Cloverdale planning commission recommends approval of scaled-down Alexander Valley Healthcare wellness center

The Cloverdale Planning Commission on Aug. 5 recommended that the City Council approve a modified conditional use permit and design review for the Alexander Valley Healthcare Wellness Center at 321 South Cloverdale Boulevard (APN 001-440-052).

Rafael, planning staff, told commissioners that the project’s original environmental review—a 2022 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and its Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program—remains the appropriate CEQA document for this modified, reduced-size proposal. Rafael said the commission’s recommendation would move the matter to the City Council, which must approve a development agreement that sets conditions including the city’s contributions to roads.

Matt Stromberg, the project architect, described the revised proposal as a substantial downsizing from the earlier approval. “We have downsized the building considerably. It had been a 47,000-square-foot, three-story building, and we have modified that now to a two-story building with approximately 27,000 square…