Engineer: Macbride Pointe plan would add 78 homes, draw from same aquifer as Solon

Jan 7, 2026

City Engineer Dave Schechinger told the council that connecting Macbride Pointe would add 78 homes, use water from the same aquifer, require a connection fee and that the developer’s water rate would be about twice the city residential rate.

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City Engineer Dave Schechinger presented the council with an analysis of a developer request to connect Macbride Pointe to Solon’s water system, saying the subdivision would add 78 homes and draw from the same aquifer that serves Solon. "It would add 78 homes," Schechinger told the council, and he said the city would charge a connection fee and that the developer’s water rate would be about twice what city residents pay.

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