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NOV 10 1987 „p.TES POST, C N W T F p Z �� n � LLSMAII n1 •aura+ United States Postal Service VERO BEACH, FLORIDA 32960-9998 November 10, 1987 Boa 70 Fa;E 71 THE POSTMASTER OF VERO BEACH HALED DELIVERED A COPY OF THIS LETTER TO THE FOLLOWING AT THE REGULAR BOAM OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING ON NOVEMBER 10, 1987, PRIOR TO THE FINALIZATION OF THE ROAD ADDRESSIM SYSTEM1 PROPOSAL. Don C. Scurlock, Jr., Chairman Margaret C. Bowman, Vice Chairman Richard N. Bird Gary C. Wheeler Karen K. Eggert The U.S. Postal Service appreciates the opportunity to appear before the Indian River County Commission regarding the proposed Road Addressing System Ordinance; Study of Financial Impact. Based upon our current understanding of the grid development process and the fact that it may not tie into the City of Vero Beach numbering system and that dual street names are a part of the consideration, the U.S. Postal Service objects to the proposed road addressing system ordinance. 1. We are the only service organization that will have to deal with this problem on a daily and massive scale. We object very strongly to tying our service credibility to this challenge. 2. Page 6 of the letter from Roland M. DeBlois dated 10-30-87 appears to indicate that the U.S. Postal Service employees have learned and the U.S. Postal Service is willing to accept dual addresses as a routine way of doing business. 'vie do not accept that philosophy. 3. in addition to a service deterioration that would be caused I y the use of dual street names, consideration has not been given to the cost to organizations involved. U.S. Postal Service cost for the first year would be a minimum of $150,000. While we do not object to county efforts to improve the address system on a permanent basis, we believe that the cost would be lost and we still would not be able to deliver the mail properly. 4. The control of our customer's mail and a timely delivery is based upon the purity of customer addresses and many other internal activities. Our Postai Operations Manual, Section 122.2, restricts the addressing format for the purposes of machine readability and employee handling. The options do not include dual street names. The options address the use of a post office box and a street address. The address shown above the city name is the way mail is to be delivered. Carrier casing equipment is designed for single street names. Dual street names will not be shown on post office sorting equipment. of multi -line character readers will sort upon the shown immediately above th use a naJ4 n our data bank that mail is addressed and will be returned to sender. 34 Eventually, machinery in the way mail to delivery routes based e city. If the custaner opts to considered undeliverable as