Old Malibu Colony Post Office Annex Building Is Scheduled to Close

• Bulk Mail Service Will Be Accommodated at the Point Dume Station but Extra Mail Truck Parking Remains an Issue

BY SUZANNE GULDIMANN

Before the Malibu Colony Plaza was built, the current Post Office Annex building at the Malibu Colony was central Malibu's only post office.

The building was constructed during the building boom in the late 1950s, when the Colony Coffee Shop was right around the corner, and the only market in town was the Mayfair.

The old brass post office boxes are long gone, as is the long main counter, with its smell of wet paper tape and old linoleum.

Now the lease is up, and the annex facility, which currently houses Malibu's bulk mail operation and passport application services, will be closing its doors and moving to Point Dume.

Malibu Postmaster Caren Gonzalez told The Malibu Surfside News that the main Colony Post Office will remain unchanged, and the move, which is expected to take place at the end of the year, will not affect delivery services.

"There will be no disruption of services," Gonzalez said.

There will, however, be some changes at the Point Dume Post Office, which is currently being remodeled to accommodate the addition.

According to Gonzalez, 40 Point Dume post office boxes will be renumbered. Notices will be sent to the current box holders to explain the change.

Passport service, previously available at the annex, will continue to be available at either the main Colony office or at Point Dume. The location has yet to be decided.

Gonzalez indicated that the issue of where to park the additional mail trucks at Point Dume has also not yet been determined. Possible solutions reportedly include "asking for the vacant lot."

Observers say that increased traffic at the already busy intersection could potentially prove problematic, but postal representatives assure residents that the majority of postal customers in the 90265 zip code will not be impacted by the change.