City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0307R

• File #: 11-0307R
• Version: 0
• Name: "Return to Sender" - In Opposition to Proposed Post Office Closings
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 8/15/2011
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 8/15/2011
• Title: "Return to Sender" - In Opposition to Proposed Post Office Closings FOR the purpose of opposing the inclusion of 8 Baltimore City post offices on the list of post offices being reviewed for possible closure; questioning the rationale for the entire post office closure process and the apparent targeting of low income and minority post office service areas; and calling on the Baltimore City Congressional Delegation to take all necessary steps to ensure that the City's post offices are removed from the list of locations being reviewed for possible closure.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Helen L. Holton, Robert Curran, Carl Stokes, William H. Cole, IV, James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, William "Pete" Welch, Rochelle Spector, Belinda Conaway, Warren Branch, President Young
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/15/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
8/15/2011	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
8/15/2011	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
title
"Return to Sender" - In Opposition to Proposed Post Office Closings

FOR the purpose of opposing the inclusion of 8 Baltimore City post offices on the list of post offices being reviewed for possible closure; questioning the rationale for the entire post office closure process and the apparent targeting of low income and minority post office service areas; and calling on the Baltimore City Congressional Delegation to take all necessary steps to ensure that the City's post offices are removed from the list of locations being reviewed for possible closure.
body

Recitals

The Waverly Post Office in the 14th Council District is one of 8 Baltimore City post offices, in 7 different Council Districts, under review by the United States Postal Service (USPS) for closure in its current nationwide proposal to close 3,200 post offices nationwide and 41 in Maryland. The other 7 post offices being considered for closure are the Carroll, Clifton East End, Druid, Franklin, Hamilton, Market Center, and Walbrook locations.

Post offices under review have not yet been officially proposed for closure, and we seek to stop that possibility in its tracks.

We cannot afford to wait for official closure recommendations. We must act now, through our Congressional d...