Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: January 30, 2026
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: N/A
FROM: Tanya Wilson, AICP, Director, Planning, Environmental, and Development Services Department
CONTACT: Elizabeth R Johnson CEP, PWS, Acting Manager, Environmental Protection Officer
PHONE: (407) 836-1511
DIVISION: Environmental Protection Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of Joint Participation Agreement between the State of Florida Department of Transportation and Orange County Supplemental Agreement Number 1 FM #: 243844-1-78-03 in the amount of $5,000, for a revised total amount of $30,000. All Districts. (Environmental Protection Division)
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PROJECT: Florida Department of Transportation Joint Participation Agreement for NPDES Permit FLS000011-004
PURPOSE: The purpose of this Consent Item is to request that the Board approve Supplemental Agreement Number 1 between Orange County and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to add one additional year of funding to the existing Joint Participation Agreement (JPA) for maintenance of the Watershed Atlas Project. The existing JPA (FDOT Contract No: ASG53) provides $5,000 per year for Watershed Atlas services for five years, with a total contract value of $25,000. Supplemental Agreement #1 adds an additional year of services, bringing the total amount in the JPA to $30,000.
As background, on May 10, 2016, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) issued Orange County National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit 4 (FLS000011-004). FDOT is a co-permittee with Orange County.
Each co-permittee is responsible for meeting the requirements outlined in the NPDES Permit, which include:
• Training for illicit discharge and improper disposal (Part III.A.7.C), spill prevention and response (Part III.A.7.d), and construction site runoff (Part III.A.9.C); and
• Water quality assessment program approved by FDEP including annual monitoring, analysis of parameters, and upload of data to FDEP’s database (Part V.B).
On February 6, 2020, the Board approved the JPA with Orange County to obtain assistance with meeting their co-permittee requirements of the Permit. The approved JPA sets forth a water quality monitoring program, a public education program, and solicitation of public input for identification of illicit discharges, to satisfy requirements of MS4 NPDES Permit FLS000011. Currently, the annual cost to FDOT is $5,000 for Watershed Atlas Maintenance.
The original JPA contained an expiration date of October 31, 2024. (Attachment 1). At the request of FDOT, in 2021 and 2025, respectively, Time Extensions #1 and #2 extended the JPA to October 31, 2025 and October 31, 2026 (Attachments 2 and 3). The executed time extension letters expanded the JPA timeframe but did not add an additional year of services. To meet Permit requirements for the 2025/2026 Permit Year, FDOT submitted Supplemental Agreement Number 1 to the County (Attachment 4) to add an additional year of services at a cost to FDOT of $5,000.
Supplemental Agreement #1 was reviewed by the County Attorney’s Office and County Risk Management and approved as to form.
BUDGET: N/A