The Vallejo Planning Commission is expected to decide on an application to build a three-story, 156 residential senior assisted living facility on the site of the former Elks Lodge property.

Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m., Wednesday inside the Vallejo City Hall Council Chambers, 555 Santa Clara St.

Carlton Senior Living is seeking to open the facility on seven-acres of property at 2850 Redwood Parkway, which would also include a two-story medical office or commercial retail project.

City Hall staff is recommending commissioners approve a site development permit and a major use permit that would allow the 154,000 square foot senior assisted living facility to be built. The facility is expected to employ 35 (part time, and full time) employees, with the facility offering living, dining, offices, kitchen, and other activity areas, according to the city staff report to the commission.

The facility would be open 24 hours a day.

Staff reported that 120 of the units are reserved for independent living, with the remaining 36 units earmarked for memory care.

If approved, plans are based on a tiered approach with the first phase including demolition of the existing Elks Lodge and construction of the assisted living facility. The second phase would include development 24,000 square feet of commercial or medical office space.

Commissioners will also be asked to adopt an initial study/mitigated negative declaration, stating that there were no impacts identified in the project as potentially significant that could not be mitigated to a less-than-significant level, staff reported.

The company was founded in 1985 by Tom MacDonald, father of Tim MacDonald, who is known for his work (along with his wife Susan) in the city’s arts community. Carlton currently has 12 facilities located throughout the Bay Area and Sacramento.

Due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the Planning Commission meeting has been moved to Wednesday. The commission normally meets on the first and third Mondays of the month, unless there is a holiday.