September 24, 2020
AMZAON HUB LOCKER
Situation-
With COVID 19 protocols in place longer than expected there has been a disruption in the ability of PDA
and residential tenants to receive packages from on line delivery services. The apartment lobbies for
the Leland Building ( 7 units) and Lasalle Apartments ( 64 low income units) do not have a secure or
accessible location to receive deliveries for mail-order and internet parcels. The PDA office, which is not
currently open to the public, used to be the location of last resort for parcel delivery from FedEx, USPS,
UPS and Amazon on line orders. That business has closed. Until last month, a parcel drop at the Kress
grocery at Third and Pike served as an alternate location. Wanderers Mail Service provides this service
for subscription at the north end of the Market in the Soames Dunn Building.
Purpose – to provide a place to handle deliveries for Pike Place Market operations and for residents of
the two nearby apartment buildings, the PDA will install a remote parcel check station in the Leland
lobby, near the existing central postal box station. This location has been selected as in meets several
conditions required for this service:
• accessible to ADA standards,
• accessible to residents of the immediate area after regular Market business hours not
exposed to weather
• located in a public area with patrolled by security and observed by security cameras
• associated with general services used by residents of the Market ( elevator/grocery/mailboxes)
• not in conflict with any adjacent commercial tenant use
• Accessible to electrical power and internet connections required to notify customers when
packages are received.
From past experience with Kress Grocery, PDA and residents have found this delivery locker system to
be very useful and an important service. This system functions as an alternative to staffed building
lobbies with mail rooms found in other properties, but not provided at the Market. This is especially
useful for receiving packages of high value such as medicines or other items of value that should not be
left outside an apartment or office entrance.
The PDA has selected the Amazon Hub system as it is NOT limited to deliveries from Amazon. It is a
general purpose service accessible to other commercial delivery services and US Mail.
Use is limited to residents and customers who have registered this as a preferred location to receive
mail order or web-ordered delivery service. Recipients are notified by email on receipt of package and
have a grace period of 3 days to collect their package.