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rInvestigation into Proposed Construction of a Postal Facility
in Garden City, New York]. GGD-77-89; B-171594. October 18,
1977. 7 pp. + enclosure (1 pp.).
Report to Rep. Robert N. C. Nix, Chairman, House Committee on
Post Office and Civil Service: Investigations Subcommittee; by
Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Aroa: Facilities and Material Management: Building,
Buying, or Leasing Federal Facilities and Equipment (706).
Contact: General Government Div.
Budget Function: General Governmeait: other General Government
(806).
Organizaticn Concerned: Postal Service.
Congressional Relevance: House Couittee on Post Office and
Civil Service: Investigations Subcommittee.
in September 1974 the Postal Fsrvicm- began planting for
replacement of the Garden City Post Office because the existing
facility was too small to handle parcel post ane third-class
mail processing operations. The Service assigned a real estate
specialist to identify potertial sites and contracted for an
economic analysis of replacement facility alternatives.
Findings/Conclusions: The option recommended fcr the Garden City
facility was for lease and improverent of an existing building,
but sites of this type were not avAlable. The Stewart Avenue
site was recommended for purchase, and engineering personnel
reported that the facility was structurally acceptable but would
require renovations costing about $1,230,000. When additional
pi:oblems were identified necessitating more extensive
renovaticns nd cost estimates indicated that rew construction
costs would be only marginally higher than costs for renovation,
officials decided to construct a new facility. In 1976 regional
Service officials proposed a general mail facility for the
Garden City area to consolidate operations and, until a decision
is made on this facility, all plans for demolition and
construction have been pcstponed. 1he Service followed site
selection procedures adequately, its selection was correct, and
although the site was purchased with intent to rtnovate the
building, constructing a new facility would not have affected
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