What:
Bay-Valley District Postal Service managers will give an overview and listen to community input regarding a proposal to move mail processing operations from the Salinas Mail Processing and Distribution Facility (P&DF) to the San Jose Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC), 1750 Lundy Ave, San Jose CA 95101.

Who:
Bay-Valley District Manager Kim Fernandez

When:
Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Where:
Steinbeck Institute of Arts and Culture
940 N. Main Street
Salinas, CA 93901

Background:
A summary of the proposal, the meeting agenda and presentation materials will be made available to the public on usps.com prior to the meeting.

With the deep decline in mail volume due to current economic conditions, the Postal Service has an excess of employees and equipment in some mail processing operations. A study was begun on Oct. 6, 2010, at the Salinas P&DF to determine the feasibility of consolidating mail operations to San Jose.

The Area Mail Processing (AMP) proposal supports moving mail processing operations that are currently being performed at the Salinas P&DF by taking advantage of available processing capacity at the San Jose P&DC in order to increase efficiency and improve productivity. While no decisions have been reached, Postal Service managers will give an overview of the reasons for the proposal and its possible outcomes, and listen to community input and concerns.

The public may submit written comments to:

Manager, Consumer Affairs
Bay Valley District
201 13th Street, Room 226
Oakland, California 94612-9605

Public comments will be accepted through Feb. 5, 2011.

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