Council adds green fund and one‑/two‑bedroom incentives across several zones; approves bike infrastructure as eligible fee‑in‑lieu use

Council directed planning staff to add two specific incentives to multiple zoning districts: a green‑fund credit and a unit‑mix incentive that requires 65% of units in a project to be one‑ or two‑bedroom to access bonus floors. Council agreed to include those incentives in R4, Mixed Use, RO and several downtown districts after planning staff presented the proposed incentive stack updates.

Council also voted to add bike parking and bike infrastructure (such as bike lanes) to the list of eligible uses for developer fee‑in‑lieu funds collected when parking minima are reduced. Planning staff said those fees can supplement infrastructure rather than be used solely to fund surface parking. Council members who supported the change emphasized multi‑modal goals and the need to fund bike infrastructure as part of downtown redevelopment.

The votes were recorded by hand signals during the meeting; the chair announced the results as staff tallied hands. Planning staff will incorporate the new incentives and the expanded fee‑in‑lieu eligible uses into the draft instructions to consultants and update the incentive language in the next draft.