The Miami-Dade County Transportation Committee met on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 9:00 AM in Commission Chambers. Chairwoman Eileen Higgins presided. Commissioners present: Higgins, Regalado, Bastien. Commissioners Bermudez and García were absent. The committee recognized a volunteer transit ambassador, approved a resolution for property acquisition for the Sunshine Station/Golden Glades Multimodal Transportation Facility, approved a wrong-way driving countermeasures agreement with FDOT, and approved minutes from previous meetings.
Good morning. Annie Hall is in the house. All right, to the clerk. Would you mind uh giving us a quorum? Quorum call. Yes. Good morning, everyone. The clerk's office received notification that Commissioner Bermudez and Senator Garcia will be absent from today's meeting. Commissioner Bastien. Vice Chairman Regalado. Chairwoman Higgins. Good morning. I am here. All right, everybody. If uh you could just rise for uh a quick moment of reflection uh and prayer. Uh dear Lord, please today and every day guide us in the decisions that we make for the residents of this beautiful, wonderful county. Help us always to do the right thing so that our county and everyone who lives here thrives, and especially at this committee, that they get to where they're going safely via our wonderful transportation system. Amen. One nation, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. All righty. Um the attorneys. We have a special presentation for CITT. Do I start with that before um it's at your discretion, Madam Chair? You can do the special presentation first or the reasonable opportunity to be heard. Well, let's do the special presentation first. How about that? Because Javi is here, and um, I think Kathleen is here too. So um, well, as you know, every quarter, right? Every quarter, we um celebrate somebody who volunteers to ride our transit system and secret shop it. Um, and giving us feedback, and we select one of these people every quarter to be the CITT ambassador of the quarter. And this year uh we have or this year, this quarter, we're recognizing Miss Um Kathleen. Kathleen, I can't speak this morning. Kathleen Ahmed Vargas this morning. So, Javi, tell us a little bit about um Kathleen and the work she's been doing to help make uh the transit system. We'll do, and I'll invite Kathleen if you want to come up to the podium next to me. Um so, first of all, congratulations on being recognized as the CITT ambassador of the quarter for the period of April through June 2025. In honor of your outstanding volunteer service, we're happy to present you with this beautifully engraved plaque. Thank you. Back to my notes. Uh, and award you with 5,000 additional points since joining us as a CITT ambassador in December 2022, so one of our original ambassadors uh from when we initiated the program, you have demonstrated exceptional dedication. Our records show that during the second quarter of 2025, you completed feedback surveys on your transit rides, earning an impressive 37,750 points. This remarkable achievement makes you our top performer for the quarter. So thank you, Kathy, for your unwavering commitment. And uh, would you like to say a few words? Yes, um, I wanted to say thank you for making this dedicated work and you know for the volunteer opportunity to um you know. Thank you so much. And for those regular transit writers who may be watching and want to be contributors like Kathy, please consider joining the CITT ambassador program. Uh we are accepting applications. You can learn more about the program, submit an application, um, or contact our CITT ambassador program coordinator Cheryl Meisell by visiting our website, Mime Day.gov for slash CITT. In closing, uh, thank you again, Kathleen, for your service.