The Sturgeon Bay Common Council voted approval Tuesday on a new development on Jefferson Street, vacating a street on the west side and a new building inspector.
The former Door County Ace Hardware building downtown will have a facelift thanks in part to Sturgeon Bay approving a development agreement with Austads, LLC that has financial incentives. The new development will have space to house three commercial tenants. The agreement calls for a minimum property assessed value of $250,000 higher over the next ten years than it is today. That guarantees that the city recoups its investment in the development through property taxes. Austads, LLC will receive $50,000 from TID #8 for improving the structure’s façade while making about $500,000 improvements to the interior of the building.
A resolution was introduced and approved by the council for vacating a portion of the southernmost part of South Madison Avenue that has a right-of-way, which the city has no future use for.
The final piece of business Tuesday night was the awarding of the building inspection services to Inspection Services, owned by Brett Guilette.
During the City Administrator report, Josh Van Lieshout shared that the city had completed the street paving projects this year and plans to cover between three and 3.2 miles of asphalt placement throughout the city next year which would be a record.
