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! ! UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 475 L'ENFANT PLAZA SW WASHINGTON DC 20260.3500 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DEPARTMENT RECEIVED JUL 2 5 1990 Aas' ............ July 19, 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 June 26 letter on behalf of Mark Banwart, Community Development Director for the City of Ramsey, further referencing a request for a unique ZIP Code. As we have previously indicated, postal operations officials continually review service in their area of responsibility for indications that growth may require adjustments in mail processing and delivery requirements. Such adjustments would include review of ZIP Code assignments. Although delivery statistics are a primary indicator of growth, there has been little change in delivery requirements for the Ramsey area. Since 1985, there has been an increase of approximately 700 deliveries. The Anouka Post Office, which serves Ramsey, has added five routes in the last five years, only one of which serves the Ramsey area. There is no one delivery statistic that indicates a need for a ZIP Code change. Number of deliveries, volume per customer, number of firm hold-outs, and transportation requirements, are some but not all of the factors affecting our ability 'to provide proper mail delivery. Community identity is not the purpose of the ZIP code and we do not assign a ZiP Code unless it is necessary for operational reasons. Address information specialists of the Twin Cities Field Division are aware of some need to adjust the 553 ZIP Codes, but there are other communities with greater need than Ramsey. If changes are required over the next ten years, they expect that Ramsey would still share a ZIP code with other communities in the area. There is only a finite number of ZIP Codes that can be provided in a 5-digit framework.