Last week, the City of Black Diamond voted against the voiced concerns of local residents, as well as the recommendations of the City’s own Planning Commission, concerns of the neighboring city Maple Valley, some Enumclaw school district board members, and even our own Puget Sound 20-year growth plan, when they accepted a new extremely lax Comprehensive Plan.

They essentially let OakPointe (developer of Ten Trails and future Lawson Hills) off the hook from previously agreed upon requirements that should have grown the necessary infrastructure of the city, much of which OakPointe has already failed to fulfill by their agreed-upon timelines.

The planned growth should have been revised down in scope of future builds to reflect OakPointe’s lack of accountability and track record thus far in

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