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The caller said they had received the phone access number shortly before the meeting and that the meeting was not posted on the city reader board. \"This meeting was not advertised. It wasn't on the reader board,\" the caller said, adding they had learned the phone number at about 2:03 p.m. the day of the meeting. The caller also expressed concern about traffic and development near a local bridge and asserted that eagles had been removed from local protections \"in small print\" though no ordinance or policy citation was provided during the comment.

The caller identified themselves as opposed to any additional development, saying, \"We stop. Clark County, make history. Short and sweet, you guys. We're not gonna look go across this bridal. It's gonna be trafficked to death and look up and see condos.\" The caller spoke near the end of the public-comment period and said the meeting's short-notice posting limited community participation.

No city staff or commission response to the caller's assertions is recorded in the transcript, and no formal action was taken in response to the remarks during the meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Planning Commission Meeting 06 10 2025 Part 1","oneSentenceSummary","An unnamed caller during public comment at the June 10 La Center Planning Commission meeting said the meeting was not properly advertised, objected to development and said eagles had been removed from city documents; the caller asked that growth stop and criticized meeting notice procedures.","taxTitle","La Center, Clark County, Washington","taxId",73809,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6200659,"La Center residents ask planning commission for dedicated youth community center",261,204721,466435,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3807530-617f56cedc3cac98cb638699f2f32bcd&start=204&end=466","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3807530-617f56cedc3cac98cb638699f2f32bcd/thumbnail_204721.jpg","/articles/6200659/La-Center/Clark-County/Washington/La-Center-residents-ask-planning-commission-for-dedicated-youth-community-center","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6200659-8ebb6bc7c6a94a52fb535b23c4c72e12/orig.mp4?Expires=1774958470&Signature=O1e0Uf3PZdITmrj5L4nMzTB93slWiHK-dMz0uJOyyNDqlXP~4sAFs4dXP0Lp7VwvNoaSTzz1im4JXhefac~00A4nzsY2wmi0nwSiMXYrfSo7KCpWvBB1ZDvlIqdfZYgYVPj1oRLOm8WpIRxshkpT5cx-u0h4vsbWQt9aGmgK4jyEzEAFv2b9udy~S6SVXt8aTH0iv194-qOoSCs4zFyHpU-QLrvmWtQ1T2da7XLbSGlyJDjv38seWVUiDJ4~xb-NDA-hEKQLdWiXXIglcEeHS2zhdfa3tuQ~WwLCKCBNlUimYDpv4xH6r6fs1iL3W6VtM55pVTTTjGxqr4JGfjKmTA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Melissa Flat, a La Center resident speaking on behalf of La Center United, told the La Center Planning Commission on June 10 that the community needs a permanent youth community center to replace the volunteer-run teen loft now hosted at La Center Church.

Flat said the program, run entirely by volunteers and donations, grew from two or three youths when it began about eight years ago to more than 80 this year, with roughly 40 children on a waiting list because the group lacks space and volunteers. \"We have art supplies. We bring in food. So that's really hard to take in and out,\" Flat said, describing storage and logistics problems that limit the group's ability to serve more children.

Flat told commissioners she and others had identified a parcel for sale just past the middle school that she said is about eight acres and would be an ideal site if funding can be secured. She said a contact had offered help writing a grant because the area qualifies as rural and agricultural, but did not identify the grant program or the potential funder.

A commission member asked whether the schools could provide space; Flat said past attempts had not succeeded but that discussions are ongoing. Flat also said she plans to speak to the city council about the need for funding and urged continued advocacy to secure city support.

Flat presented several youth well-being statistics during her remarks, including figures she said reflected local youth outcomes and mental-health indicators; she did not provide source documents during the public-comment period. \"Two nonparental caring adults is a huge protective factor,\" Flat said, urging a permanent location and stable storage for program materials.

No formal action on the community center request was taken during the meeting. The commission approved earlier meeting minutes during the opening business but did not vote on the community-center concept.","At the June 10 La Center Planning Commission meeting, Melissa Flat of La Center United urged commissioners to support a dedicated community center for youth, citing rapid program growth, a waitlist of about 40 children and limited storage and volunteer capacity.","actionData","errors"]

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Unidentified caller at La Center meeting objects to growth and raises meeting-notice and wildlife concerns

La Center residents ask planning commission for dedicated youth community center