{"id":2441658,"date":"2019-03-13T00:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T06:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/snowmass-residents-outraged-with-state-of-post-office-town-council-to-investigate-issues\/"},"modified":"2019-03-13T00:08:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T06:08:00","slug":"snowmass-residents-outraged-with-state-of-post-office-town-council-to-investigate-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/snowmass-residents-outraged-with-state-of-post-office-town-council-to-investigate-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowmass residents outraged with state of post office, town council to investigate issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
The inside of the Snowmass Post Office on March 1.<\/strong>
Thomas Hills\/Timberline Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As more residents voice concern and frustration with the current state of affairs at the Snowmass post office, the town government and council is trying to figure out how to best tackle a communal problem that is outside its jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

Mail and packages that are lost or missing for weeks or months a time, lines that can exceed a half hour and an overall shortage of staff, space and mailboxes top peoples\u2019 issues with Snowmass post office.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re at a crisis point right now with the post office,\u201d town councilman Tom Goode, a more-than-40-year resident of Snowmass, said in an interview March 12. \u201cWhat can we do, as a council or as a community? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the subject has gained a lot of momentum over the past few weeks, Goode and other locals, including a former post office employee, say the problems started about five or six years ago.<\/p>\n

The timing is no coincidence \u2014 the advent of Amazon and its partnering with the U.S. Postal Service in 2013 changed the game for post offices everywhere, including in Snowmass Village.<\/p>\n

More recently, a number of full-time and part-time residents have penned letters to the editors, emailed members of Town Council and spoken publicly at town meetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Town Council feels it\u2019s really important to protect Snowmass\u2019 reputation as a world-class resort community, then what I\u2019d like to see them is engage with the U.S. Postal Service,\u201d Peter Cavelti, a part-time Snowmass resident of nearly 30 years, said in an interview. He called the Snowmass post office \u201ca horror story.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Snowmass post office looks about the same as it did when Snowmass Mall was developed in the early 1980s, as Goode pointed out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe building\u2019s just too small now (and) the (employees) are just overloaded,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Snowmass post office is 2,530 square feet and houses 1,738 P.O. boxes, according to Marcela Rivera, a U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman who is based in Denver and handles communication for post offices along the Western Slope.<\/p>\n

To date, the Snowmass post office employs two clerk positions and is hiring for a custodian, Rivera said.<\/p>\n

Asked about complaints at the Snowmass post office and how they stack up with other locations, Rivera wrote via email: \u201cConsumer Affairs reported there are a handful of customers who repeatedly call. I don\u2019t have any comparative figures to other offices, however.\u201d<\/p>\n

The number of people on the waitlist for a P.O. box at the Snowmass post office is \u201cunknown,\u201d said Rivera, a 24-year-employee of the U.S. Postal Service who has never been to the Snowmass office.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe point is, we\u2019ve outgrown it,\u201d Tom Hills, a 30-year-full-time Snowmass resident, said. Hills pointed to the dangers of not receiving medication in a timely fashion; other locals noted late or lost bills or juror summons. Town Councilman Bill Madsen at a town work session March 12 said he received a package last week that shipped Dec. 12.<\/p>\n

Part two of the post office conversation is looking ahead to a major redevelopment and expansion of the Snowmass Center.<\/p>\n

Jordan Sarick of the Eastwood Snowmass Investors group that owns the Snowmass Center, said he would \u201chappily\u201d lease more space to the post office.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have endeavored to contact the post office on numerous occasions,\u201d Sarick said in an interview March 12. \u201cIt\u2019s frustrating for us as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sarick said that while \u201cwe get how important the post office is,\u201d his team is limited in what it can do without direction from the U.S. Postal Service.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ball is very much in their court,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The town of Snowmass as of March 12 had not yet set a date for a meeting to further discuss the post office issue.<\/p>\n

erobbie@aspentimes.com<\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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