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! ! UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE Government Relations Department Washington, D.C. 20260-3500 April 20, 1990 Honorable Gerry Sikorski Member of Congress Suite 414 277 Coon Rapids Boulevard, NW Coon Rapids, Minnesota 55433-5843 Dear Congressman Sikorski: This is in response to your March 23 letter on behalf of Mark Banwart, Community Development Director for the City of Ramsey, concerning a request for a unique ZIP Code. Twin Cities Field Division officials responded to Mr. Banwart regarding this issue and provided postal guidelines used to determine if changes in ZIP Codes are necessary. The management instruction indicates that high growth in an area must be watched for its impact on the ZIP+4 sectors and segment assignments. However, growth in the Ramsey area, based on delivery statistics, has not indicated the need for an in-depth study and none is planned for the near future. I would like to provide your constituents with additional information on assignment of ZIP Codes. Besides situations in which political jurisdictions expand, areas also incorporate into separate communities. Naturally, there are literally thousands of communities throughout the nation which do not have a delivery address identity, because it would be too costly to establish a corresponding post office simply for this purpose. Nor are ZIP Codes created for areas within communities, as these are assigned only to facilitate mai~ processing and delivery and typically reflect substantial mail volumes. With both new development and incorporation occurring in many areas across the nation, the Postal Service will be unable to accommodate each area's desire for pure community identity. Service problems, in the form of delayed and lost mail, would ensue from the complicated transfers of deliveries between offices. In addition, there would in some cases be a lack of necessary space to accommodate new deliveries, a waste of