ORLANDO, Fla. — Orange County Commissioner Mike Scott says he wants answers after learning the onePULSE Foundation is accused of violating the terms of an agreement to build a Pulse museum.

In a letter, Orange County says it discovered unauthorized license agreements onePULSE made at a property bought with Tourism Development Tax funds on behalf of the foundation.

The county says while it was aware of a leasing agreement with the Nassal Company at the property, other agreements were made with Nassal that were not approved.

Scott says this letter is the first step in addressing the issue, aimed at answering some key questions local officials have about the deal.

“My thing is when things look funny, you ask questions," he said. "And through those questions, you determine was this a matter of inexperience, or maybe just a lack of processes, or was this something that was malicious and intentional and you were trying to take advantage of the people, or the taxpayer’s money? I think we are not sure where that is yet."

Scott says he vividly remembers the night of that deadly attack at Pulse nightclub and wants to do right by his district.

“I have friends that were hurt that will never come back to Florida," he said. "I have one of my friends that’s a veteran that was killed and I’ve been to Pulse before. That could have been me.”

When asked about taxpayers questioning how their dollars are being used, Scott said that sometimes with the county, things slip through the cracks and that he wants to do his “due diligence to rectify it.”

“When you talk about spending the people’s money or taxpayer’s money you want to be accountable and transparent... down to the penny,” he said.

The county is now asking onePULSE to terminate those unauthorized licenses and that the Nassal Company vacate the property within 60 days of receiving notice from the onePULSE Foundation.  

The letter also says “due to the nature of the breach and the allowance of the foundation for other parties to use the property, the county deems it prudent to perform due diligence prior to accepting the deed to the property.”

It means that there could be some sort of action taken against onePULSE for that violation of the contract.

The onePULSE Foundation sent a statement to Spectrum News saying, “In October we met with the Orange County Mayor and his staff to proactively inform them we no longer planned to build a museum. That meeting began the process of closing out our agreement with the county; this latest development is part of that process. We maintain active communication with county staff and will continue to ensure everything is done correctly and in accordance with our agreement.”

Nassal, the company leasing the property from onePULSE said “no comment” when asked, noting that the issue appears to primarily concern onePULSE and Orange County.

The full document sent to the onePULSE Foundation from Orange County can be found below.