Lock Haven holds final hearing on $735,000 CDBG‑CV request to build Coleman Park skate park

An unidentified city staff member held the second and final public hearing on Lock Haven’s Competitive CDBG‑CV application and described a proposed $735,000 request to fund a new skate park and administrative costs.

The presenter said the city plans to request $735,000 from the CDBG‑CV competitive program. "We are accepting any comments anyone will have," the presenter said, inviting questions during and after the hearing and encouraging viewers on Facebook and YouTube to sign in for the record.

City staff listed $728,018 in the record as the amount intended for a public‑facilities activity: construction of a larger skate park to replace the existing facility at Coleman Park. The presenter said the design followed an "intensive meeting engagement process" and that engineers updated a prior estimate, raising the projected construction cost from a previous $450,000 figure to the higher amount now listed.

The presenter said the project would benefit residents across the city and cited a city population of 7,835 (the presenter attributed that number to American Community Survey data used by DCD) and that roughly 8.2% of residents are low‑to‑moderate income under the Department’s dataset. The presenter also described an administrative line item recorded in the hearing (spoken in the record as approximately $6,900) and said that total matches the $735,000 request and is below the program’s administrative cap.

City staff gave next steps and deadlines in the record: city council approval was scheduled for July 25, 2022, and the presenter said the application would be submitted to PCP by Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, at midnight. Written comments could be mailed to the city’s address provided in the hearing or emailed to the address stated in the record. The public hearing closed after the presenter said there were no comments.

No council vote or formal approval occurred during the hearing; the meeting was informational and intended to record public comment ahead of the council vote and final application submission.