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ITEM 6.
County Attorney - Consent


AGENDA ITEM REPORT

DATE:	April 2, 2024
DEPARTMENT:	County Attorney
REQUESTER:	Richard Wm. Wesch
TITLE:	Approve and Execute Waiver of Conflict of Interest for Wild Blue

I.	MOTION REQUESTED
	Approve and execute the Conflict-of-Interest Waiver dated March 20, 2024, from Bartlett Loeb Hinds Thompson & Angelos.

II.

ITEM SUMMARY

Bartlett Loeb Hinds Thompson & Angelos is requesting a waiver of conflict of interest with respect to (1) Bartlett Loeb Hinds Thompson & Angelos (“Bartlett Loeb”) representation of Lee County, Florida in pre-condemnation negotiations with Lennar Homes, LLC concerning Lee County’s acquisition of a portion of Lennar’s Wild Blue community for the widening of Alico Road and (2) Bartlett Loeb’s representation of Lee County in the Indiro Groves CPA application in St. Lucie County, Florida.
Florida Bar ethic rules permits Bartlett Loeb to represent clients with adverse or potentially adverse interests in circumstances where the firm can provide competent and diligent representation to each client. The representation does not involve the assertion of a position adverse to the other client when a lawyer represents both clients in the same proceeding; and each client gives informed consent.

III.

BACKGROUND AND IMPLICATIONS OF ACTION

	A)	Board Action and Other History

	B)	Policy Issues

	C)	BoCC Goals

	D)	Analysis

	E)	Options

IV.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

A)	Current year dollar amount of item:	No Funding Required
B)	Is this item approved in the current budget?	N/A
C)	Is this a revenue or expense item?	N/A
D)	Is this Discretionary or Mandatory?	N/A
E)	Will this item impact future budgets? If yes, please include reasons in III(D) above.
F)	Fund: Program: Project: Account Strings:
G)	Fund Type?
H)	Comments:

V.	RECOMMENDATION
	Approve

VI.	TIMING/IMPLEMENTATION

VII.	FOLLOW UP

ATTACHMENTS:
Description	Upload Date	Type
Conflict of Interest Waiver for Bartlett Loeb Hinds Thompson & Angelos	3/25/2024	Letter
040224R-C-6-Conflict of Waiver Letter - Wild Blue	5/23/2024	Letter

REVIEWERS:
Department	Reviewer	Action	Date
County Attorney	Fraser, Andrea	Approved	3/25/2024 - 3:19 PM
Budget Services	Henkel, Anne	Approved	3/25/2024 - 3:43 PM
Budget Services	Winton, Peter	Approved	3/26/2024 - 8:56 AM
County Attorney	Fraser, Andrea	Approved	3/26/2024 - 10:13 AM
County Manager	Harner, David	Approved	3/26/2024 - 3:03 PM