Council approves grant applications, contracts, zoning and multiple routine measures

The Borough of Carlisle Council on July 10 adopted a series of routine and substantive measures, including the borough's 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) budget, a multimodal grant application for Wagner's Gap Road, selection of a consultant for the Wagner's Gap shared-use path design, zoning text amendments to add artisan and industry uses and minimum bicycle-parking requirements, and several subdivision and procurement actions.

Why it matters: The package of actions advances near-term infrastructure and planning work (design and procurement for the Wagner's Gap pedestrian/bike improvements), clarifies zoning to allow artisan-manufacturing uses in certain districts, funds community services through CDBG and disposes of surplus borough equipment as authorized by council.

Key council actions and outcomes (sorted roughly by agenda grouping): • CDBG program year 2025 budget — Approved. Council heard a public hearing and then approved the proposed program year 2025 CDBG budget as presented. Staff said allocations are “pretty similar to prior years” with two noted changes: lighting for Littore Park, and partial CDBG support for elements of the borough's co-responder program. Staff estimated the total budget is $670 less than the prior year. (Action: approval; see provenance.)

• Letter opposing SB 780 — Approved. Council voted to send a letter to Representative Gleim and Governor Shapiro urging opposition to Senate Bill 780 (described in council comment as legislation addressing homeless encampments, private right-of-action within 1,600 feet, and waiving…