On Tuesday, another step toward the Miller Art Museum vacating a portion of the Door County Library’s Sturgeon Bay campus was made as the Sturgeon Bay Common Council approved an agreement between the Library Board and County Facilities Committee.    The Door County Board approved the deal last month and has the Miller Art Museum leaving the library within the next five years.  Mayor David Ward shares the history behind the two facilities and says the county and the city will each give the Miller Art Museum $500,000 to help relocate the Miller Art Museum.

In other business, the Sturgeon Bay Common Council held a public hearing to adopt a zoning code amendment related to animal services. Ward says no one testified at the hearing, and the Plan Commission recommendation to prohibit animal care in residential areas that include kennels and doggy daycare will have its first reading at the next common council meeting on October 15. 

Mayor Ward added that the Sturgeon Bay Common Council met on Monday to approve an amendment to TID #6 on Egg Harbor Road to include properties on North 14th Avenue for a future affordable housing project. He added that the new TID #11 on the southwest side of the city was also approved on Monday along the highway and Grant Avenue, where a Fleet Farm store is still planned for the next few years.