West LA VA Medical Center Finalizes Plans for Modernization
LOS ANGELES — The Department of Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System posted the Master Plan for the West Los Angeles campus, which includes plans to expand the homeless program by renovating buildings on the historic campus.
The WLA Master Plan, introduced for public comment in January 2011, outlines potential modernization projects that provide direct benefit for Veterans through VA programs and services on the WLA campus.
The plan calls for an expansion of GLA’s homeless program through the renovation of Buildings 205, 208, and 209. This renovation will create additional opportunities for long-term therapeutic and supportive homeless programs at the WLA campus focusing on the most chronically homeless disabled Veterans.
“Secretary Shinseki is committed to ending Veteran homelessness in Los Angeles and throughout the country by 2015. Though much work remains, VA has made significant progress to reduce homelessness over the past two years under his leadership,” said GLA Director Donna M. Beiter, RN, MSN. “This Master Plan builds on VA’s progress to end Veteran homelessness and ensures that land use at West Los Angeles will continue to put the needs of Veterans first – now and into the future. The West Los Angeles campus is a sacred and peaceful place for Veterans to heal, and VA is committed to ensuring Veterans and their families receive the care and benefits they have earned.”
Other projects under consideration as funds become available include: constructing a new inpatient tower (clinical expansion), centralizing research activities and locating them adjacent to the clinical area, expanding the Los Angeles National Cemetery onto the WLA campus and collocating the VA regional office onto WLA grounds, offering Veterans comprehensive services in one location.
Under the Master Plan, as each existing land use agreement expires, renewal will be determined based upon the priorities and guiding principles established in the Master Plan. This plan ensures that all future proposed land use will be evaluated based on three critical priorities: direct benefit to Veterans, fulfillment of VA’s mission, and compatibility with the community.
The Master Plan is available for public viewing at www.losangeles.va.gov.
To view the Final Notice visit: www.federalregister.gov/learn/public-inspection-desk.
The Master Plan is published in the Federal Register at http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2011-15739_PI.pdf.
Posted June 23, 2011
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