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6. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - WAIVING THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT FOR\nBURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP’S JOINT REPRESENTATION OF CITY AND\nVOPAK TERMINAL LOS ANGELES INC.\nSummary: The Office of the City Attorney requests approval of a conflict-of-interest waiver with\nBurke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP which will allow Burke Williams to jointly represent the Harbor\nDepartment and Vopak Terminal Los Angeles in Sanchez v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Case\nNo. 23LBCV00788. Approval of the proposed waiver is not anticipated to have a financial impact\non the Harbor Department.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is administratively exempt from the requirements of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) under Article II Section 2(f) of the Los Angeles\nCity CEQA Guidelines; (2) formally waive any potential conflict that might arise from Burke,\nWilliams & Sorensen, LLP’s joint representation of Harbor Department and Vopak in Sanchez v.\nCity of Los Angeles, et al. Case No. 23LBCV00788; (3) authorize the Office of the City Attorney\nto execute a written conflict waiver; (4) authorize and direct the Board Secretary to transmit the\nconflict waiver to the City Council for its approval; and (5) adopt Resolution No. _____________.\nExecutive Office