CC SR 20160920 F - West LA Veterans Administration Campus Master PlanRANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 09/20/2016
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Consent Calendar
AGENDA DESCRIPTION:
Consideration and possible action to support the West Los Angeles (LA) Veterans'
Administration (VA) Campus Master Plan
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
(1) Authorize the Mayor to sign a letter to Secretary of Veterans' Affairs Robert
McDonald supporting Senate Bill No. 2013 (S. 2013), House Resolution
No. 3484 (H.R. 3484) and the West LA VA Campus Master Plan.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
Amount Budgeted: N/A
Additional Appropriation: N/A
Account Number(s): N/A
ORIGINATED BY: Kit Fox, AICP, Senior Administrative Analyst
REVIEWED BY: Gabriella Yap, Deputy City Manager.'
APPROVED BY: Doug Willmore, City Manager '1?
ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
A. Draft support letter (page A-1)
B. West LA VA Campus Master Plan brochure (page B-1)
C. S. 2013 (page C-1)
D. H.R. 3483 (page D-1)
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
On September 1, 2016, Staff was contacted by VA The Right Way, soliciting the City's
support of the West LA VA Campus Master Plan and related pending Federal
legislation. VA The Right Way is a veterans' advocacy organization that has been
lobbying for the development of an updated master plan for the VA's campus in
unincorporated West LA that would focus upon the needs of homeless veterans. As
described in the attached brochure (Attachment B), this would be the fulfillment of the
original purpose of the dedication of this property to the United States government as a
home for veterans in 1888.
In support of the master plan, Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representative Ted Lieu
have sponsored Federal legislation (S. 2013 and H.R. 3484, respectively) that would
reinstate West LA VA's ability to enter into Enhanced Use Lease agreements that will
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provide increased housing opportunities and reintegration services for the entire veteran
community. Copies of this legislation are included as Attachments C and D.
Staff believes that the re -dedication of the West LA VA campus to serving the needs of
homeless veterans will be of benefit throughout Los Angeles County. Therefore, Staff
has prepared a draft letter of support for the project for the Mayor's signature. Similar
support has been expressed by the cities of Alhambra, Azusa, Beverly Hills, Carson,
Culver City, Garden, Glendale, Inglewood, Lomita, Santa Monica and West Hollywood.
ALTERNATIVES:
In addition to the Staff recommendation, the following alternative action is available for
the City Council's consideration:
1. Do not authorize the Mayor to sign a letter in support of the West LA VA
project.
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September 20, 2016
The Honorable Robert McDonald, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
US Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20420
SUBJECT: Support for West Los Angeles Veterans' Administration Campus
Master Plan
Dear Secretary McDonald:
Nr.
As the Mayor of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, I am writing to express our City's
support for the West Los Angeles Veterans' Administration (West LA VA) Master Plan
that you adopted in January 2016. My City Council colleagues and I support your agency's
goal of eliminating veteran homelessness in Los Angeles County. The fulfillment of the
West LA VA campus' original purpose and vision will be a major step in the achievement
of this goal.
In addition, we are in favor of pending legislation sponsored by Senator Dianne Feinstein
(S. 2013) and Representative Ted Lieu (H.R. 3484) that is designed to reinstate West LA
VA's ability to enter into Enhanced Use Lease agreements that will provide increased
housing opportunities and reintegration services for the entire veteran community.
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes appreciates your dedication to this critical issue.
Sincerely,
Ken Dyda
Mayor
cc: Rancho Palos Verdes City Council
The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
The Honorable Ted Lieu
Doug Willmore, City Manager
Gabriella Yap, Deputy City Manager
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WEST LOS ANGELES VA CAMPUS
DRAFT MASTER PLAN
This updated Draft Master Plan is based on Veteran and community feedback during the
Preliminary Draft Master Plan Public Comment period. This is the culmination of a process
that began in June 2015, and represents unprecedented input and response to VA and
the Secretary's team with over 100 meetings and over 1,000 responses in the Federal
Register. The comments and data collected during this period were carefully reviewed and
incorporated to reflect and address Veteran and stakeholder interests in the planning process.
The Draft Master Plan for the West Los
Angeles VA Campus is a framework
that will guide VA in determining and
implementing the most effective use of
the campus for Veterans, particularly for
homeless Veterans, including underserved
populations such as female Veterans, aging
Veterans, and those who are severely
physically or mentally disabled. The
primary considerations include:
• provision of appropriate levels of
supportive housing on the campus, in
renovated existing buildings or newly
constructed facilities;
• need for appropriate levels of bridge
and emergency housing along with short-
term treatment services on campus, to
provide state-of-the-art primary care,
mental health, and addiction services
to Veterans, particularly those that are
chronically homeless;
• respect for individual Veteran choices on
whether to seek housing at the West LA
Campus or in the local community; and
• parameters of applicable law, including
but not limited to the appropriate
integration of persons with disabilities
into the community, and applicable
environmental and historic preservation
laws, regulations, and consultation
requirements.
January 28, 2016
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The Draft Master Plan is one of a series
of steps toward revitalization of the West
Los Angeles Campus for Veterans' use,
and represents a commitment to restore
and reactivate the site to play the role for
which it was historically established, as a
home for Veterans. In March 1 888, the
United States received a donation of the
land now comprising the West Los Angeles
Campus from John P. Jones, Arcadia B.
DeBaker, and John Wolfskill, with the
understanding and intent that the site be
used to establish a Pacific Branch of the
National Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers. Shortly after the Korean War,
nearly 5,000 Veterans called the campus
home. In fact, the federal government
maintained this purpose for the property
with fidelity until the 1 970's, but over years
it transitioned into a condensed healthcare
and research campus leaving land, housing
and amenities unused and in disrepair.
GOALS OF THE MASTER PLAN
1. Use the planning process to create a 21st Century model for Veterans' care that honors those who have served our
nation and serves as a symbol of national pride and innovative change.
2. Revitalize the site to its intended purpose as a home; a vibrant community that includes the development of high
quality housing tailored to priority Veteran subpopulations with robust supports that promote wellbeing and holistic,
strength based services to augment existing structure of healthcare services.
3. Ensure transparency and accountability in land use and partnering decisions by engaging Veterans in the process
that underlies the site's revitalization.
4. Make certain that all on-site programs, activities, resources and initiatives are offered in a culture that prioritizes the
needs and wants of Veterans from every service era, and their families.
5. Develop a variety of high quality supportive housing that is tailored to the needs of vulnerable veteran sub -
populations populations (e.g., chronically homeless, severely disabled, aging veterans with disabilities, females with
dependents and other Veterans suffering from significant trauma and addictions disorders that have experienced
housing instability) who have been prioritized to live on-site.
6. Offer user-friendly access to a holistic set of resources provided on-site for the benefit of Veterans and their families
whether living on campus or residing elsewhere in the greater Los Angeles community.
7. Interconnect campus operations in real time with available off-site resources including VA facilities, state, county,
city, neighborhood systems, Veteran Service Organizations and non-profit organizations.
8. Create opportunities on campus for all Veterans to interface safely and network constructively with the community
at large and in the process facilitate their successful reintegration into civilian society.
9. Optimize the site by maintaining its legacy as a home wherever possible through restoration of original structures,
thoroughfares, open space, trees and natural terrain while developing new facilities that are compatible with the
home's scale and character.
10. Establish implementation mechanisms that are not fully reliant on VA funds to create a safe, secure and
economically sustainable campus for Veteran -centered land uses and activities inclusive of housing, healthcare,
benefits, memorial services, education, and all functions that facilitate the reintegration of Veterans and their
families into civilian society.
Once beyond the limits of urban development, the West
LA VA Campus now is located in the center of densely
developed and highly valuable neighborhoods that have
grown up around it.
The framework for development of the
West LA Campus envisions a long-term
build -out that focuses use of the site
on housing and services for Veterans,
restores and enhances the site's historic
legacy, conserves and repairs its natural
setting, and facilitates, encourages and
promotes reintegration of Veterans into
civilian life.
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is an alternate long-range use
for the northernmost part of the
campus.
Key features of the plan include:
1 Veteran Housing neighborhoods
distributed throughout the site. Central
to the campus is the most secure and
protected neighborhood of permanent
supportive housing on the "high ground,"
with its own neighborhood services.
2 The Town Center located in the geo-
graphic center of the campus, touching on
each of the primary Veteran neighbor-
hoods as a place of common contact.
3 Five Neighborhood Centers located
throughout the campus,connected to each
residential neighborgood, providing fo-
cused supportive services and amenities.
4 A Reintegration Zone located in the
current "industrial district" of the campus,
focused on Veteran reintegration, with
opportunities for education and employ-
ment training, workshop and gallery
space for the arts, and incubator space
for nurturing Veteran -initiated start-ups.
5 The Medical District, south of Wilshire,
with the re -purposed hospital and new
Bed Tower, an array of in-patient and
ambulatory care facilities, a variety of
hospitality facilities for hospital visitors
and their families, and additional sup-
portive housing options.
6 Accessible and programmed Open
Space and Recreation throughout the
campus.
supportive housing includes new
construction and renovation of
existing historic structures.
Education, employment training,
and Veterans' enterprise
development is an alternate long-
range use.
New roads connect the network of existing roads
and open new access to surrounding streets.
Parking near campus entry points connect with a
shuttle system that allows visitors to "park once."
A new Town Center forms t
heart of the Veteran community,
with amenities and services
for resident and non-resident
Veterans alike.
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development parcels that account for the entire site.
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campus, with housing and services at its core.
EXISTING BUILDING
Recreation
Veteran Businesses
and Parking Structure
NEW BUILDING
Track
Recreational open space
U.S. Postal Service
Basketball
Tennis
PARKING
(SURFACE AND STRUCTURED)
Golf Course
(alt: cemetery expansion; independent housing)
Open Space
(Veterans' Park)
Veterans' Recreation Center
Open Space
(alt: independent housing)
Permanent Supportive Housing
(women and children)
Permanent Supportive Housing
Permanent Supportive Housing
Senior Housing
(CalVets)
Police Station
Neighborhood Service Center
Guest House
— ("Presidential Suite")
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Columbarium
Counseling Center
(legal services, etc.)
Veterans' Organizations Offices & Amenities
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Theater / Veterans Talent Showcase
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Child Care Center
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Veterans' Enterprises
Library / Fitness Center /
Services & Amenities
Career Center
Movie Theater
Veterans' Benefits
Art Galleries & Studios
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Outpatient Care
(existing hospital)
Outpatient Clinics
New Hospital Bed Tower
Hospitality
(Patriot House)
Hospitality
(Patriot House)
Hospitality
(Fisher House)
• Community Park
Land use is proposed as existing,
preferred, and alternate, allowing
for flexibility in future development
decision-making, but establishing the
tone and character of each of the areas
of the campus. Within this flexible
framework, specific ideas for focusing
new development as well as re -purposing
existing facilities are suggested in the
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The Master Plan Framework places an
initial and immediate focus on permanent
supportive housing for homeless or at -
risk Veterans within a nurturing, safe,
and secure core area of the site. Initial
phase permanent supportive housing
will be located in the central portion
of the north campus, with a projected
capacity of 490 housing units. Of these,
approximately 1 50 units are proposed
to be new construction in a townhouse -
type complex, with the balance located
in nearby renovated buildings.
Future housing will be located in a
combination of renovated buildings
throughout the campus, as well as in new
infill construction. Beyond the currently
projected demand for 1,200 units, the
Framework Plan indicates an overall
capacity on the 388 -acre West LA
Campus of up to approximately 4,000
units of housing of various types. This
capacity can absorb future demand
as need dictates based on local and
regional demand updated through 3- to
5 -year reviews.
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12 months 11 24-30 months) 30 months
HR. 3484 / S. 2013
Legislation Passes
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Parcel(s): 12
Building(s).209
60 Total Permanent
Supportive Housing
Units on campus
Parcel(s): 10 Parcel(s): 12, 13
Parcel(s): 17,18, 19
Building(s): New Building(s):206, 208,
Construction 158, 157, 158
210 Total Permanent 490 Total Permanent
Supportive Housing Supportive Housing
Units on campus Units on campus
Total Initial -Phase Development = 490 Units
Building(s): 206, 207,
210, 256, 257
770 Total Permanent
Supportive Housing
Units on campus
Parcel(s):TBD
Building(s): TBD
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Permanent
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Notal = 1,200 Units
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AUTHENTICATED
U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
114TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSIQN
S.2013
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To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into certain leases
at the Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Campus in
Los Angeles, California, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. BoxER) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into
certain leases at the Department of Veterans Affairs
West Los Angeles Campus in Los Angeles, California,
and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the "Los Angeles Homeless
5 Veterans Leasing Act of 2015".
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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN LEASES AT
2 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
3 WEST LOS ANGELES CAMPUS.
4 (a) IN GENERAL —The Secretary of Veterans Affairs
5 may carry out leases described in subsection (b) at the
6 Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Cam -
7 pus in Los Angeles, California.
8 (b) LEASES DESCRIBED.—Leases described in this
9 subsection are the following:
10 (1) An enhanced -use lease of real property
11 under subchapter V of chapter 81 of title 38, United
12 States Code, for purposes of providing supportive
13 housing, as that term is defined in section 8161(3)
14 of such title.
15 (2) A lease of real property for a term not to
16 exceed 50 years to a third party to provide services
17 that principally benefit veterans and their families
18 and that are limited to one or more of the following
19 purposes:
20 (A) The promotion of health and wellness,
21 including nutrition and spiritual wellness.
22 (B) Education.
23 (C) Vocational training, skills building, or
24 other training related to employment.
25 (D) Peer activities, socialization, or phys-
26 ical recreation.
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1 (E) Assistance with legal issues and Fed -
2 eral benefits.
3 (F) Volunteerism.
4 (G) Family support services, including
5 child care.
6 (H) Transportation.
7 (I) Services in support of one or more of
8 the purposes specified in subparagraphs (A)
9 through (II).
10 (3) A lease of real property for a term not to
11 exceed 10 years to an institution of the State of
12 California that has had a medical affiliation with the
13 Department at the campus specified in subsection
14 (a) for more than 20 years, if -
15 (A) the lease is consistent with the master
16 plan described in subsection (e);
17 (B) the provision of services to veterans is
18 the predominant focus of the activities of the
19 institution at the campus during the term of
20 the lease; and
21 (C) the institution expressly agrees to pro -
22 vide, during the term of the lease and to an ex -
23 tent and in a manner that the Secretary con -
24 siders appropriate, services and support that—
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1 (i) principally benefit veterans and
2 their families, including veterans that are
3 severely disabled, women, aging, or home -
4 less; and
5 (ii) may consist of activities relating
6 to the medical, clinical, therapeutic, die -
7 tary, rehabilitative, legal, mental, spiritual,
8 physical, recreational, research, and coun-
9 seling needs of veterans and their families
10 or any of the purposes specified in any of
11 subparagraphs (A) through (I) of para -
12 graph (2).
13 (c) LIMITATION ON LAND -SHARING AGREEMENTS. -
14 The Secretary may not carry out any land -sharing agree -
15 ment pursuant to section 8153 of title 38, United States
16 Code, at the campus specified in subsection (a) unless
17 such agreement -
18 (1) provides additional health care resources to
19 the campus; and
20 (2) benefits veterans and their families other
21 than from the generation of revenue for the Depart -
22 ment of Veterans Affairs.
23 (d) PROHIBITION ON SALE OF PROPERTY.—NOtWith-
24 standing section 8164 of title 38, United States Code, the
25 Secretary may not sell or otherwise convey to a third party
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1 fee simple title to any real property or improvements to
2 real property made at the campus specified in subsection
3 (a).
4 (e) CONSISTENCY WITH MASTER PLAN —The Sec -
5 retary shall ensure that each lease carried out under this
6 section is consistent with the new master plan under devel-
7 opment as of the date of the enactment of this Act that
8 will detail how the campus specified in subsection (a) will
9 be used to benefit all veterans.
10 (f) COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN LAWS. -
11 (1) LAWS RELATING TO LEASES AND LAND
12 USE.—If the Inspector General of the Department of
13 Veterans Affairs determines, as part of an audit re -
14 port or evaluation conducted by the Inspector Gen -
15 eral, that the Department is not in compliance with
16 all Federal laws relating to leases and land use at
17 the campus specified in subsection (a), or that sig -
18 nificant mismanagement has occurred with respect
19 to leases or land use at the campus, the Secretary
20 may not enter into any lease or land -sharing agree -
21 ment at the campus, or renew any such lease or
22 land -sharing agreement that is not in compliance
23 with such laws, until the Secretary certifies to the
24 Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate, the
25 Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
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1 Representatives, and each Member of the Senate
2 and the House of Representatives who represents
3 the area in which the campus is located that all rec-
4 ommendations included in the audit report or eval-
5 uation have been implemented.
6 (2) COMPLIANCE OF PARTICULAR LEASES.—No
7 lease may be entered into or renewed under this sec -
8 tion unless the lease complies with chapter 33 of
9 title 41, United States Code, and all Federal laws
10 relating to environmental and historic preservation.
11 (g) NOTIFICATION AND REPORTS. -
12 (1) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION. With re -
13 spect to each lease or land -sharing agreement in -
14 tended to be entered into or renewed at the campus
15 specified in subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify
16 the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate,
17 the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
18 Representatives, and each Member of the Senate
19 and the House of Representatives who represents
20 the area in which the campus is located of the intent
21 of the Secretary to enter into or renew the lease or
22 land -sharing agreement not later than 45 days be -
23 fore entering into or renewing the lease or land-shar-
24 ing agreement.
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1 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year
2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not
3 less frequently than annually thereafter, the Sec -
4 retary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans'
5 Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Veterans'
6 Affairs of the House of Representatives, and each
7 Member of the Senate and the House of Representa-
8 tives who represents the area in which the campus
9 specified in subsection (a) is located an annual re -
10 port evaluating all leases and land -sharing agree -
11 ments carried out at the campus.
12 (3) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT. -
13 (A) IN GENERAL —Not later than each of
14 two years and five years after the date of the
15 enactment of this Act, and as determined nec-
16 essary by the Inspector General of the Depart -
17 ment of Veterans Affairs thereafter, the Inspec-
18 tor General shall submit to the Committee on
19 Veterans' Affairs of the Senate, the Committee
20 on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Represent -
21 atives, and each Member of the Senate and the
22 House of Representatives who represents the
23 area in which the campus specified in sub -
24 section (a) is located a report on all leases car -
25 ried out at the campus and the management by
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the Department of the use of land at the cam-
pus, including an assessment of the efforts of
the Department to implement the master plan
described in subsection (e) with respect to the
campus.
(B) CONSIDERATION OF ANNUAL RE -
7 PORT.—In preparing each report required by
8 subparagraph (A), the Inspector General shall
9 take into account the most recent report sub -
10 mitted to Congress by the Secretary under
11 paragraph (2) .
12 (h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec -
13 tion shall be construed as a limitation on the authority
14 of the Secretary to enter into other agreements regarding
15 the campus specified in subsection (a) that are authorized
16 by law and not inconsistent with this section.
17 (i) PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT VETERANS AND THEIR
18 FAMILIES DEFINED.—In this section the term "prin-
19 cipally benefit veterans and their families", with respect
20 to services provided by a person under a lease of property,
21 land -sharing agreement, or revocable license agreement -
22 (1) means services -
23 (A) provided exclusively to veterans and
24 their families; or
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1 (B) that are designed for the particular
2 needs of veterans and their families, as opposed
3 to the general public, and any benefit of those
4 services to the general public is ancillary to the
5 intended benefit to veterans and their families;
6 and
7 (2) excludes services in which the only benefit
8 to veterans and their families is the generation of
9 revenue for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
10 (j) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. -
11 (1) PROHIBITION ON DISPOSAL OF PROP -
12 ERTY.—Section 224(a) of the Military Construction
13 and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appro-
14 priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-161; 121 Stat.
15 2272) is amended by striking "The Secretary of
16 Veterans Affairs" and inserting "Except as author -
17 ized under section 2 of the Los Angeles Homeless
18 Veterans Leasing Act of 2015, the Secretary of Vet -
19 erans Affairs".
20 (2) ENHANCED -USE LEASES.—Section 8162(c)
21 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by in -
22 serting ", other than an enhanced -use lease under
23 section 2 of the Los Angeles Homeless Veterans
24 Leasing Act of 2015," before "shall be considered".
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AUTHENTICATED
U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
114TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
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Union Calendar No. 442
H. R. 3484
[Report No. 114-570]
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into certain leases
at the Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Campus in
Los Angeles, California, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
Mr. TED LIEU of California introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
MAY 17, 2016
Additional sponsors: Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LOwENTIIAL, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD,
Mrs. TORRES, Mr. HONDA, Mr. KNIGHT, Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of Cali-
fornia, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. HAHN, Mr. BECERRA, Ms.
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. TAKANO, and Mr.
DE SAULNIER
MAY 17, 2016
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 10, 2015]
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To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into
certain leases at the Department of Veterans Affairs
West Los Angeles Campus in Los Angeles, California,
and for other purposes.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the "Los Angeles Homeless
5 Veterans Leasing Act of 2016".
6 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN LEASES AT
7 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
8 WEST LOS ANGELES CAMPUS.
9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs
10 may carry out leases described in subsection (b) at the De -
11 partment of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Campus in
12 Los Angeles, California (hereinafter in this section referred
13 to as the "Campus").
14 (b) LEASES DESCRIBED.—Leases described in this
15 subsection are the following:
16 (1) Any enhanced -use lease of real property
17 under subchapter V of chapter 81 of title 38, United
18 States Code, for purposes of providing supportive
19 housing, as that term is defined in section 8161(3) of
20 such title, that principally benefit veterans and their
21 families.
22 (2) Any lease of real property for a term not to
23 exceed 50 years to a third party to provide services
24 that principally benefit veterans and their families
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1 and that are limited to one or more of the following
2 purposes:
3 (A) The promotion of health and wellness,
4 including nutrition and spiritual wellness.
5 (B) Education.
6 (C) Vocational training, skills building, or
7 other training related to employment.
8 (D) Peer activities, socialization, or phys-
9 ical recreation.
10 (E) Assistance with legal issues and Federal
11 benefits.
12 (F) Volunteerism.
13 (G) Family support services, including
14 child care.
15 (H) Transportation.
16 (I) Services in support of one or more of the
17 purposes specified in subparagraphs (A) through
18 (H).
19 (3) A lease of real property for a term not to ex -
20 ceed 10 years to The Regents of the University of
21 California, a corporation organized under the laws of
22 the State of California, on behalf of its University of
23 California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus (hereinafter
24 in this section referred to as "The Regents"), if—
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1 (A) the lease is consistent with the master
2 plan described in subsection (g);
3 (B) the provision of services to veterans is
4 the predominant focus of the activities of The Re -
5 gents at the Campus during the term of the lease;
6 (C) The Regents expressly agrees to provide,
7 during the term of the lease and to an extent and
8 in a manner that the Secretary considers appro-
9 priate, additional services and support (for
10 which The Regents is either not compensated by
11 the Secretary or is compensated through an ex -
12 isting medical affiliation agreement) that -
13 (i) principally benefit veterans and
14 their families, including veterans that are
15 severely disabled, women, aging, or home -
16 less; and
17 (ii) may consist of activities relating
18 to the medical, clinical, therapeutic, die -
19 tary, rehabilitative, legal, mental, spiritual,
20 physical, recreational, research, and coun-
21 seling needs of veterans and their families
22 or any of the purposes specified in any of
23 subparagraphs (A) through (I) of paragraph
24 (1); and
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1 (D) The Regents maintains records docu-
2 meeting the value of the additional services and
3 support that The Regents provides pursuant to
4 subparagraph (C) for the duration of the lease
5 and makes such records available to the Sec -
6 retary.
7 (c) LIMITATION ON LAND -SHARING AGREEMENTS. -
8 The Secretary may not carry out any land -sharing agree -
9 ment pursuant to section 8153 of title 38, United States
10 Code, at the Campus unless such agreement -
11 (1) provides additional health-care resources to
12 the Campus; and
13 (2) benefits veterans and their families other
14 than from the generation of revenue for the Depart -
15 ment of Veterans Affairs.
16 (d) REVENUES FROM LEASES AT THE CAMPUS. Any
17 funds received by the Secretary under a lease described in
18 subsection (b) shall be credited to the applicable Department
19 medical facilities account and shall be available, without
20 fiscal year limitation and without further appropriation,
21 exclusively for the renovation and maintenance of the land
22 and facilities at the Campus.
23 (e) EASEMENTS. -
24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
25 provision of law (other than Federal laws relating to
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1 environmental and historic preservation), pursuant to
2 section 8124 of title 38, United States Code, the Sec -
3 retary may grant easements or rights-of-way on,
4 above, or under lands at the Campus to -
5 (A) any local or regional public transpor-
6 tation authority to access, construct, use, operate,
7 maintain, repair, or reconstruct public mass
8 transit facilities, including, fixed guideway fa -
9 cilities and transportation centers; and
10 (B) the State of California, County of Los
11 Angeles, City of Los Angeles, or any agency or
12 political subdivision thereof, or any public util-
13 ity company (including any company providing
14 electricity, gas, water, sewage, or telecommuni-
15 cation services to the public) for the purpose of
16 providing such public utilities.
17 (2) IMPROVEMENTS.—Any improvements pro -
18 posed pursuant to an easement or right-of-way au -
19 thorized under paragraph (1) shall be subject to such
20 terms and conditions as the Secretary considers ap-
21 propriate.
22 (3) TERMINATION Any easement or right -of -
23 way authorized under paragraph (1) shall be termi-
24 nated upon the abandonment or nonuse of the ease -
25 went or right-of-way and all right, title, and interest
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1 in the land covered by the easement or right-of-way
2 shall revert to the United States.
3 (f) PROHIBITION ON SALE OF PROPERTY.—Notwith-
4 standing section 8164 of title 38, United States Code, the
5 Secretary may not sell or otherwise convey to a third party
6 fee simple title to any real property or improvements to
7 real property made at the Campus.
8 (g) CONSISTENCY WITH MASTER PLAN.—The Sec -
9 retary shall ensure that each lease carried out under this
10 section is consistent with the draft master plan approved
11 by the Secretary on January 28, 2016, or successor master
12 plans.
13 (h) COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN LAWS. -
14 (1) LAWS RELATING TO LEASES AND LAND
15 USE. If the Inspector General of the Department of
16 Veterans Affairs determines, as part of an audit re -
17 port or evaluation conducted by the Inspector Gen -
18 eral, that the Department is not in compliance with
19 all Federal laws relating to leases and land use at the
20 Campus, or that significant mismanagement has oc-
21 curred with respect to leases or land use at the Cam -
22 pus, the Secretary may not enter into any lease or
23 land -sharing agreement at the Campus, or renew any
24 such lease or land -sharing agreement that is not in
25 compliance with such laws, until the Secretary cer-
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1 tifies to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
2 Senate, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
3 House of Representatives, and each Member of the
4 Senate and the House of Representatives who rep -
5 resents the area in which the Campus is located that
6 all recommendations included in the audit report or
7 evaluation have been implemented.
8 (2) COMPLIANCE OF PARTICULAR LEASES.—Ex-
9 cepa as otherwise expressly provided by this section,
10 no lease may be entered into or renewed under this
11 section unless the lease complies with chapter 33 of
12 title 41, United States Code, and all Federal laws re -
13 lating to environmental and historic preservation.
14 (i) COMMUNITY VETERANS ENGAGEMENT BOARD. -
15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after
16 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
17 shall establish a Community Veterans Engagement
18 Board (in this subsection referred to as the "Board")
19 for the Campus to coordinate locally with the Depart -
20 ment of Veterans Affairs to -
21 (A) identify the goals of the community;
22 and
23 (B) provide advice and recommendations to
24 the Secretary to improve services and outcomes
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1 for veterans, members of the Armed Forces, and
2 the families of such veterans and members.
3 (2) MEMBERS.—The Board shall be comprised of
4 a number of members that the Secretary determines
5 appropriate, of which not less than 50 percent shall
6 be veterans. The nonveteran members shall be family
7 members of veterans, veteran advocates, service pro -
8 eiders, or stakeholders.
9 (3) COMMUNITY INPUT. In carrying out sub -
10 paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), the Board
11 shall -
12 (A) provide the community opportunities to
13 collaborate and communicate with the Board, in -
14 eluding by conducting public forums on the
15 Campus; and
16 (B) focus on local issues regarding the De -
17 partment that are identified by the community,
18 including with respect to health care, benefits,
19 and memorial services at the Campus.
20 (j) NOTIFICATION AND REPORTS. -
21 (1) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—With re -
22 spect to each lease or land -sharing agreement in -
23 tended to be entered into or renewed at the Campus,
24 the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Veterans'
25 Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Veterans' Af-
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1 fairs of the House of Representatives, and each Mem-
2 ber of the Senate and the House of Representatives
3 who represents the area in which the Campus is lo -
4 cated of the intent of the Secretary to enter into or
5 renew the lease or land -sharing agreement not later
6 than 45 days before entering into or renewing the
7 lease or land -sharing agreement.
8 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year
9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not
10 less frequently than annually thereafter, the Secretary
11 shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of
12 the Senate, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
13 House of Representatives, and each Member of the
14 Senate and the House of Representatives who rep -
15 resents the area in which the Campus is located an
16 annual report evaluating all leases and land -sharing
17 agreements carried out at the Campus, including -
18 (A) an evaluation of the management of the
19 revenue generated by the leases; and
20 (B) the records described in subsection
21 (b) (3) (D)•
22 (3) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT. -
23 (A) IN GENERAL. Not later than each of
24 two years and five years after the date of the en -
25 actment of this Act, and as determined necessary
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1 by the Inspector General of the Department of
2 Veterans Affairs thereafter, the Inspector General
3 shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Af-
4 fairs of the Senate, the Committee on Veterans'
5 Affairs of the House of Representatives, and each
6 Member of the Senate and the House of Rep -
7 resentatives who represents the area in which the
8 Campus is located a report on all leases carried
9 out at the Campus and the management by the
10 Department of the use of land at the Campus,
11 including an assessment of the efforts of the De -
12 partment to implement the master plan de -
13 scribed in subsection (g) with respect to the Cam -
14 pus.
15 (B) CONSIDERATION OF ANNUAL REPORT. -
16 In preparing each report required by subpara-
17 graph (A), the Inspector General shall take into
18 account the most recent report submitted to Con-
19 gress by the Secretary under paragraph (2).
20 (k) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section
21 shall be construed as a limitation on the authority of the
22 Secretary to enter into other agreements regarding the Cam -
23 pus that are authorized by law and not inconsistent with
24 this section.
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1 (l) PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT VETERANS AND THEIR
2 FAMILIES DEFINED. In this section the term "principally
3 benefit veterans and their families", with respect to services
4 provided by a person or entity under a lease of property
5 or land -sharing agreement -
6 (1) means services -
7 (A) provided exclusively to veterans and
8 their families; or
9 (B) that are designed for the particular
10 needs of veterans and their families, as opposed
11 to the general public, and any benefit of those
12 services to the general public is ancillary to the
13 intended benefit to veterans and their families;
14 and
15 (2) excludes services in which the only benefit to
16 veterans and their families is the generation of rev -
17 enue for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
18 (m) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. -
19 (1) PROHIBITION ON DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY. -
20 Section 224(a) of the Military Construction and Vet -
21 erans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations
22 Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-161; 121 Stat. 22 72) is
23 amended by striking "The Secretary of Veterans Af-
24 fairs" and inserting "Except as authorized under the
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1 Los Angeles Homeless Veterans Leasing Act of 2016,
2 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs".
3 (2) ENHANCED -USE LEASES.—Section 8162(c) of
4 title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting
5 `, other than an enhanced -use lease under the Los An -
6 geles Homeless Veterans Leasing Act of 2016," before
7 "shall be considered".
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