Bellevue Post Office Consolidation in the Works

Russell Rainey, Real Estate Specialist from the U.S. Postal Service, is scheduled to make an announcement about the consolidation of the and the Post Offices at Monday's Bellevue City Council meeting.

The has been for sale for several years -- as a sign posted last year in the post office window explained --  however details were not immediately available as to which post office location would consolidate.

This would be the only recent Eastside post office consolidation. The postal service without immediate plans to replace it with a smaller retail location.

The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Postal Service will make $3 billion in reductions nationwide, in cuts that will be announced on Monday.

Rainey will be available to answer residents' questions after the meeting, according to the city council meeting agenda. Rainey is scheduled to speak at the regular council meeting at 8 p.m.

At the city council study session, the council will discuss the 's application to use the former location of the Lake Hills Library as a youth center. The moved to the Lake Hills Village shopping plaza last year. The Bellevue City Council is slated to make a decision on the conditional use permit at its Dec. 12 meeting. The study session is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

You can read the Bellevue Council Meeting Agendas on Bellevue Patch, or download the clickable PDFs of the agendas from the city of Bellevue website.

If you go

The is scheduled from 6-10 p.m. at There will be a 10 minute executive session and a 20 minute executive session that are closed to the public scheduled for 6 p.m. The regular meeting starts at 8 p.m. The council meetings are broadcast live on Bellevue Television (cable channel 21). Video of the meetings can be viewed any time online from Bellevue TV.