SOLON — The Solon City Council met in regular session Wednesday, Dec. 4.

Third and final reading of conditional rezoning approved for proposed senior housing development

The proposed senior housing complex in the Fox Ridge development took another step forward as the Council unanimously approved the third and final reading of a conditional rezoning request from commercial to residential.

A site plan for the development has been submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission for review and once approved will be forwarded to the Council for their approval.

City Engineer updates Council on the new wastewater treatment plant project Dave Schechinger, City Engineer with Veenstra and Kimm, told the Council a public outreach effort regarding the new wastewater treatment plant is being prepared to educate the community on the project. Schechinger said the next step was to review a number of layouts (which he distributed to the council members). He added cost estimates and summaries were in-progress for the layouts, which detail different processes or their consideration. The new facility is being designed to accommodate future population growth up to 10,000 residents.

Capital Improvement planning

City Administrator Cami Rasmussen reminded the Council the annual Capital  Improvements discussions would be coming soon ahead of the annual budget process and referred to last year’s plan noting some projects were completed, some were still in-progress, and others may need to have their priority moved up to meet the needs of the community.

“Our goal for the next six months is to do a formal update to our Capital Improvement Plan,” she said. “We are going to need to know the Council’s priorities to be able to focus our time and our efforts.”

Council meeting dates/times

The Solon City Council meets the first and third Wednesdays of the month at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall, 101 N. Iowa St. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 18.