The Radcliff City Council met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday.
Neil Crawford with QK4, which provides engineering services for the city, provided an update on the North Logsdon Parkway project. Crawford said work had begun on clearing the land and construction was set to begin in September, but the city was told by the state grant manager to pause all work after the period of performance for the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant the project funds were connected to expired on August 5. The project is now on hold as the state requests an extension on that grant.
“I did ask Megan Mollohan with the state what she thought the timing was going to be,” Crawford said. “She said with the way things are right now at FEMA and the federal government, she has no idea, but she said it could be two weeks, it could be two months, or it could be two years, so we don’t know. Totally up in the air.”
Crawford also discussed an ordinance amending the city’s Flood Damage Prevention ordinance that had its first reading at the meeting. Crawford said the ordinance simply matches local guidelines with changes recently made by the state, but not following the update carries negative consequences.
“If we don’t have it enacted by October 15, then we risk falling out of the NFIP system, which then would risk flood insurance for anybody that has it in the community, and it also has other implications of the community wouldn’t be available for grants or federal loans, or if the flood plain is potentially impacted,” Crawford said.
In other meeting news, the first reading was held on an ordinance that makes it “unlawful to leave or confine an animal in any unattended motor vehicle under conditions that endanger the health or wellbeing of that animal.”
“The first responder is authorized to take all steps that are reasonably necessary for the removal of an animal from a motor vehicle, including breaking into the motor vehicle, if the officer has probable cause and if certain conditions are met,” said City Attorney Mike Pike, reading from the ordinance.
Other ordinances on first reading included an amendment to the 2024-2025 city budget concerning balances, the rezoning of 238 Cedar Oak Drive in Vine Grove from Commercial Zone to R-4, and the rezoning of 2787 Hill Street in Vine Grove from Residential Holding and R-2 to just R-2. The council also gave Radcliff Mayor JJ Duvall authorization to approve a real estate deal with Mid-Kentucky Kennel Club Inc. on a planned facility at the Millpond Business Center.
The Radcliff City Council will next meet September 8.