"Now, the city's top staffer said Tagami's firm, Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal LLC, will be "treated like any other developer that comes into the city." "At this point, it's just another development project," City Administrator Jestin Johnson said in an interview. "The city has exercised all its legal options." The word "coal," he added, did not even come up during a recent meeting between the administrator and Tagami."
"Over the course of a decade, the city has lost multiple lawsuits - and subsequent appeals - to Tagami in both county and federal courts. The city's efforts to halt the project have been cheered on by environmentalists in West Oakland, who worry that large quantities of coal stored at the terminal would further harm the area's air quality, which has already suffered from industrial activities."
City officials granted permits for construction of fencing at a planned 34-acre marine terminal at the former Oakland Army Base. The permits mark the first approval for developer Phil Tagami's harbor terminal project since 2018. City court battles over the project resulted in multiple losses for the city in county and federal courts over the past decade. Environmentalists in West Oakland opposed the project citing potential coal storage that could worsen local air quality and asthma hospitalization rates. Tagami's firm says market demand will determine which bulk commodities arrive, and Insight Terminal Solutions holds a sublease that could determine coal shipments.
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