Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: June 9, 2026
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: Luciana Mino, Assistant Manager
FROM: Rebekah Petrelli, Senior Acquisition Agent
CONTACT: Faye Lee, Administrative Assistant
PHONE: 407-836-7097
DIVISION: Real Estate Management Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of Facility Use Agreement between Orange County, Florida and CorneaGen LLC for the recovery of donated organs and tissues and authorization for the Manager or Assistant Manager of the Real Estate Management Division to exercise renewal options and provide notices under the agreement for CorneaGen LLC at Medical Examiner’s Office, 2350 Michigan Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32806. Lease File 10443. District 3. (Real Estate Management Division)
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PROJECT:
CorneaGen LLC at Medical Examiner’s Office
2350 Michigan Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32806
Lease file 10443
PURPOSE: To provide space at the County’s Medical Examiner’s Office for CorneaGen LLC.
ITEM:
Facility Use Agreement
Cost: N/A
Term: Five Years
BUDGET: N/A
REVENUE: None
FUNDS: N/A
APPROVALS:
Real Estate Management Division
County Attorney’s Office
Risk Management Division
Health Services Department
REMARKS: CorneaGen LLC cooperates with organ and tissue donation agencies to obtain, recover, evaluate, process, to distribute eyes, and corneal and scleral tissue for sight-saving transplant surgery for members of the community.
This agreement is in compliance with Florida Admin Code 11G-2.006.
Article 5. Relationships Between Medical Examiners, and Organ Procurement Organizations and Tissue Banks.
{1} A medical examiner should cooperate with at least one tissue bank but is not obligated to work with more than one tissue bank. The decision by the medical examiner as to which and how many tissue banks to work with will depend on the staffing and resources of the medical examiner. The medical examiner is not obligated to extend office hours or keep personnel on overtime to meet requests for tissue donation.