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CITY OFSANFORD/METROPLAN ORLANDO (URBAN AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION)
FY 20242025 FUNDING AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, is made and entered into this;'°�� day of ��ir �'�? 2024, by and
between City of Sanford, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Florida, whose address is 300 North Park Avenue, Sanford, Florida 32771, (hereinafter referred to as the
("CITY"), and the Orlando Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, d/b/a MetroPlan Orlando, A
Regional Transportation Partnership, a metropolitan planning organization, whose address is 250 South
Orange Avenue, Suite 200, Orlando, Florida 32801 (hereinafter referred to as ("MetroPlan Orlando").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) are the lead transportation planning
agencies in urban areas throughout the United States; and
WHEREAS, federal laws and Florida Statutes provide MPOs with the authority and responsibility
for transportation planning and funding; and
WHEREAS, the quality of life and economic vitality of our region depends on coordinating
transportation issues and developing complementary plans and policies; and
WHEREAS, MetroPlan Orlando has the lead role in formulating regional transportation plans and
programs and coordinating transportation issues among local entities and the Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT); and
WHEREAS, MetroPlan Orlando has adopted the following Mission Statement:
To provide leadership in transportation planning by engaging the public and fostering effective
partnerships.
MetroPlan Orlando shall achieve this mission by:
A. Preparing and maintaining up-to-date transportation plans;
B. Setting priorities for investing transportation resources to implement adopted regional plans;
C. Shaping and communicating a regional perspective on transportation issues;
D. Competing nationally and statewide for additional financial resources;
E. Building strong alliances with the business community and residents of the region;
F. Coordinating planning efforts with federal, state, and local governments and other
transportation agencies; and
G. Recruiting and retaining top quality staff and consultants.
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City of Sanford/MetroPlan Orlando
FY 2024-2025 Funding Agreement
WHEREAS, the CITY desires to enter into this Agreement with MetroPlan Orlando to provide it with funding
to support the functions necessary to achieve MetroPlan Orlando's role in planning and funding the
Orlando Kissimmee Urban Area Transportation System.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained
herein, and other good and valuable consideration, receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the CITY and MetroPlan Orlando agree as follows:
SECTION 1. RECITALS. The CITY and MetroPlan Orlando hereby declare that the recitals set
forth above are true and correct and incorporated in this Agreement.
SECTION 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. MetroPlan Orlando shall provide the CITY, on a
quarterly basis commencing October 1, 2024, a written operational report which will include an
accounting of all Unified Planning Work Program Tasks for the quarter. The report must identify each
program task, the costs allocated to the task, and the percentage of the task completed. Each quarterly
report must be cumulative.
SECTION 3. FISCALYEAR 2024-2025 CITY FUNDING REQUIREMENTS. The CITY shall allocate
THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($32,254.00) to MetroPlan Orlando from
the CITY's Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget, to be utilized by MetroPlan Orlando during its fiscal year ending
June 30, 2025, in accordance with this Funding Agreement. These funds will be paid to MetroPlan
Orlando on a semi-annual basis. The first payment of SIXTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-
SEVEN DOLLARS ($16,127.00) will be due and payable on October 1, 2024. The second payment of
SIXTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($16,127.00) must be paid on or before
April 1, 2025. The funding provided to MetroPlan Orlando by the CITY is contingent upon funding by all
local governments who are represented on the MetroPlan Orlando Board, such funding being equal to
FIFTY CENTS ($.50) per capita based, at time of budget adoption, on the latest available estimates of
population within each local government's jurisdiction as provided by the Bureau of Economic and
Business Research, University of Florida.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE, TERM. The effective date of this Agreement will be the date of
signature by the last party to sign this Agreement. The term of this Agreement commences on the effective
date and terminates on September 30, 2025.
SECTION 5. INTERPRETATION. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference
purposes only and do not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
SECTION 6. NEGOTIATIONS. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that all terms of this
Agreement were negotiated at arm's length and that this Agreement and all documents executed in
connection with this Agreement were prepared and executed without undue influence exerted by any
party or upon any party. Further, this Agreement was drafted jointly by all parties, and no parties are
entitled to the benefit of any rules of construction with respect to the interpretation of any terms,
conditions, or provisions of this Agreement in favor of or against any person or party who drafted this
Agreement.
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City of Sanford/MetroPlan Orlando
FY 2024-2025 Funding Agreement
SECTION 7. MISCELLANEOUS
A. This Funding Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with
respect to the specific matters contained in this Agreement and supersedes all previous
discussions, understandings, and agreements, written or oral, between the partiestothis
Agreement. Any amendments to or waivers of the provisions of this Agreement must be
made by the parties in writing. No other agreement, oral or otherwise, regarding the
subject matter of this Funding Agreement may be deemed to exist or to bind either party
to this Agreement.
B. If any sentence, phrase, paragraph, provision or portion of this Funding Agreement is for
any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
portion will be deemed an independent provision and such holding will not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this Agreement.
C. The parties hereby acknowledge that they have freely and voluntarily entered into this
Funding Agreement and that each party has been given the opportunity to receive the
advice of independent legal counsel for all negotiations in connection with this Funding
Agreement.
SECTION 8. CONTROLLING LAWS
A. The laws of the State of Florida and all duly adopted ordinances, regulations, and policies
of the CITY now in effect and those subsequently adopted govern the validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Funding Agreement and the provisions contained
in it.
B. The location for settlement of any and all lawsuits, claims, controversies, or disputes,
arising out of or relating to any part of this Funding Agreement, or any breach of this
Agreement, will be Orange County, Florida.
C. The parties to this Funding Agreement agree to comply with all applicable Federal, State,
and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to this Agreement.
SECTION 9. BINDING NATURE OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement is binding only between the
CITY and MetroPlan Orlando.
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City of Sanford/MetroPlan Orlando
FY 2024-2025 Funding Agreement
SECTION 10. NOTICES. All notices, consents, approvals, waivers and deletions which any parry
is required or desires to make or give under this Agreement must be in writing and will be sufficient only
when mailed by certified mail, first class postage affixed, addressed as follows:
CITY: Office of the Mayor
City of Sanford
P.O. Box 1788
Sanford, FL 32772-1788
METROPLAN ORLANDO: Executive Director
MetroPlan Orlando
250 South Orange Avenue, Suite 200
Orlando, FL 32801
SECTION 11. AUDIT AND RECORDKEEPING PROCEDURES. MetroPlan Orlando shall keep and
maintain all records related to this Funding Agreement and the services rendered pursuantto this Funding
Agreement for the period required by the State of Florida General Records Schedule GS1-L for Local
Government Agencies or other applicable State law, whichever is greater. These records must be made
available to the public for inspection, examination and copying pursuant to the terms of Chapter 119,
Florida Statutes, as this statute may be amended from time to time. If any litigation, claim or audit is
commenced, these records must be maintained until all litigation, including appeals, claims or audits
have been concluded or resolved.
SECTION 12. DISCLAIMER. Each party to this Agreement, its officers, employees and agents
do not assume and specifically disclaim any liability for the acts, omissions or negligence of the other
party, its officers, employees and agents, arising from or related to this Agreement.
SECTION 13. EMPLOYEE STATUS. Persons employed by MetroPlan Orlando in the
performance of services and functions pursuant to this Agreement are deemed not to be the
employees or agents of CITY, nor do these employees have any claims to pensions, worker's
compensation, unemployment compensation, civil service or other employee rights or privileges
granted to CITY's officers and employees either by operation of law or by CITY. Persons employed by
CITY in the performance of services and functions pursuant to this Agreement are deemed not to be
the employees or agents of MetroPlan Orlando, nor do these employees have any claims to pensions,
worker's compensation, unemployment compensation, civil service or other employee rights or
privileges granted to MetroPlan Orlando's officers and employees either by operation of law or by
MetroPlan Orlando.
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FY2024-2025 Funding Agreement
SECTION 14. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
A. Each party agrees that it shall not engage in any action that would create a conflict of
interest in the performance of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement with the other
party or which would violate or cause third parties to violate the provisions of Part III,
Chapter 112, Florida Statutes, as this statute may be amended from time to time,
relating to ethics in government.
B. Each party hereby certifies that no officer, agent or employee of that party has any
material interest (as defined in Section 112.312(15), Florida Statutes, as the statute
may be amended from time to time, as over 5%) either directly or indirectly, in the
business of the other party to be conducted here, and that no such person will have
any such interest at any time during the term of this Agreement.
C. Each party has the continuing duty to report to the other party any information that
indicates a possible violation of this Section.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto executed this Agreement as of the day and
year first above written.
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CITY COMMISSION MEMORANDUM 24-19 I.H
.IDLY 22, 2024 AGENDA
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
PREPARED BY: Craig Radzak, Assistant City Manager
SUBMITTED BY: Norton N. Bonaparte, Jr., ICMA-CM City Manager
SUBJECT: MetroPlan Orlando Annual Funding Agreement
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES:
❑ Unify Downtown & the Waterfront
❑ Promote the City's Distinct Culture
® Update Regulatory Framework
❑ Redevelop and Revitalize Disadvantaged Communities
SYNOPSIS:
Approval of the annual funding agreement between the City of Sanford (City) and MetroPlan
Orlando Fiscal Year 2024/2025, commencing October 1, 2024, is requested.
FISCALISTAFFING STATEMENT:
Funding for FY 2024/2025 is in the amount of $32,254. The funding agreement follows the same
format as last year and is based on data reported by the University of Florida's Bureau of Economic
and Business Research and a $0.50 per capita assessment. An appropriation for this funding has
been provided in the FY 2024/2025 City budget.
BACKGROUND:
MetroPlan Orlando, the regional transportation planning agency, provides leadership in planning
and promoting a comprehensive intermodal surface transportation system. Under the agreement,
MetroPlan provides a quarterly accounting of its unified planning work program to the City in
consideration of two payments in the amount of $16,127. The first payment is due on October 1,
2024, and the second payment is due on April 1, 2025.
The MetroPlan Orlando mission statement is "to provide leadership in transportation planning by
engaging the public and fostering effective partnerships". Metro Plan Orlando achieves its mission
by:
1. Preparing and maintaining up-to-date transportation plans;
2. Setting priorities for investing transportation resources to implement
adopted regional plans;
3. Shaping and communicating a regional perspective on transportation issues;
4. Competing nationally and statewide for additional financial resources;
5. Building strong alliances with the business community and residents of the
region;
6. Coordinating planning efforts and federal, state, and local governments and
other transportation agencies; and
7. Recruiting and retaining top quality staff and consultants.
LEGAL REVIEW:
The funding agreement has been reviewed by the Assistant City Attorney who engaged in
communications with the legal counsel for MetroPlan and has expressed no legal objections to this
year's funding agreement.
RECOMMENDATION:
"City staff recommends that the City Commission approve the FY 2024/2025 Funding Agreement
with MetroPlan Orlando."
SUGGESTED MOTION:
"I move to approve the MetroPlan Orlando funding agreement, as proposed."
Attachment: Funding Agreement.