HomeMy WebLinkAbout75-99 - Res. Acknowledging Need for Post Office in Allyn RESOLUTION NO . 75 - 99
A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ' S
DETERMINATION OF THE NEED FOR A NEW POST OFFICE IN ALLYN,
WASHINGTON TO SERVE THE SURROUNDING RURAL AREA AND EXPRESSING
MASON COUNTY ' S INTENT TO SUPPORT THE POSTAL SERVICE IN CONSTRUCTING
A NEW POST OFFICE IN ALLYN .
WHEREAS , under the federal Postal Reorganization Act, 39 U . S . C . & 101 et seq . , the United
States Postal Service has a duty to establish and maintain postal facilities of such character and in
such locations that postal patrons throughout the nation will have ready access to essential postal
services ;
WHEREAS , under the Postal Reorganization Act, it is an expressed policy of the United States
Postal Service to provide a maximm degree of effective and regular postal services to rural
areas, communities , and small towns ;
WHEREAS , under the Postal Reorganization Act, the United States Postal Service is authorized
to determine the need for post offices and to provide such offices as it determines are needed to
fulfill its Congressionally-mandated duties ;
WHEREAS , the United States Postal Service has determined that the existing post office serving
Allyn and the surrounding rural area is inadequate to serve the postal service needs of that area
and has determined that construction of a new post office is necessary to adequately serve those
needs ;
WHEREAS , the United States Postal Service has consulted with Mason County in an effort to
comply with local planning requirements and building codes to the maximum extent feasible
consistent with postal needs and objectives ;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that, in cooperation with the United States
Postal Service in the exercise of its Congressional mandate to provide rural postal services and
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post offices as it determines to be necessary, Mason Couny shall support, approve , and permit
construction of a new post office in Allyn to replace the existing, but inadequate, Allyn Post
Office in order to ensure that postal service to Allyn and the surrounding rural area continues
without interruption.
DATED this 13 th day of July, 1999 .
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ATTEST :
MASON COUNTY, W / G ON
CHAI RSON CLERk OF THE BOARD
T &A � PROVED AS TO FORM :
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