Plans are taking shape for a new Lewiston clinic that would offer outpatient surgeries and procedures.
The Lewiston City Council on Monday passed a first reading of an ordinance to rezone the proposed 1.2 acre location at 25th and Vineyard avenues from medium density residential to a planned unit development. The services the clinic would provide are not available in the community, said Deven Roy, a managing partner of Naadi Healthcare LLC, who joined the meeting by telephone. Roy didn’t elaborate on what type of care would be offered at the clinic. City officials didn’t have additional details to share in response to a question raised by Councilor Luke Blount, who voted against the zone change in its first reading.
City attorney Jana Gomez noted that the ordinance is about what generally will be allowed on the site in the future. If the land is shifted to a planned unit development, the ordinance would permit the proposed medical clinic on the site as well as other specified uses. Besides a medical clinic, allowable uses in the ordinance include a dental clinic, long-term care facility, drug store or preschool, as well as personal service, professional and government offices.
What Naadi is proposing would increase medical services available in Lewiston at a time when the city is short in the number of providers available for people to see, according to Katie Hollingshead, assistant planner. The clinic would blend well with what’s already in the neighborhood, one that has been identified in the comprehensive plan as a place for medical services, Hollingshead said. (Lewiston Tribune)
