tree Planting Ceremony
    Discussion item Environment and sustainabilityParks and recreation
    A planting ceremony marking the town's 150th anniversary.
  6. 6 Tree City USA Requirements & Updates
    Staff or committee report Environment and sustainability
    Staff report on what Holly Springs must document to keep its Tree City USA recognition, which requires a tree board, a tree ordinance, a spending threshold per resident and an Arbor Day observance.
  7. 7 Annual Work Plan
    Discussion item Environment and sustainability
    The committee sets its work plan for the year ahead.
  8. 8 Street Tree Replacement Grant: 2026 Program Updates
    Staff or committee report Environment and sustainabilityGrants and outside fundingRoads and transportation
    Staff would update the committee on the 2026 street tree replacement grant, which funds replacing trees along town street rights-of-way.
  9. 9 Unified Development Ordinance Amendments
    Discussion item Environment and sustainabilityZoning text amendment
    The committee would review proposed amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance and recommend changes to the Town Council, which adopts the UDO's tree protection and landscaping rules. The agenda does not say which sections are open for review.
  10. 10 Tree Pruning Workshop at Veterans Park - Windcrest and Windward Pointe
    Discussion item Environment and sustainability
    A public tree pruning workshop planned for Veterans Park, serving the Windcrest and Windward Pointe neighborhoods.
  11. 11 Next Meeting: December 14, 2026
    Procedural
    The committee's next regular meeting is set for 14 December 2026.

Agenda changes

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