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Volume 44 - Issue 49 - December 4, 2025

State of Kansas

Office of Veterans Services

Request for Comments

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is announcing the availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the potential issuance of a State Veterans Home Grant to the Kansas Office of Veterans Services (KOVS) for the purpose of constructing a new Veterans’ home. The proposed location of the project building is 3107 SW 21st St., Topeka, Kansas, adjacent to the existing Colmery-O’Neil Veterans’ Administration Medical Center. The proposed facility would provide resources for veterans in the northeast portion of Kansas, which is the most populated area of the State of Kansas. The building will be a 72-bed long term care home and constructed using the VA Small House Design. This design incorporates four households with 18 beds each, two neighborhoods, and a community center. One household will be a memory care unit. Each household will have a hardened area that will serve as a safe space during a storm, and each resident room will have a large window and a bathroom. Each neighborhood will include activity, dining, and kitchen spaces. The community center will include administrative offices, activity space, and physical therapy areas.

The DEA has been prepared per provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), (Public Law 91-19042 U.S.C. §§ 4321-4347, January 1, 1970), its associated amendments, and VA’s implementing regulations (38 CFR, Part 26). VA intends to issue a “Finding of No Significant Impact” (FONSI) following a 30-day comment period, providing there are no substantive comments that warrant further evaluation.

Further information, including an electronic copy of the DEA may be found online at https://tinyurl.com/yc3r2u8b.

A hardcopy of the DEA document is available for review at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka Room, 1515 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, KS 66604.

Agencies and the public are encouraged to provide written comments on the DEA. The 30-day public comment period for the DEA ends January 5, 2026.

Questions or comments concerning the DEA should be directed to Rob Leicht, Director of Operations, Kansas Office of Veterans Services, 700 SW Jackson St., Suite 1004, Topeka, KS 66603-3743 or rob.leicht@ks.gov.

William Turner
Executive Director
Office of Veterans Services

Doc. No. 053687

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