Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: August 20, 2024
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: N/A
FROM: Ed Torres, M.S., P. E., LEED AP, Director, Utilities
CONTACT: Andres Salcedo, P. E., Deputy Director, Utilities
PHONE: 407-254-9719
DIVISION: Fiscal and Operational Support Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of Interlocal Agreement (Orange County South Water Reclamation Facility Odor Control Project) by and between Orange County and Shingle Creek Transit and Utility Community Development District in the total payment obligation amount of $23,769,738. District 6. (Fiscal and Operational Support Division)
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PURPOSE: The South Water Reclamation Facility (SWRF) is the largest facility of its kind in Central Florida, with capacity to provide wastewater and reclaimed water service to a population of more than 500,000 people in south Orange County, including, among others, the I-Drive Activity Center, as well as other commercial activities on Sand Lake Road, the Tangelo Park Residential Community, and over 100,000 residences in south Orange County. Universal City Development Partners, Ltd. is developing the Epic Universe theme park immediately adjacent to SWRF and the theme park is currently under construction. On October 10, 2023, the Board approved the establishment of the Shingle Creek Transit and Utility Community Development District (CDD), which included an odor control project at the SWRF within its capital improvements program.
Orange County Utilities (OCU) capital improvements program includes over $24 million for an odor control project at the SWRF facility. The CDD desires to make additional system upgrades to SWRF to benefit the surrounding community with an additional budget of approximately $18 million. The County and the CDD recognize that by combining the components of the County's improvements and the CDD's improvements into a single odor control program (Odor Control Project), the SWRF o...
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