On Tuesday, the Sturgeon Bay Common Council held off on approving a  consideration for a driveway to Highway 42-57 for the future Kwik Trip development on Duluth Avenue. Over 20 people attended the meeting, with many voicing concerns over Kwik Trip's plans to put a driveway to Highway 42-57, which would require a raised median to be built eventually, according to a Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) determination.

The biggest issue voiced by business owners was preventing traffic, especially delivery trucks, from crossing the highway to access businesses which would be detrimental to sales and the safety of customers and staff. After 75 minutes of discussion during the public forum, many asked that the council take more time and look into impact studies to examine more options. Troy Mleziva, director of real estate for Kwik Trip, stated that the company intends to be a good neighbor and that the DOT's plans for medians on Green Bay Road between Ashland Avenue and Duluth Avenue were brought up over ten years ago.

Ultimately the council took up Mayor David Ward's recommendation to table the vote on the Kwik Trip driveway and establish a special committee to discuss the matter further.

 
In other business, the council unanimously approved two-second readings of ordinances that rezoned the city's dimensional requirements to make building easier in Sturgeon Bay and to rezone the future Fleet Farm property to General Commercial (C-1).  

The Sturgeon Bay Common Council concluded the two-hour meeting by approving a Finance/Purchasing and Building Committee's recommendation to approve the Development Agreement with Cobblestone Hotels, a 60-unit hotel planned for the corner of Egg Harbor Road and North 12th Avenue.