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Council approves modified Alexander Valley Healthcare Wellness Center design, authorizes $1.25M housing‑fund grant for Washington Street improvements
Summary
Cloverdale council approved a resolution and introduced an ordinance amending a development agreement for the Alexander Valley Healthcare Wellness Center, scaling the project from about 47,000 to 27,000 sq ft, and authorized a $1,250,000 grant from the city's low/moderate‑income housing fund to help complete Washington Street frontage and storm‑drain work (vote 5–0).
The Cloverdale City Council voted unanimously on Nov. 12 to approve a modification to the previously approved design review and conditional use permit for the Alexander Valley Healthcare Wellness Center and to introduce an ordinance amending the project's development agreement.
City planning staff described the revised proposal as a scale‑back from roughly 47,000 square feet to about 27,000 square feet. Planning staff and project representatives said the amendment responds to recent design changes while preserving the health‑care use at 321 South Cloverdale Boulevard.
As part of the development agreement amendment, the council authorized a grant of $1,250,000 from the city’s low/moderate‑income housing fund for specified infrastructure improvements along Washington Street — including curb, gutter and sidewalk that would serve the city's remaining parcel across the street and help move a storm drain that currently bisects the city property. Staff said the upgrades will make the city parcel more developable for future uses such as a police station or affordable housing if the council later elects that use.
City staff and project leaders told the council that some portion of infrastructure had been pre‑designed by the nonprofit project sponsor and that building these street improvements in coordination with the project yielded substantial cost efficiencies rather than delaying construction and paying higher prices later.
Mayor and council members discussed financial prudence and asked for documentation for the street‑improvement cost estimates; project leaders said they have existing bids and will obtain multiple bids for the work under the development agreement provisions. The resolution was accompanied by an introduction of the ordinance approving the development‑agreement amendment; staff said the ordinance will return for a second reading at a subsequent meeting.
The motion that bundled the design modification resolution and introduction of the ordinance passed on a roll‑call vote, 5–0. Staff noted that if the city does not ultimately use its adjacent parcel for affordable housing, some portion of the grant may have to be returned into the housing fund per earlier agreements tied to the site's purchase and use restrictions.
The approval moves the Alexander Valley Wellness Center project forward in the entitlement process while tying a one‑time city infrastructure contribution to specific frontage and storm‑drain improvements.
