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Oviedo council approves interlocal framework with Seminole County for mobility-fee spending
Summary
City council approved Resolution 4599-25, an interlocal agreement with Seminole County that narrows how county-collected mobility fees are spent within Oviedo’s study area, adds joint-funding language and sets time windows for unspent fees to be returned and reallocated.
OviedoCity Council on Aug. 18 voted to adopt Resolution 4599-25, approving an interlocal agreement with Seminole County that requires county-collected mobility fees generated inside Oviedo's study area to be spent within that study area or the city itself and allows joint funding for eligible projects.
The agreement updates an earlier draft after staff and council negotiations with county attorneys, adding a requirement that county mobility fees collected inside the City of Oviedo study area be spent in that study area and establishing a timetable for returning and reusing unspent funds.
City staff said the revised agreement requires the county to spend fees collected inside the Oviedo benefit district on projects in the district. If the county does not spend funds within five years, the money is returned to the city, which then has two years to spend it locally before funds revert to fee payers. The interlocal also adds an explicit mechanism for joint funding of eligible mobility projects between city and county.
Councilmember Rock moved to adopt the resolution with added direction for staff to edit one paragraph on page 5 (language beginning "in the event...") to remove redundancy and align with the revised five-year/ two-year timing; the motion passed on a roll call of members present.
Supporters on the council described the changes as a stronger guarantee that mobility fee revenue collected in denser, urban portions of the county will be spent locally. Staff said the county attorney and assistant county manager engaged constructively in multiple meetings and that the county agreed to the principal requested changes.
Opponents did not register a roll-call "no," but council members asked staff to ensure the language would not create unintended obligations for the county in unrelated developer matters; the adopted motion directed the city attorney and staff to coordinate with county counsel on final wording.
The council's action schedules the finalized interlocal to proceed under the terms adopted, with staff to complete the technical edit on page 5 in consultation with the county attorney. No additional binding development agreement or project list was adopted as part of this resolution.
Timeline and next steps provided by staff include executing the interlocal and collaborating with county staff on the mechanics for joint-project identification and fund accounting.
