A Judge in Collier County rejected a $92 million settlement between landowners and the Commissioners. She said that the Bert J. Harris Act doesn’t include resolving the
claim’s potential financial exposure against the county in the public interest
test. She also found that the settlement amounted to illegal contract
zoning and that she couldn’t find that the agreement complies with the
Endangered Species Act. This is a lawsuit that has been ongoing since 2008, dragged on by landowners wanting their way.
The Florida Wildlife Federation and Collier
Audubon Society, which teamed up to fight the settlement, also have filed a
federal lawsuit on behalf of panthers and woodpeckers, seeking to stop
development on the Hussey ranch,
At least there is a judge who
understands contract zoning and the Bert J. Harris Act.
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