CBU Mailboxes to be Installed on May 22, 2021
A work crew will be installing the four new CBUs and package locker on Saturday morning, May 22, 2021.
• Old Mailboxes
The current mailboxes will be removed from their stand and can be picked up on Saturday morning. After that, they will be available for pickup next to the Firehall.
• New Mailboxes
Starting Monday, May 24, 2021, all LRAA mail will be delivered into the CBUs. You will need a key to retrieve your mail. Everyone currently receiving mail at LRAA and those who have purchased a new mailbox have been assigned a mailslot based on your LRAA address. Mailslots are numbered A1–A16, B1–B16, C1–C16 and D1–D16. You will be given your assigned slot when you pick up your keys.
• Outgoing Mail
There is an outgoing mailslot in each of the four CBU units for outgoing mail. You don’t have to own a mailbox to use the outgoing slot. It works just like the mailbox at the post office. The carrier will retrieve stamped mail placed in the outgoing slot and deliver it to the post office.
• Keys
Keys can be picked up this week by calling Jim Brousseau at (509) 996-2683 up until May 22, 2021, at the mailboxes on Saturday morning May 22, 2021, or afterwards by contacting Annie Sparrow, the LRAA Business Manager at lraa.business@gmail.com or (206) 329-6006. Please bring your ID. You will need to sign for your keys. Each mailbox has a set of 3 keys. NOTE: If you lose your keys or break your key in the lock, a new lock will have to be purchased and installed by USPS. LRAA does not have a master key to the CBUs once they are installed.
• New Mail Service
Your address must be registered with USPS to have mail delivered. There is a Rural Customer Delivery Instructions (PS Form 4232), that will need to be completed before you can receive mail at LRAA. This does not apply to those who already have mail delivered to LRAA. The completed card can be left in your mailbox or the outgoing slot. You can pick up a card from the Post Office or when you pick up your keys if you haven’t had mail delivery at LRAA before.
• Package Lockers
Each CBU has two package lockers for packages that won’t fit in your mailbox. There is also a parcel box with four lockers for oversized parcels. When you receive a package, the carrier will place the key for a parcel locker in your mailbox. It may not always be in your CBU, note the locker number on the key. Once you retrieve your parcel, the key will remain in the parcel lock until the carrier releases it. Don’t try to remove it once you have opened the locker. Parcel lockers are numbered: A1P, A2P, B1P, B2P, C1P, C2P, D1P, D2P, P1P, P2P, P3P, P4P corresponding to the CBU and locker number.