with counterparts at other medical centers of the Department in the region and facility planners for the Veterans Integrated Service Network or Networks in the region. (C) Constantly monitoring the needs of veterans and staff of the Department as it relates to medical space and services at the medical center and the catchment area surrounding the medical center to forward plan and identify and submit plans to meet those needs. (D) In order to formulate local and regional capital improvement and asset management plans for medical facilities of the Department, the collection, not less frequently than once every two years, of— (i) views and expectations of veterans in the catchment area surrounding the medical center who are users of health care provided by the Department with respect to— (I) preferences and needs of those veterans for the care received from medical facilities of the Department in that area