The San Luis City Council approved amendments to two subdivision final plats to remove conditions requiring developers to install recreational amenities, saying recently adopted development impact fees now cover those amenities.

Jose Guzman, director of development services, told the council the city’s new development impact fees took effect Sept. 22 and “include the installation of or the funding for the amenities. Therefore, these conditions is, no longer needed.” He said staff recommended deleting the voluntary amenity-installation conditions “to keep this project consistent with the policy and avoid double charging.”

The council first voted to delete the amenity condition for subdivision case No. 2024-026F, Los Mesquites Unit 4, moving to amend the final plan “by deleting the condition referencing the developer’s voluntary installation of recreational amenities; all other conditions remain in full force and effect.” The motion, moved by Council Member Javier Vargas and seconded by Council Member Esteban C. Rosales, carried with six affirmative votes and one abstention (the transcript records the abstention but does not identify the speaker).

Council then voted to amend the condition of approval for subdivision case No. 2024-0578F, Orquidea (Arcadia Park Phase 1) final plat to delete the recreational-amenities requirement and to rescind the previously adopted “not to exceed $500 per lot for amenities” language. That motion was moved by Council Member Luis E. Cabrera and seconded by Council Member Esteban C. Rosales; it also carried 6–1 with Mayor Nieves Rydell recorded as the abstention.

No public speakers addressed either subdivision item during their hearings. City staff characterized the changes as technical amendments to align approvals with the newly implemented impact-fee policy; no changes were made to other conditions of approval.

The removals mean that, for these two developments, funding or provision of recreational amenities will be covered by the city’s impact-fee program rather than by voluntary developer installations tied to those final plats. Staff will continue to administer other plat conditions not modified by the council's motions.