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RESOLUTION NO1 4519 N,.;CJ Sr.' EER:.j,d 5/..12/66
RESOLUTION` OF THE CITY COUNCIL; OF THE CITY' OF
PETALUMA OPPOSING CURBSIDE DEL°IVERY OF MAIL BY •
THE UNITED `STATES POST OFFICE. i
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INTRODUCED• BY. COUNCILMAN -� (")w(�, I and
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN �� _.„0„.;,,. iL' I at a
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Regular Meeting of the, City (Council of t -, Cit of Petaluma on the
16th day of May , 1966 ..
WHEREAS , it has come to the attention of the City Council of the
City of Petaluma that the United States Roof Office Department by reg-
ulation is denying door-to-door mail delivery .services, to homes built
in new subdivisions unless a rural type mailbox .is provided at the
curb by each home owner; and
WHEREAS , by this arbitrary regulation 'the- work one in new sub-
divisions in remitting underground utilities is 'completely frustrated; .
and
WHEREAS , rural type mailboxes destroy-the aesthetic beauty which
the City has sought to develop in its hew .subdiVisibris) and
WHEREAS, such an arbitrary policy on the part of the Post Office
Department is rank discrimination against new home owners who will be
forced to put rural type, mailboxes in ;:front•:of their new homes which
is not demanded of other property owners ; and
WHEREAS , the location of"mailboxes at 'curbside will increase the
temptation to tamper and pilfer the United States mail.;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Petaluma does hereby go In record, as opposing the Post Office De-
partment regulation requiring curbside.mailboxes and does join w
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actionbestaa
taken to ibrngnt
aboutaerevern encouraging that appro
agencies p sal of the Curbside mail-
'• box rule by the United Stats Post Office .Departmen't. I
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and she is hereby
directed to send certified copies of this 'Resolution to all interested
parties and agencies in order to present the position of the City of
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Petaluma with respect to this arbitrary and capricious ruling by the
United States .Post Office Department .
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I herleby certify that the -foregoing
resolution was duly and regularly intro- 1
ducedl and adopted by the; Council of the
City of Petaluma, on the 16th day of
MaY' , 1.9'66 , by the following
vote : '
' ;AYES,:. COUNCILMEN BATTAGLIA, BRAINERD., CAVANAGH,JR•:. , COLIN, JOERGER,
LIPMAN, AND MAYOR PUTNAM. .
NOES: NONE..
ABSENT : NONE.
44, , P Attest: ..�-�cLvU .!/ L—,..- —/ Mayor
-\/ \ City Clerc
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