The plan to transform the former Army Reserve at the corner of State and Las Positas streets into the new home for the American Indian Health & Services Clinic earned unanimous support from the city’s Planning Commission last week, while the main building itself was designated as a structure of merit by the Historic Landmarks Commission just a few days earlier.
The Planning Commission approved the specific plan, development plan, and general plan amendments for the project in a 6-0 vote, approving the request to demolish a portion of the building to add a two-story addition that would add nearly 10,000 square feet and bring the entire clinic to about 25,700 square feet total on the 2.57-acre site.
American Indian Health & Services received the property after the U.S. Department of Defense designated the site as excess property and transferred it to Federal Indian Health Services. Once the project is completed, it will serve as the new location for the local clinic, which currently operates out of El Mercado Shopping Center on State Street.