Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: September 9, 2026
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: Carla Bell Johnson, AICP, Deputy County Administrator
FROM: Vicki Landon, Administrator Arts and Cultural Affairs
CONTACT: Vicki Landon, Administrator Arts and Cultural Affairs
PHONE: 407-836-3873
DIVISION: Arts and Cultural Affairs Office
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of Agreement between Orange County, Florida and Winter Garden Art Association, Inc. (Winter Garden Art Museum) in the amount of $4,000,000. (Arts and Cultural Affairs Office)
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PROJECT: Winter Garden Art Association, Inc. (Winter Garden Art Museum)
PURPOSE: On November 29, 2016, the Board adopted Ordinance No. 2016-30 (“Ordinance”), which amended the County’s Tourist Development Plan to authorize funding from available unallocated Tourist Development Tax (TDT) revenue for legally authorized capital projects and events pursuant to a grant application process set forth in Section 25-147 of the Orange County Code. Pursuant to the Ordinance, on October 31, 2017 the Board adopted Resolution No. 2017-M-44, which established the Tourist Development Tax Application Review Committee (ARC) to serve in an advisory capacity to the Board by evaluating applications for excess TDT revenue funding pursuant to established application review criteria and to make recommendations on same.
At the September 13, 2024 ARC meeting, the ARC considered an application from the Winter Garden Art Association, Inc. (Winter Garden Art Museum) for excess TDT revenue and performed an evaluation of the proposal. The Winter Garden Art Association, Inc. (Winter Garden Art Museum) requested up to $4,000,000 for the construction of the Winter Garden Art Museum which is an authorized expenditures pursuant to the Local Option Tourist Development Act, §125.0104, Florida Statutes (2024). Following its evaluations of the grant application, the ARC approved recommending the funding request to the Orang...
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