Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: March 12, 2025
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: Mindy T. Cummings, Manager
FROM: Ana Alves, Program Manager
CONTACT: Mindy T. Cummings, Manager
PHONE: 407-836-7090
DIVISION: Real Estate Management Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of Orange County, Florida and The Center for Micro-Entrepreneurial Training, Inc. Affiliate Service Provider Agreement, and authorization for the Manager of the Real Estate Management Division to exercise renewal option, execute a termination notice, and furnish notices, required or allowed by the Affiliate Service Provider Agreement, as needed for The Center for Micro-Entrepreneurial Training, Inc., NEC at Fashion Square Mall, 3201 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, Florida 32803. Lease File 2062 ASP11. District 5. (Real Estate Management Division)
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PROJECT:
The Center for Micro-Entrepreneurial Training, Inc.
NEC at Fashion Square Mall
3201 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, Florida 32803
Lease File 2062 ASP11
PURPOSE: To provide office space, training and meeting rooms, and associated equipment and resources for business training and consulting services at the National Entrepreneur Center.
ITEM:
Affiliate Service Provider Agreement
Size: Space within the National Entrepreneur Center
Cost: Donation
Term: Retroactively started on January 1, 2025, until April 30, 2026.
Option: One, five-year renewal
BUDGET: None
REVENUE: None/Services Provided
FUNDS: None
APPROVALS:
Real Estate Management Division
County Attorney’s Office
Risk Management Division
Facilities Management Division
Economic, Trade and Tourism Development
National Entrepreneur Center
REMARKS: The National Entrepreneur Center (NEC) is a public-private partnership between Orange County (County), Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., and the University of Central Florida designed to provide educational training services to small business owners in the Central Florida area. The existing Lease Agreement was approved by the Board on August 31, 2010, and will expire on May 25, 2026.
Under the terms of the Master Consortium Agreement and Consortium Funding Agreement, approved by the Board on December 17, 2024, the County, on behalf of the NEC, enters into Affiliate Service Provider and Resident Service Provider Agreements to allow service providers to use resources, equipment, training, meeting rooms, and facilities at the NEC.
The Center for Micro-Entrepreneurial Training, Inc.(CMET) will make a lump sum payment of $5,000 annually in January of each calendar year of the agreement to NEC’s fiscal agent. Additionally, CMET will pay the NEC for telecommunications hardware, software, lines, and internet, as well as long-distance and other charges incurred by CMET.
The terms and conditions of this Affiliate Service Provider Agreement are materially consistent with the terms and conditions of the other Affiliate Service Provider Agreements in the NEC.