The board of trustees for Miami Dade College will hold a new vote on the contentious donation of a downtown Miami plot for President Donald Trump’s presidential library — and this time residents could have a chance to weigh in.

At a special meeting in September the board voted, on Gov. Ron DeSantis' request, to transfer the piece of land — which some believe could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars — to the state. On the same day of the vote, DeSantis announced his intention to gift it to the upcoming Trump library project.

South Florida historian Marvin Dunn sued the college, arguing the vote violated Florida’s Sunshine State Law.

The advance notice for the board's original special meeting had merely noted trustees would discuss “potential real estate transactions," withou

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