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Resident urges Forest Park to press USPS on post office upkeep and presses city on property-maintenance enforcement
Summary
At the April 21 meeting resident Chris Merritt asked the council to address the deteriorated exterior of the city’s post office and raised multiple long-running property-maintenance and vehicle complaints; council members said staff will follow up offline.
A Forest Park resident told the city council April 21 that the postal facility serving the community presents a poor exterior appearance and asked the city to work with the U.S. Postal Service to improve landscaping and upkeep.
Chris Merritt, who said he lives at 1576 Carahill Drive and serves on the city’s beautification commission, said the post office appearance is “disgraceful” and asked the council to provide materials if the commission…
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