CITT opens public hearing on FY2025–2029 update to People’s Transportation Plan implementation program

The Citizens’ Independent Transportation Trust opened a public hearing on a resolution to approve the fiscal year 2025–2029 update of the five‑year implementation plan for the People’s Transportation Plan during a meeting of Miami‑Dade County officials.

Javier Betancourt, executive director of the Citizens’ Independent Transportation Trust, presented the trust’s recommendation and told the panel that “if the county wants to use the half penny surtax for any projects, it first needs to make its way into this plan.” He offered a PowerPoint but, citing time, trustees declined a full presentation.

The update is the administrative mechanism the county must follow to authorize use of proceeds from the half‑penny surtax for specific projects, Betancourt said. No vote on the resolution was recorded in the portions of the transcript provided; the meeting record shows only that the public hearing for item 1g1 was opened and that Betancourt answered questions briefly and offered to provide further detail if requested.

Before the hearing, the clerk read two scrivener corrections to the agenda: a hyperlink on page MDC004 needs a trailing ".page" and the dollar amount in item 3B was corrected to $5,593,005.77 from $2,592,000.00. The trust and Department of Transportation and Public Works staff did not present additional budget breakdowns during the public hearing.

The board set the meeting agenda earlier by roll call; Commissioners Bastien, Bermudez and Vice Chairwoman Regalado voted in favor and Chairwoman Higgins was recorded as absent. That setting‑of‑the‑agenda motion passed unanimously among present members.

The trust indicated staff are available to provide more detailed project lists, timelines and the PowerPoint slide deck upon request; the transcript did not record further direction, assignment, or a final vote on the resolution.

A recognition of the CITT ambassador of the quarter was announced as planned later in the session but was not held during the excerpted discussion.

Participants and attribution in this report are drawn directly from the meeting transcript: Javier Betancourt, executive director of the Citizens’ Independent Transportation Trust; Commissioners Bastien and Bermudez; Vice Chairwoman Regalado; and meeting staff including the clerk and county attorney.