Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: October 30, 2025
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: N/A
FROM: Joseph C. Kunkel, P.E., Director, Public Works Department
CONTACT: Brian R. Sanders, Manager
PHONE: (407) 836-8022
DIVISION: Transportation Planning Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of (1) First Amendment to Interlocal Agreement for Transit Planning In Kind and Reimbursable Services by and between Orange County, Florida and Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority DBA LYNX in the amount of $2,255,217 and (2) Termination of Memorandum of Agreement by and between Orange County, Florida and Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority, d/b/a LYNX dated March 26, 2024, relating to a potential urban circulator operating within the International Drive. Districts 1 and 6. (Transportation Planning Division)
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PROJECT: N/A
PURPOSE:
Orange County completed the International Drive Transit Feasibility and Alternative Technology Assessment in 2021. The project evaluated the potential of implementing a premium transit circulator operating within the International Drive District along International Drive from Sand Lake Road to Destination Parkway and Sea Harbor Drive. To support the next steps of the International Drive Transit Project, the Board entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with LYNX on June 21, 2022, for LYNX to provide in kind transit planning services to Orange County.
LYNX is a designated recipient for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds for the Central Florida region and is serving as the project lead for the procurement of professional consultant services to advance the International Drive Transit Project.
The Board executed a second MOA on March 26, 2024, to identify the in-kind services that LYNX would procure and manage for the transit project at a cost of $2,100,000. The Board executed an Interlocal Agreement on December 3, 2024, to build upon the March 26, 2024 MOA and i...
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