01-30-2017, 06:59 AM
Looks like this poor guy was trying to improve life in HPP. He started an informal poll and came to the conclusion that a majority would be interested. Guess he should have asked the anti everything haters that reside on Punaweb !
Jerry R. Sodan Sr. created a poll.
December 7, 2016
"Hello all
I've been off here for a while but that is because I've been very busy trying to make things better for all of us. Again as always I am speaking as a homeowner here in HPP and not as a member of the Board of Directors. That being said I would like to ask each of you to please respond to the poll I am about to send out.
All of us know that mail delivery here in HPP is pretty poor. Some of us are still waiting to get a Post Office Box in Kea'au, Hilo or even Pahoa. The present situation with the mailboxes along Shower, Kaloli, Paradise and Makuu is not only insufficient but is actually dangerous to the postal workers and to us, the customers. Another problem is there are people who do not live in HPP using the NDCBUs (Neighborhood Delivery and Collection Box Units) along these roads.
I've put a lot of thought and effort into this and I would like to first explain my thinking then ask you if you are in favor of my plan or against it. Essentially I'm wondering if there is enough interest to take this idea before the BoD.
There are somewhere around 8,800 individual lots here in HPP, and approximately 5,900 have people living on them. The others are owned but not occupied. There are somewhere between 11,000 and 15,000 people living in HPP. Each and every one of us deserves to be serviced by the USPS. If there is enough interest there will be a signup roster placed in the HPPOA Office. So here goes the plan:
1. Four parcels of land would be donated by HPPOA for the purpose of placing approximately 125 NDCBUs in each for a total of 8,000 mailboxes. Each NDCBU has 16 mailboxes and 2 parcel lockers with and an outgoing mail slot in it.
2. Each of the four lots would have their entrance and exit off the primary roads but adjacent to the primary road. This would provide added safety for all of us.
3. The mailbox would be permanently tied to a physical lot and address. When a lot is sold the mailbox goes with it. This would ensure all the residents of HPP have a mailbox.
4. There would be a one-time fee. (This still needs to be worked out but should be negligible. The fee is because we, HPPOA, will need to purchase the NDCBUs. The US Postal Service will not provide them.
5. Having a dedicated mailbox tied to your lot should add value to your property and will also make it much more desirable to a potential buyer.
All the bugs are not worked out yet but I think it is high time we got treated like any other US Citizen and could get our mail without having to drive to another town to get it. I've heard horror stories of people waiting 3 to 5 years to get a PO box or even longer to get a box along the primary roads.
Below is an opinion poll. Keep in mind all I'm asking is this. I am trying to get a check of the pulse.
1. Would you be willing to pay a very modest fee to get mail delivered here in HPP in a safe area where you don't need to worry about traffic flying past you.
I am in favor of having a dedicated mailbox tied t my lot. 92 yes
We need that individual Mailbox in every lot that has a home PERIOD! This is the 21st century... Its time. 11 yes
I am not in favor of having a dedicated mailbox tied to my lot. 5 yes"
Jerry R. Sodan Sr. created a poll.
December 7, 2016
"Hello all
I've been off here for a while but that is because I've been very busy trying to make things better for all of us. Again as always I am speaking as a homeowner here in HPP and not as a member of the Board of Directors. That being said I would like to ask each of you to please respond to the poll I am about to send out.
All of us know that mail delivery here in HPP is pretty poor. Some of us are still waiting to get a Post Office Box in Kea'au, Hilo or even Pahoa. The present situation with the mailboxes along Shower, Kaloli, Paradise and Makuu is not only insufficient but is actually dangerous to the postal workers and to us, the customers. Another problem is there are people who do not live in HPP using the NDCBUs (Neighborhood Delivery and Collection Box Units) along these roads.
I've put a lot of thought and effort into this and I would like to first explain my thinking then ask you if you are in favor of my plan or against it. Essentially I'm wondering if there is enough interest to take this idea before the BoD.
There are somewhere around 8,800 individual lots here in HPP, and approximately 5,900 have people living on them. The others are owned but not occupied. There are somewhere between 11,000 and 15,000 people living in HPP. Each and every one of us deserves to be serviced by the USPS. If there is enough interest there will be a signup roster placed in the HPPOA Office. So here goes the plan:
1. Four parcels of land would be donated by HPPOA for the purpose of placing approximately 125 NDCBUs in each for a total of 8,000 mailboxes. Each NDCBU has 16 mailboxes and 2 parcel lockers with and an outgoing mail slot in it.
2. Each of the four lots would have their entrance and exit off the primary roads but adjacent to the primary road. This would provide added safety for all of us.
3. The mailbox would be permanently tied to a physical lot and address. When a lot is sold the mailbox goes with it. This would ensure all the residents of HPP have a mailbox.
4. There would be a one-time fee. (This still needs to be worked out but should be negligible. The fee is because we, HPPOA, will need to purchase the NDCBUs. The US Postal Service will not provide them.
5. Having a dedicated mailbox tied to your lot should add value to your property and will also make it much more desirable to a potential buyer.
All the bugs are not worked out yet but I think it is high time we got treated like any other US Citizen and could get our mail without having to drive to another town to get it. I've heard horror stories of people waiting 3 to 5 years to get a PO box or even longer to get a box along the primary roads.
Below is an opinion poll. Keep in mind all I'm asking is this. I am trying to get a check of the pulse.
1. Would you be willing to pay a very modest fee to get mail delivered here in HPP in a safe area where you don't need to worry about traffic flying past you.
I am in favor of having a dedicated mailbox tied t my lot. 92 yes
We need that individual Mailbox in every lot that has a home PERIOD! This is the 21st century... Its time. 11 yes
I am not in favor of having a dedicated mailbox tied to my lot. 5 yes"