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Cranberry Supervisors Approve Meeder Revisions, Eye Sports Turf Projects and Hope Road Grant
The Board approved revisions to the Meeder development reducing units from 675 to 672, greenlit a two-lot subdivision on Woodlawn Road, and previewed bids for soccer and baseball turf upgrades, a Route 19 signal replacement backed by a $212,000 grant, and a PennDOT multimodal grant application for Hope Road improvements.
Cranberry Township's Board of Supervisors advanced several development and infrastructure initiatives at their January 22 agenda preparation meeting, approving revised plans for the large-scale Meeder development and teeing up more than $800,000 in vehicle purchases and multiple sports facility upgrades for formal action next month.
All four supervisors present — Chairman Bruce Hezlep, Anthony Bertolino, Karen Newpol, and Bruce Mazzoni (participating virtually) — voted unanimously on every item that required action.
The board adopted two resolutions modifying the Meeder mixed-use development, a 57-acre project situated between Rochester Road, Unionville Road, Ogle View Road, and Route 19 in the CCD-2 zoning district. Resolution 2026-05 reduces the total number of residential units from 675 to 672 and reorients four units. Resolution 2026-06 makes corresponding changes to the Phase 1 plan, trimming its count from 198 to 196 units. Planning Director Ron Henshaw confirmed the reorientation would not affect driveways or parking areas.
Supervisors also approved the Kingan Subdivision Plan, a two-lot split of approximately 2.62 acres at 219 Woodlawn Road in the R-1 residential district.
Two other subdivision plans were previewed for the February 5 regular meeting: Wakefield Estates 3, an eight-lot single-family development on roughly 20.5 acres off Meridian Lane, and Park Place Amendment No. 77, which would create seven new units across two lots along Nolan Circle and Callaway Lane.
On the infrastructure side, Engineering Director Mike Malak outlined three projects headed to bid. The Route 19 Emergency Signal Replacement Project is supported by a $212,000 Green Light-Go grant, with completion targeted by year-end 2026 pending pole availability. Two athletic turf projects — artificial turf for the North Boundary Park soccer field and infield turf for Community Park Ballfields 3 and 4 — stem from cooperative agreements with local sports associations that will reimburse the Township.
The board previewed a slate of vehicle and equipment purchases totaling over $429,000, including a Ford F350 pickup for Powell Farm ($53,535), a Ford F350 service body truck for the Streets Division ($80,995), a Ford F600 dump truck with fit-out package ($152,581), two Ventrac tractors for grounds maintenance ($62,709), and $80,000 in residential trash carts and lids.
Ongoing capital work continues at pace. Partial payments approved for preview included $653,942 for general contracting on the Solids Handling Upgrade at the wastewater treatment facility, $174,133 for Community Park North Improvements — which Malak said would be completed before the Cranberry Summer Nights event — and $73,920 for Northfield Road Storm Sewer Upgrades expected to wrap up this spring.
Township Manager Daniel Santoro reported that staff would seek a PennDOT Multimodal Transportation Fund grant for improvements along Hope Road after the Township was passed over in the most recent funding round.
The board also ratified the hire of Mike Manipole as Community Service Officers Manager at a semi-monthly rate of $3,417, effective February 2, and approved the transfer of Brian Flanary to Utility Worker II in Sewer and Water Field Operations at $33.84 per hour.
In a smaller but community-minded action, staff recommended donating obsolete skate park equipment — removed in 2022 during the Municipal Center Campus Redevelopment — to Ellwood City for potential reuse at Ewing Park.
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Cranberry Township, PA.
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