Threatened Loss of Piedmont Station, U.S. Post Office, Oakland CA 94611
Threatened Loss of Piedmont Station, U.S. Post Office, Oakland CA 94611
A developer has come forward with a plan to build condos on the site of our heavily used U.S. Post Office at 195 41st Street, Oakland CA. The proposal requires Design Review and permits for condos from Oakland’s Zoning Department. No formal application has been submitted as of January 31, but both of those permissions will involve public notification and public comments, possibly in the next month. The post office’s lease runs until some time in 2018.
In the meantime, the Piedmont Avenue Neighborhood Improvement League (PANIL) is working with Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s office, as well as with Oakland Councilmembers Dan Kalb and Rebecca Kaplan, and the mayors of Oakland and Piedmont to save the post office.
Why the post office is important:
1. This post office is heavily used, and no nearby facility is large enough to handle this volume.
2. The location is within walking distance of a large number of patrons, but also provides parking for those with packages or volume mailing.
3. It would be highly inconvenient for thousands of neighborhood residents to pick up packages, mail, or vacation holds at more distant locations.
4. Many seniors live in the neighborhood and do not have cars.
5. Post Office Boxes here are heavily subscribed.
6. This post office is critical to the vitality of Piedmont Avenue businesses, both for the services it provides to businesses and for the customers it draws to the area.
Please stay tuned for further news. Sign up for our email list at [email protected] Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Mayor Libby Schaaf, Councilmembers Dan Kalb and Rebecca Kaplan, Piedmont Mayor Jeffrey Wieler:
______________________________________________________________________
Petition
To Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Mayor Libby Schaaf, Councilmembers Dan Kalb and Rebecca Kaplan, Piedmont Mayor Jeffrey Wieler:
We, the undersigned patrons of the Piedmont Station of the U.S. Post Office, 195-41st Street, Oakland, CA, 94611, strongly object to the possible loss of this facility’s services, and urgently request a solution be found to keep these services in the neighborhood. Solutions may include, but are not limited to negotiating a new lease for the Post Office in its current facility; placing a retail Post Office in the ground floor of the new project, where patrons could buy stamps and mail packages; or locating such services in another nearby facility within walking distance.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 15, 2017
March 13, 2017
We need to hit 500 signatures before we head into this meeting with local officials. Text three neighbors right now and tell them to sign this petition to keep our post office open.
Reached 100 supporters
February 5, 2017
February 4, 2017
We are approaching the one hundred signature mark but need a final push to hit that goal today. Send this link to three neighbors who rely on our post office. Call the office of Councilmember Dan Kalb and tell them this facility must remain open.
503 Comments
If the City truly believes in supporting walkable neighborhoods, reducing car use for daily errands, and protecting what has made this area one of the most popular places to live in the Bay Area; then they can not allow this P.O to be removed.
I use this Post Office regularly despite living closer to the Telegraph Ave. station. I prefer this one because the service is better, they have an automated machine in their lobby, and extended lobby hours. I really hope it does not get closed down!
This post office is a wonderful neighborhood resource and the only nearby post office with easy parking for package drop off. We also use it for passports as it is the designated drop in/no appointment location. We need to keep this post office!
I use that post office 2-3 times every week. I walk there. I don't walk anywhere. Please don't make me drive and park to another one outside of my neighborhood. It's always busy and will make the one at 51st and in Montclair far less efficient.
Neighborhood Resident; I have had a PO Box at this Post Office for 5 years. I mail or pick up packages from this location twice a week, please don't take this away! The location also serves the nearby senior housing community and would be a huge loss!
Really difficult to even make it to this station for the many Ederly - many Veterans who have called the easy slopes and not so easy slopes of Piedmont Ave - Area Home. It is unnatural to not have a reassuring POST OFFICE for sending correspondence out and Bill's on time. Please keep this well needed Station Open. Born and Raised. Here. Carolyn Leca 11/10/2019 .
I use the Piedmont Station P. O. a minimum of one to two times per week. It is always busy. Also, given the volume of housing construction happening on Broadway, the need for a station in Piedmont Ave. area will be massive.
Sign Petition
We never post to your account. Social sign-in is used only to verify your signature.
Add a comment?
Your signature will be added via . Tell others why you're signing — it's optional.
By signing, you accept iPetitions Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Share Petition
Don't stop at signing, share the petition link with friends to multiply our impact
Copy link or share directly
Threatened Loss of Piedmont Station, U.S. Post Office, Oakland CA 94611
Threatened Loss of Piedmont Station, U.S. Post Office, Oakland CA 94611
A developer has come forward with a plan to build condos on the site of our heavily used U.S. Post Office at 195 41st Street, Oakland CA. The proposal requires Design Review and permits for condos from Oakland’s Zoning Department. No formal application has been submitted as of January 31, but both of those permissions will involve public notification and public comments, possibly in the next month. The post office’s lease runs until some time in 2018.
In the meantime, the Piedmont Avenue Neighborhood Improvement League (PANIL) is working with Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s office, as well as with Oakland Councilmembers Dan Kalb and Rebecca Kaplan, and the mayors of Oakland and Piedmont to save the post office.
Why the post office is important:
1. This post office is heavily used, and no nearby facility is large enough to handle this volume.
2. The location is within walking distance of a large number of patrons, but also provides parking for those with packages or volume mailing.
3. It would be highly inconvenient for thousands of neighborhood residents to pick up packages, mail, or vacation holds at more distant locations.
4. Many seniors live in the neighborhood and do not have cars.
5. Post Office Boxes here are heavily subscribed.
6. This post office is critical to the vitality of Piedmont Avenue businesses, both for the services it provides to businesses and for the customers it draws to the area.
Please stay tuned for further news. Sign up for our email list at [email protected] Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Mayor Libby Schaaf, Councilmembers Dan Kalb and Rebecca Kaplan, Piedmont Mayor Jeffrey Wieler:
______________________________________________________________________
Petition
To Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Mayor Libby Schaaf, Councilmembers Dan Kalb and Rebecca Kaplan, Piedmont Mayor Jeffrey Wieler:
We, the undersigned patrons of the Piedmont Station of the U.S. Post Office, 195-41st Street, Oakland, CA, 94611, strongly object to the possible loss of this facility’s services, and urgently request a solution be found to keep these services in the neighborhood. Solutions may include, but are not limited to negotiating a new lease for the Post Office in its current facility; placing a retail Post Office in the ground floor of the new project, where patrons could buy stamps and mail packages; or locating such services in another nearby facility within walking distance.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 15, 2017
March 13, 2017
We need to hit 500 signatures before we head into this meeting with local officials. Text three neighbors right now and tell them to sign this petition to keep our post office open.
Reached 100 supporters
February 5, 2017
February 4, 2017
We are approaching the one hundred signature mark but need a final push to hit that goal today. Send this link to three neighbors who rely on our post office. Call the office of Councilmember Dan Kalb and tell them this facility must remain open.
503 Comments
Oakland seriously needs this location. Authorized passport processing, accessible for the many elderly residents in area. Other locations close by are seriously overcrowded and understaffed with little to no available parking. Give us a break!
If the City truly believes in supporting walkable neighborhoods, reducing car use for daily errands, and protecting what has made this area one of the most popular places to live in the Bay Area; then they can not allow this P.O to be removed.
I use this Post Office regularly despite living closer to the Telegraph Ave. station. I prefer this one because the service is better, they have an automated machine in their lobby, and extended lobby hours. I really hope it does not get closed down!
This post office is a wonderful neighborhood resource and the only nearby post office with easy parking for package drop off. We also use it for passports as it is the designated drop in/no appointment location. We need to keep this post office!
I use that post office 2-3 times every week. I walk there. I don't walk anywhere. Please don't make me drive and park to another one outside of my neighborhood. It's always busy and will make the one at 51st and in Montclair far less efficient.
Neighborhood Resident; I have had a PO Box at this Post Office for 5 years. I mail or pick up packages from this location twice a week, please don't take this away! The location also serves the nearby senior housing community and would be a huge loss!
Really difficult to even make it to this station for the many Ederly - many Veterans who have called the easy slopes and not so easy slopes of Piedmont Ave - Area Home. It is unnatural to not have a reassuring POST OFFICE for sending correspondence out and Bill's on time. Please keep this well needed Station Open. Born and Raised. Here. Carolyn Leca 11/10/2019 .
I use the Piedmont Station P. O. a minimum of one to two times per week. It is always busy. Also, given the volume of housing construction happening on Broadway, the need for a station in Piedmont Ave. area will be massive.
Help this petition grow
Share it with friends to help reach 1,000 signatures.
Sign Petition
We never post to your account. Social sign-in is used only to verify your signature.
Add a comment?
Your signature will be added via .
Tell others why you're signing — it's optional.
Signing with Google or Facebook verifies your signature instantly — no email needed.
By signing, you accept iPetitions Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Share Petition
Don't stop at signing, share the petition link with friends to multiply our impact
Petitions like this
Other petitions you might want to support
Scan to share
Anyone who scans this can sign the petition.
Oakland seriously needs this location. Authorized passport processing, accessible for the many elderly residents in area. Other locations close by are seriously overcrowded and understaffed with little to no available parking. Give us a break!