Hi All,
If you drove down Fairfield
this afternoon, you probably noticed the first
signs of the mailbox site being developed. No one
is happier, perhaps no one is as happy,
as me. Thank you, Board!
One of my fantasies has been
having the mailboxes in service by Christmas. I
think it would be a great Christmas present for
the community, plus we wouldn¡¯t have to stand in
line at the Post Office to pick up packages. Since
the schedule for bringing the mailboxes into
service seems to be some closely guarded secret, I
talked to Doug Hover the Postmaster today to get
some information.
Doug said the USPS would give
us two 4-door parcel lockers, which is fantastic!
I don¡¯t know how that was handled in the bid for
the mailbox installations.
Two types of paperwork need to
be completed.
(1) Previously, I have said
that Doug needed address for the undeveloped lots,
but today he said he would be satisfied knowing
how many undeveloped lots there are between the
existing houses. The wants the mailbox doors to be
in the same order as the lots in Fairfield
Estates.
(2) He needs the names of all
people who will receive mail at each address in
Fairfield Estates (and perhaps their present PO
Box ¨C I¡¯m not sure about that but can find out.).
This information needs to go to Phoenix to be put
into the USPS system. He said this might take as
little as three weeks.
I asked him if it was possible
for the mailboxes to be in service before
Christmas, and he replied he would do his part as
fast as possible. So, he didn¡¯t say yes, but he
didn¡¯t rule it out.
I don¡¯t know the schedule of
the contractor for doing the two tasks mentioned
above. Maybe the contractor plans to do this soon.
If not, I¡¯ll willing to do those and give the
information to the contractor by the end of next
week as service to the community.
My intent is not to rock the
boat, rather it¡¯s to move the mailboxes along as
quickly as possible. I know some in the community
don¡¯t mind going to the Post Office, but
personally, I can find better things to do,
especially at Christmas time.
To me, how quickly the mailbox
project moves along should be up to the community.
Maybe I¡¯m out of step with the community wanting
them to be in service before Christmas if possible
(and we don¡¯t know for sure that is possible). If
no one cares about the schedule besides me, that¡¯s
fine too. I¡¯ve given it a good shot and will drop
it.
Best,
Ken
Thanks Matt,
I appreciate your reply but
it¡¯s not very informative. Many in the community
are looking forward to having mailboxes, and our
tax dollars are paying for the mailboxes. Is it
asking too much of the Board to give us an
approximate date when we might actually expect
to receive mail in the mailboxes and to give us
progress reports once a month? That doesn¡¯t
sound like much of a burden on the Board to me.
As you know, I volunteered my
help to speed up the process and reduce the
costs, but the Board ignored my offer.
Nevertheless, thanks again
for your reply.
Regards,
Ken
On 11/3/2021 11:22 AM,
Matthew Paddock wrote:
Ken,
The board voted to authorize the funds and
all the other tasks are being completed as
needed in conjunction with the installation.
Matt Paddock
Jimmy,
Will you give us an
update on the progress of the mailboxes
and an approximate date when we might
actually expect to receive mail in them? ?Has
a proposal been sent to the 3 Canyons MDC?
Have addresses been obtained for the
undeveloped lots?
No one has yet
contacted me asking who would be receiving
mail at our street address. The Postmaster
told me that¡¯s a step that can be done
well before the boxes are installed
because it takes the USPS a couple months
to the get the names and addresses in
their system. ?
I don¡¯t mean to sound
impatient, but I initiated the project to
get mailboxes for Fairfield Estates on
September 17,? 2020 when I
contacted the 3 Canyons MDC to see what
their requirements were for cluster
mailboxes.
Thanks,
Ken
