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Council approves 50-year lease to Hialeah Education Academy; amends agreement to guarantee city gym access
Summary
The City Council approved a 50-year lease with City of Hialeah Education Academy (Coahuilla) for land at Slade Park and amended the lease and related use agreement to clarify city access to a gymnasium and other park facilities. Council and the school's representatives negotiated language to make city use rights explicit in the lease exhibit.
The Hialeah City Council voted to approve a 50-year lease with City of Hialeah Education Academy (Coahuilla) for city-owned land at Slade Park and to amend the related use agreement to clarify the city’s continued access to a gymnasium and certain park improvements.
City Attorney Rafael Suarez Rivas and Coahuilla attorney Hugo Arzo told the council that state law and the city charter authorize municipalities to lease property and that the lease must be enacted by ordinance. Council members pressed for explicit language guaranteeing the city’s right to use the gym beyond the three-year term of the short-form use agreement. Coahuilla agreed to amend exhibit G of the lease so that…
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