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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck

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Representing the Office of Position 8, Citywide - The People’s Office Renter, Latina, Girl on the Bus, Former Waitress. Fighting for a City that works for all of us!

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · Jul 16

Tomorrow afternoon Councilmember Hollingsworth and I will be restoring “Hot Rat Summer” in Cal Anderson Park. This mosaic was wrongfully painted over and we are going to fix it.

Mosaic of a patron saint rat with a sun behind it and a little heart. Below it states “Hot Rat Summer”

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you @seattledot.bsky.social and King County Metro for working to solve this. Onward together!

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you @theurbanist.org @seattletru.bsky.social @sngreenways.bsky.social @transpochoices.bsky.social and every volunteer and advocate fighting for better mobility, connection, and safety on our streets. This is a shared win and something to celebrate.

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks, Gordon! Our workforce at @seattledot.bsky.social are incredible! The gentleman I spoke to was friendly and helpful. Make sure to say hello and express your thanks to our SDOT crews!

Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 6d

UPDATE: Just talked to some SDOT workers who are out at the site today. They are only installing pedestrian signals today. No work on removing the bus lane or stop slated for today.

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 7d

I was just as shocked with the news about the route 2 bus only lane as you. We are working on it. We need to prioritize pedestrian safety and not go backwards on our transit investments.

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you for your partnership on this!

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Housing Development Consortium @housingconsortium.org · 15d

Seattle's housing crisis requires bold action. We're thrilled to see the unanimous approval of @councilmember-amr.bsky.social's much-needed Roots to Roofs pilot program by the City Council!

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 15d

The Seattle City Council just UNANIMOUSLY approved the Roots to Roofs affordability bonus pilot, giving density bonuses to community based orgs, including the Seattle social housing developer. I did not expect a 9-0 vote on this one.
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Rinck Retools Housing Affordability Bonus with More Density » The Urbanist

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 19d

Huge thanks to @jessdbateman.bsky.social for championing SB 5184 and for pushing Seattle to take big steps on housing and climate! 🌍🏘️

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 19d

Here’s what that means for Seattle:
- 0.5 spaces per housing unit.
- 2 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of commercial space.
- Full exemptions for senior housing, affordable housing, and childcare facilities.
- Full exemptions for most apartments and multifamily housing.

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 19d

Earlier this year, my office went to the State Capitol to support SB 5184, which slashes parking mandates. The bill passed, but Seattle isn’t required to comply until 2027.

With the passage of my Comp Plan Amendment 85, however, we’ll be putting these reduced parking mandates into effect this year!

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 22d

Seattle City Council is voting on the Comprehensive Plan this week and we have the chance to open up more neighborhoods for more housing, additional small businesses, alongside space for families to grow and thrive in Seattle.

Check out our latest visit to proposed Neighborhood Center Broadview!

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 26d

UPDATE: By our team’s tally we had 115 people voice support for amendment 34. Thank you all for showing your support!

*Please note that we included the numerous people who voiced “support for any amendment that increases density in the city” in this tally.

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 26d

Today is the final public hearing on the comprehensive plan!

If you want to see these 8 neighborhood centers reintroduced into the plan, voice your support for amendment #34!

In-person public comment starts at 3, but the sign-up cut off is 6:30 so make your way to city hall after work!

Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Seattle City Council is about to start taking votes on the 20-year Comprehensive Plan which will determine how housing in Seattle is built.

I biked around Seattle to talk to people about what we need to do to build more housing, and make our communities more walkable, and livable.

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 27d

Proud to join elected leaders from across Washington state in supporting food service cafeteria workers at Meta in organizing a union without fear, intimidation, and/or employer interference.

The letter reads:

“Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, Meta Leadership, and Mr. Lavielle,

We are writing as elected leaders representing communities in the Puget Sound region at various levels of government. We urge you to remain neutral and respect the desire expressed by food service workers at Meta offices in Bellevue and Redmond, WA, who are employed by Lavish Roots, to organize a union without fear, intimidation and employer interference.

Many of the workers preparing and serving food and drink to Meta employees are our constituents and we support them as they organize for basic safety, stability, equality and respect. We believe that unions are essential in ensuring that working people in the service industry have a path to sustaining themselves in a region that is faced with a rise in the cost of living and income inequality.

We are looking forward to working collaboratively with you on this issue. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.”

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 28d

We also cross post to Instagram! www.instagram.com/reel/DOZ37Ql...

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 29d

My reflections on today’s Seattle City Council vote on expanding police surveillance.

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My reflections on today’s Seattle City Council vote on expanding police surveillance.

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · Sep 9

And those are our amendments!

On a final note: I was against this CCTV pilot program approved last year (before I got onto council), and I do not support the expansion of it for reasons I will speak to at full council tomorrow. Public comment starts at 2PM, see you there!

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · Sep 9

And the last Amendment is E and is sponsored by me and it would restrict Capitol Hill’s cameras to only arterial streets, meaning no cameras on Cal Anderson Park.

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · Sep 9

Amendment D sponsored by CM Strauss limits the cameras in the planned expansion to only the stadium district. This would take Capitol Hill and Central District off the table for the camera expansion.

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · Sep 9

Amendment C sponsored by me limits the approval of the CCTV pilot to only operate until July 1, 2028 unless SPD submits to the council and the council passes an ordinance to approve of the program implementation.

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · Sep 9

Amendment B sponsored by me adds requirements to the evaluation plan on the CCTV pilot.

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · Sep 9

Amendment A is co-sponsored with me and CM Kettle. I talked about putting forward this amendment a few weeks ago. Essentially, it pauses all CCTV camera systems for 60 days if there’s a warrant, subpoena, court order or release from
City or vendor of CCTV data on a federal immigration matter.

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · Sep 9

The vote on expanding the CCTV surveillance cameras to more neighborhoods happens at tomorrow’s Seattle City Council meeting. There are five amendments on the table, let’s talk about them:

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · Sep 9

UPDATE: Seattle City Council has just received a letter from 18 community organizations calling on Council to delay the expansion of CCTV surveillance tech, to conduct meaningful engagement with immigrant communities, and invest instead in community safety programs.

Page one of a letter addressed to Seattle City Council opposing the expansion of the Surveillance Camera Pilot Program.

Page two of a letter addressed to Seattle City Council opposing the expansion of the Surveillance Camera Pilot Program.

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · Sep 8

In this thread, we are uploading all six pages of the Office of Civil Rights Policy Briefing Memo, and are providing the Legistar Link below:

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Page five of the Office of Civil Rights Policy Briefing Memo that addresses Council Bill 121052 and Council Bill 121053.

Page six of the Office of Civil Rights Policy Briefing Memo that addresses Council Bill 121052 and Council Bill 121053.

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