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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Madrigal said that 70 percent of Altadena’s space is used for postal carrier functions — sorting stations and parking for postal vehicles.  If the carriers are moved to another site, the Altadena post office will only need the 30 percent of the building space that is used for counter service and post office boxes, he said.  Madrigal said that the post office is looking at moving to a smaller, more economical retail space after the current lease for the property at 2271 N. Lake Ave. expires in a year or two.  Madrigal said that the new building would include counter and post office box services.

So while a move is in the cards, “right now, there are no plans to close the Altadena post office,” Madrigal said.  “The Altadena post office will always be there, there will still be a place for mailing packages.”

Jin Lou, officer in charge of the Altadena post office, said that they had received “no actual news yet” as to what was being planned for the facility.

As for closing the mail processing function at the Mack Robinson facility at Orange Grove Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue in Pasadena, Madrigal said that “people are not going to be laid off — they will be moving to other locations.”

There was a public meeting in Pasadena on Tuesday, where some speakers expressed objections to moving the mail handling function to Los Angeles.  Madrigal acknowledged that there was some emotion attached to the consolidation, admitting that some postal union workers were upset with the move. “Change is very difficult,” Madrigal said.

 

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