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Main Post Office: 1,375 interior square feet; 28,875 square foot site. NO TERMINATION CLAUSE. A new metal roof was put on in the mid-1990's. The owner, 92 years old with a life estate, signed over the ownership (a remainder interest) to his son who has signed a sales contract with Marvo, Inc. Their lawyer states that they will both sign and execute all sales documents to make certain of clear title. McNeil is not on any closure review list and is not being considered for any future list should one come about.
Property News tip
House panel votes relief for Postal Service
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted Friday to approve HR 22, which would save the U.S. Postal Service $2.3 billion this year in health care costs. The bill allows the Postal Service to pay health care premiums for its current retirees using a trust fund designated for future retirees.
Without the bill, the Postal Service would have to make a $2.3 billion payment in September for its current retirees; postal officials say they cannot pay that bill.
“The Postal Service is facing a financial emergency,” said Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., the committee chairman. “HR 22 would allow the Postal Service to live to fight another day.”
HR 22 was introduced in January and then spent almost six months before the committee. The bill now heads to the full House for a vote. Passage is almost guaranteed: The bill has 337 co-sponsors.
In Rhinebeck, NY home of APO, the post office is USPS owned. Though it serves well over 10,000 people and has several routes, and is very busy most of the time, they are cutting the hours back. Instead of being open until 7 pm now it will be closing at 5 pm. Instead of opening at 8:30 am it will now open at 9 am. Saturday hours are also being greatly reduced. Many people when considering a purchase often rely on the hours of operation. This is not longer a true indication of how busy the post office is. Think about this.
Do not allow other associations to put a scare into you so that you will be afraid to keep you post office or invest in other new purchases. I say once again, the closings and consolidations have to do with BRANCH offices in large cities or large Processing & distribution Centers.
KEEP THIS IN MIND THE NEXT TIME YOU FEEL CONCERNED ABOUT THE USPS CLOSING SMALL RURAL POST OFFICES.
Under a federal law aimed at ensuring service for rural and remote areas, economizing cannot be the sole factor in closing a post office.
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THE USPS IS CREATING LANGUAGE IN LEASES THAT LOOKS SIMILAR TO FORMER FORM LEASES SO THAT OWNERS WILL NOT PICK UP ON THE SHADY ATTEMPTS TO RUIN THE MARKET VALUE OF YOUR POST OFFICE INVESTMENT.
THERE ARE 2 AREAS YOU NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF AND ONE IS THE PURCHASE OPTION RIDER. SIMPLY, NEVER GIVE THEM THE RIGHT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE OR CONDITION TO PURCHASE YOUR FACILITY. THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM STEALING THE BUILDING AT WAY BELOW THE ACTUAL MARKET VALUE.
THE SECOND THING TO WATCH OUT FOR IS THE “OTHER PROVISIONS” CLAUSE IN YOUR LEASE NORMALLY ON PAGE 2. THE LANGUAGE OF THE SERVICES & EQUIPMENT RIDER REGARDING ELECTRICITY AND THE SEWER PROVISION IS ESPECIALLY TROUBLESOME. IT APPEARS THAT WE CAN NO LONGER TRUST THE USPS TO NEGOTIATE IN AN OPEN AND FAIR MANNER.
WATCH OUT AND SEND US A COPY OF EACH LEASE THEY SEND YOU SO WE CAN POINT OUT THE FAULTS.
"APO"
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20 Brookmeade Drive
Rhinebeck, New York 12572
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