[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 35605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12481]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Veterans and Community Oversight and Engagement Board, Notice of
Meeting, Amended
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, that the
Veterans and Community Oversight and Engagement Board (the Board) will
meet on June 21-22, 2022, at 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Building 500,
Room 1281, Los Angeles, CA. The meeting sessions will begin and end as
follows:
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Date(s) Time(s)
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June 21, 2022............................. 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.--
Pacific Standard Time
(PST).
June 22, 2022............................. 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.--PST.
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Sessions are open to the public, except during the time the Board
is conducting tours of VA facilities, participating in off-site events,
and participating in workgroup sessions. Tours of VA facilities are
closed, to protect Veterans' privacy and personal information, in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
The Board was established by the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of
2016 on September 29, 2016. The purpose of the Board is to provide
advice and make recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on
identifying the goals of the community and Veteran partnership;
improving services and outcomes for Veterans, members of the Armed
Forces, and the families of such Veterans and members; and on the
implementation of the Draft Master Plan approved by the Secretary on
January 28, 2016, and on the creation and implementation of any
successor master plans.
On Tuesday, June 21, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. PST, the
Board will meet in open session with key staff of the VA Greater Los
Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS). The Advisory Committee Management
Office will present, FACA 101 training. The agenda will include opening
remarks from the Committee Chair, Executive Sponsor, and other VA
officials. There will be a general update from the Director of the
Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
(VAGLAHS). From 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST, the Board will convene
with a closed tour of the VA Greater Los Angles Healthcare System.
Tours of VA facilities are closed to protect Veterans' privacy and
personal information, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, the Board will reconvene in open
session at 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Building 500, Room 1281, Los
Angeles, CA, and receive a comprehensive presentation from the
Community Engagement and Reintegration Services (CERS) team from
VAGLAHS. The Office of Strategic, Facility & Master Planning, VAGLAHS
will provide a Master Plan 2022 update, followed by a detailed
Principal Developer update by the West Los Angeles Collective to
include plans and vison for the Town Center. The Board will receive a
briefing from the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) on the results
of the two OIG audit reports. Brentwood Schools and UCLA leaseholders
have been invited to provide updates on their leases and contributions
to date, for Veterans. The Board's subcommittees on Outreach and
Community Engagement with Services and Outcomes, and Master Plan with
Services and Outcomes will provide an out brief to the full Board and
update on draft recommendations to be considered for forwarding to the
Secretary.
Due to a steady rise in COVID-19 outpatient cases and employee
absences in alignment with the County's High transmission rate. The
Veterans Health Administration has instituted a new COVID operation
plan that is currently in effect that defines certain restrictions
based on transmission levels, to include posters at the GLA facility
indicating a Red Health Protection Level that requires masking, self-
screening, patient visitation with provider approval and physical
distancing. Therefore, the VAGLAHS cannot approve non-mission essential
visitation at this time.
As previously published in the Federal Register on 05/26/2022 and
available online at federalregister.gov/d/2022-11297, and on
govinfo.gov, GLA will support the planned in-person meeting of the
VCOEB board with the tour and public facing meeting. However,
additional public personnel will no longer be allowed to attend in-
person. The execution of the Board's meeting will be done in a hybrid
fashion. The Board will meet in person in the multipurpose room. Board
members should be vaccinated or have evidence of a negative test before
coming into the hospital (basic requirements for all visitation). The
public members will access the meeting via WebEx for viewing and for
the public comment session.
The meetings are open to the public and will be recorded. Members
of the public can attend the meeting by joining the WebEx meeting at
the link below. The link will be active from 8:00 a.m.-5:45 p.m. (PST)
daily, 21-22 June 2022.
Meeting Link: https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/j.php?MTID=m0b563ed8e2d51624cedad8187f75700b.
Meeting Number: 2763 169 1071.
Join by video system: Dial [email protected];
You can also dial 207.182.190.20 and enter your meeting number.
Join by phone: 14043971596 USA Toll Number; Access code: 2763 169
1071; Global call-in numbers [verbar] Toll-free calling restrictions.
Time will be allocated for receiving public comments on June 22, at
11:15 a.m. PST. Public members wishing to make public comments should
contact Chihung Szeto at (562) 708-9959 or at [email protected] and
are requested to submit a 1-2-page summary of their comments for
inclusion in the official meeting record. In the interest of time, each
speaker will be held to 5-minute time limit. The Board will accept
written comments from interested parties on issues outlined in the
meeting agenda, from June 22 through June 29, 2022. Individuals wishing
to make public comments are required to register during the WEBEX
registration process. If time expires and your name was not selected,
or you did not register to provide public comment and would like to do
so, you are asked to submit public comments via email at [email protected]
for inclusion in the official meeting record.
Attempts to join the meeting will not work until the host opens the
meeting approximately ten minutes prior to start time. Any member of
the public seeking additional information should contact Mr. Eugene W.
Skinner Jr. at (202) 631-7645 or at [email protected].
Dated: 6/3/2022.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-12481 Filed 6-9-22; 8:45 am]
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