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The City of Miami (the "City") hereby waives any conflict that may arise with respect to Holland
& Knight LLP ("H&K") (1) serving as redistricting counsel/consultant to the City on the one hand
and, on the other, (2) representing other clients (architects, City taxpayers, City residents, property
owners, lenders, contractors, subcontractors, developers, sport franchises, media companies and
the like) in unrelated matters in connection with negotiations and disputes (including but not
limited to settlement discussions, litigation, mediation, arbitration, legislation, lobbying, land use,
permitting, quasi-judicial, code enforcement, subdivision, procurement, community
redevelopment ("CRA"), public records requests and administrative proceedings) arising with
respect to the City and/or development projects and public solicitations undertaken by the City
provided that:
(a) There is no substantial relationship between any matter in which H&K is representing or
has represented the City and any matter for other clients
(b) H&K reasonably believes that it would be able to provide competent and diligent
representation to each affected client; and
(c) H&K first obtains a reciprocal waiver from the other client with respect to any matter.
In addition, the City agrees to waive said conflicts of interest for both present and future conflicts
during the term of the representation on redistricting without requiring H&K to provide notice or
seek a further waiver of the conflict.
In the event the above conditions cannot be satisfied or the City objects to the adverse
representation, H&K may immediately withdraw from its representation of the City on the
redistricting matter and the City agrees that it will not assert H&K's former representation of the
City, or H&K's withdrawal from the representation, as a conflict of interest or as the basis for a
motion to disqualify H&K. In the event of H&K's withdrawal in such a situation, the firm would
assist the City in a smooth transition of the matter to new counsel.
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