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RESOLUTION 66-64 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, OBJECTING TO THE POST- <br />MASTER GENERAL'S REQUIREMENT FOR CURBSIDE POST <br />MOUNTED MAIL BOXES IN NEW SUBDIVISIONS <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, by order of the Postmaster General all new subdivisions <br />will be required to place approved sheet metal or other conventional <br />mail boxes on poles, posts, or standards at the curb in front of each <br />dwelling or delivery point in all new subdivisions; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, there has been an active beautification program in <br />most cities for the past year, including agreements, construction, <br />or planning for the placing of all utility lines in underground <br />conduits, in many cases even in established residential subdivisions, <br />for the removal of the unsightly poles and wires and the removal of <br />other unsightly structures and plantings; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Federal Housing Authority has now refused to <br />guarantee financing in any residential subdivision unless the electric <br />energy and telephone wires and cables are placed in underground <br />conduits, and many cities and counties have already adopted ordinances <br />requiring the undergrounding of such utility structures in new <br />subdivisions. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That at a time when the <br />movement toward beautification and the removal of unnatural poles, <br />posts, wires, and other defacing structures in new subdivisions is <br />gaining national momentum, it would appear to be a backward step to <br />place in front of each subdivision parcel the rural type sheet metal <br />box on a pole, and this City Council hereby requests the California <br />Senators and Congressmen, President and Mrs. Johnson, and the <br />Postmaster General to rescind the directive requiring contraptions <br />to accept curbside delivery of mail even at the expense of reducing <br />mall service to one delivery per day. <br /> <br /> PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa <br />Aha at its regular meeting held on the 2nd day of May, 1966. <br /> <br />CLERK OF THE ' <br /> <br />STATE OF CALIFORNIA) <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE ) <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA ) <br /> <br />SS <br /> <br /> I, DORIS M. BROWN, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of <br />the Council of the City of Santa Aha; that the foregoing Resolution <br />was regularly introduced to said Council st its regular meeting held <br />on the 2nd day of May, 1966, and was at said meeting regularly passed <br />and adopted by the following vote, to wit: <br /> ~JJmo[e, ~rooks, Burk, Herr/n, Markel <br /> AYES, COUNCILMEN: Mc. Michae~H~¥~v <br /> <br />NOES, COUNCILMEN: <br /> <br />ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: <br /> <br />CLERK OF THE COUNCIL <br /> <br /> <br />