The Elizabethtown City Council met for a work session Monday.
Samantha Wiser with Taylor Siefker Williams presented on the North Downtown Master Plan, which she said will be the focus of the next round of Community Development Block Grant funding for city projects. Wiser said the improvements and projects in the plan fall under five general topics.
“So looking at that infrastructure(1) that is out there, that’s kind of our base need, right?” Wiser said. “But we’re also looking at walkability, that was something definitely we heard about, so the second topic is really about those walkable connections(2). Identity and design(3), and again, extending that kind of urban and downtown idea and design characteristics and transitioning that to more of the neighborhood scale there. Balanced development(4), and again, this does include Mulberry, so that’s a different kind of development than maybe what’s on Main Street or Williams or something of that nature, and then really the idea of that neighborhood pride(5).”
More information on the North Downtown Master Plan is available by contacting the city’s Planning and Development Office.
Andrew Bohlen and Jim Hagerty with Prime AE provided an update on the Valley Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion project. Bohlen said the project is advancing to the next design stage.
“This next phase will require approximately 16 months of design work,” Bohlen said. “It’s going to include new wastewater processes at the treatment plant. It’s going to include new basins for the expansion of that treatment plant and new buildings, but importantly, it’s also going to rehabilitate and improve existing structures to the extent that we can.”
Hagerty said the Kentucky Department of Water is reviewing the draft facility plan and has given the city permission to proceed to public hearings.
“We’re probably still another six months away from final adoption by the Division of Water, but this is one of the more significant steps in getting approval of the plan,” Hagerty said.
After completion of the design phase, construction is estimated to run between 2028 and 2031.
The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet May 4.
