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RON DESANTIS
GOVERNOR
FDDT
Florida Department of Transportation
1000 N.W. 111 Avenue
Miami, Florida 33172
November 10, 2025
The Honorable Francis X. Suarez
Mayor, City of Miami
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
JARED W. PERDUE, P.E.
SECRETARY
Re: Transfer of N.E. 6th Street from S.R. 5/U.S. 1/Biscayne Boulevard to N.E. 2nd Avenue
Mayor Suarez:
In September, the State of Florida announced that Miami -Dade College has been identified as the site for
the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library. As you know, the 2.63-acre parcel is adjacent to the Freedom
Tower which borders both state and locally maintained roadways.
To support the expedited delivery of the project, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has
already begun to analyze traffic management and roadway modifications that will benefit the area and has
determined that due to the nature of the project, the portion of N.E. 6th Street between S.R. 5/U.S.
'Biscayne Boulevard and N.E. 2nd Avenue will need to be transferred to FDOT.
As you may be aware, last year the Florida Legislature passed legislation, codified as section 257.51,
Florida Statutes, recognizing that presidential libraries are unique national institutions; preempting all
regulation related to the presidential library to the state; and prohibiting municipalities from taking actions
to prohibit the establishment, maintenance, or operation of a presidential library or impose any
requirement or restriction thereon. Preventing the transfer of the aforementioned roadway to FDOT would
interfere with the establishment and operation of the planned presidential library.
Therefore, please consider this letter as FDOT's formal request that the City expeditiously proceed with a
jurisdictional transfer of the roadway. To help with moving this request forward, FDOT will provide
transfer documents for the City to execute the transfer. FDOT values the longstanding working
relationship it maintains with the City and appreciates your cooperation.
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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Daniel Iglesias, P.E.
District Six Secretary
www.fdot.gov www.southflroads.com
Docusign Envelope ID: C8FE82AD-DA50-4103-81 D6-34E24B4054B0
The Honorable Francis X. Suarez
November 10, 2025
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cc: Jared W. Perdue, P.E., FDOT
Art Noriega, City of Miami