97-25715. Enhanced-Use Development at the VAMC, North Little Rock, AR

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25715]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Enhanced-Use Development at the VAMC, North Little Rock, AR

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice of designation.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs is 
designating the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at North Little Rock, 
Arkansas, for an Enhanced-Use lease development. The Department intends 
to enter into a long-term lease of real property with the developer 
whose proposal will provide the most advantageous combination of 
services and revenue as consideration to the VA while retaining the 
therapeutic benefit of golf for patients at no cost to the Department.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacob Gallun, Office of Asset and Enterprise Development (189), 
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20420, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 38 U.S.C. Sec 8161 et seq. specifically 
provides that the Secretary may enter into an Enhanced-Use lease, if 
the Secretary determines that at least part of the use of the property 
under the lease will be to provide appropriate space for an activity 
contributing to the mission of the Department; the lease will not be 
inconsistent with and will not adversely affect the mission of the 
Department; and the lease will enhance the property. This project meets 
these requirements.

    Approved: September 22, 1997.
Hershel W. Gober,
Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 97-25715 Filed 9-26-97; 8:45 am]
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