E-town council approves adoption of Downtown Master Plan

The Elizabethtown City Council met for a regular meeting Monday.

The council approved a resolution to add the Downtown Master Plan to the city’s Comprehensive Plan.

“The Downtown Master Plan in its entirety is endorsed and adopted to be utilized by the Planning Commission and City Council to identify and develop programs and projects to enhance public spaces, improve mobility, walkability, and foster unique mixed-use cultural districts in Downtown Elizabethtown,” said City Attorney Ken Howard reading from the municipal order.

Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory thanked the city employees and residents who worked on developing the plan.

Elizabethtown resident Judy Elliott came before the council to address concerns with drainage impacting residences in the Saint John Estates subdivision. Elliott said she has attempted to communicate with city officials several times but her concerns have not been addressed.

“This exceeds reasonable use of somebody’s property,” Elliott said. “What can be done? 2006, 2013, 2018, 2025, it has made it into my home. That’s not counting how many times it’s made it onto my property and didn’t go further.”

Gregory said because Elliott has previously threatened legal action, communication with her has gone through the City Attorney’s office. Howard said Elliott’s information is known to the city’s Stormwater Department, and “it is in the budget process” to eventually be reviewed by the city council along with other projects.

“We’d like to fund them all, but it’s just simply not economically feasible to do that, and as I advised Ms. Elliott last week, an answer to her question really will not be available, probably, until June, until you all finally adopt the budget,” Howard said.

In other meeting news, the first reading was held on an ordinance rezoning 1612 North Miles Street from Suburban Residential (R-2) to Urban Residential (R-3). A municipal order approving the appointment of Rick Townsend to the city’s Board of Zoning Adjustments was approved.

The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet April 27.