Getting P.O. Boxes
in Fern Acres

• We need 150 signatures of residents who have a street address for your residence.  
• A pole number will not be accepted by the post office.
• There will be a set of boxes at 4 different locations along Puhala.
• Each set will serve one of the main roads.
• They will be on the streamside of Puhala.
• Each set of boxes will be located somewhere before the turnoff to the road they serve.
• Mountain View will become your post office.

If you desire a mailbox or want to keep your present mailbox at a post office you will have to start paying for it.  Right now there is a one-year wait time for a PO box in Kurtistown and Mountain View.

The process (which will take some time to accomplish) is: 

• We have to get 150 signatures and addresses in Fern Acres.
• The post office will do their survey.
• We provide suitable areas along Puhala for the boxes.
• The post office installs the boxes.

Some other points:

• You will still get UPS and FEDEX delivery to your home like you have now.
• You have to have something they can make a delivery to other than your guard dog.
• A personal mailbox by your gate would be an idea; then other people can leave notes too.
• With 1,996 lots here we should be able to come up with 150 residents.
• If you have multiple lots with building permits, you can apply for a box for each address.

Your Name________________________________________________

Your Signature_____________________________________________

Address in Fern Acres________________________________________

The state has a 30' wide trail that parallels Puhala; this is the Old Volcano Trail. We may be able to use part of this for the postal person to access the back of the boxes.  It will take time to explore this.   Many of you have noticed that the road to Hawaiian Acres is offset from ours. Their entrance road to Road One is the Old Volcano Trail.

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