NEWBURY PARK, CA — The last day of operations at the Newbury Park Station’s current location, 1602 Newbury Rd., will be Fri., June 21, 2013.
Newbury Park Station retail lobby will close on Sat., June 22, during which time equipment will be moved to the new location at 3401 Grande Vista Dr. During this transition, Newbury Park customers can access postal retail service on Sat., June 22 at several nearby locations:
- Hollywood Storage Contract Postal Unit, 3425 Old Conejo Rd. - Sat. 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Conejo Valley Station, 235 N. Moorpark Rd. - Sat. 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Thousand Oaks Post Office, 3425 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. - Sat. 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Post Office (PO) Box mail will be available on June 22 at the new location after 10:30 a.m. All PO Box customers will have the same PO Box number and ZIP Code. PO Box customers will receive a letter with detailed information on the move and obtaining their new keys.
Full retail operations will commence at the new location at 8:30 a.m. on Mon., June 24, 2013. Retail hours will remain the same: Mon. through Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and Sat. 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The final decision for the Newbury Park Station relocation was made on May 20, 2013, in response to 17 appeals on the relocation decision filed by customers and elected officials. The appeals included petitions signed by 173 Newbury Park residents and 144 residents of the Ventu Estates and Ventu Park Villa Mobile Home Parks.
While acknowledging the community’s desire to keep Newbury Station in its current location, the Postal Service determined that the objections expressed did not outweigh the financial exigencies it faces.
The Postal Service will work with elected officials to mitigate as many of the concerns expressed as possible. Already, it has reached out to the landlord of the current location in Newbury Park Center and has come to an agreement to maintain a mail collection drop box in the shopping center. At the City of Thousand Oak’s request, the Postal Service has also been working with the City and local businesses to establish a Contract Postal Unit in the area offering additional postal retail service.
There are 22 Approved Postal Providers within five miles offering expanded access to postal products and services, including stamps in ATM’s, supermarkets and drug stores, and Priority Mail shipping services in office supply stores. Also, nearly all services offered in a brick and mortar Post Office are available online at usps.com ― 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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