[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 224 (Monday, November 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72046-72047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30030]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Enhanced-Use Lease (EUL) of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
Real Property for the Development of Permanent Housing in Topeka, KS

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice of intent to enter into an Enhanced-Use Lease (EUL).

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of VA intends to enter into an EUL for an 
approximately 4.0-acre parcel of land and seven buildings on the 
Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center campus of the VA Eastern Kansas Health 
Care System in Topeka, Kansas. As consideration, the selected lessee 
will be required to finance, design, develop, construct, maintain and 
operate a permanent supportive housing facility. The lessee will also 
be required to provide preference and priority placement for senior 
Veterans and their families, and provide on-site supportive services 
for resident Veterans.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Bradley, Office of Asset 
Enterprise Management (044), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-7778 (this is not a 
toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 38 U.S.C. 8161 et seq. states that the 
Secretary may enter into an enhanced-use lease if he determines that 
implementation of a business plan proposed by the Under Secretary for 
Health for applying the consideration under such a lease for the 
provision of medical care and services would result in a demonstrable 
improvement of

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services to eligible Veterans in the geographic service-delivery area 
within which the property is located. This project meets this 
requirement.

    Approved: November 14, 2011.
Eric K. Shinseki,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2011-30030 Filed 11-18-11; 8:45 am]
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