Hialeah council approves 50-year lease and separate use agreement for Cohea campus; neighbors urge guardrails on park access

The City Council approved a 50-year lease on first reading and a separate short-term use agreement for the City of Hialeah Education Academy (Cohea), a charter operator planning a campus adjacent to Carl F. Slade Park. Both measures passed after extended public comment and negotiations over park access, scheduling and operational safeguards.

The lease ordinance (first reading passed by council vote) grants Cohea a long-term lease for the school campus and related improvements. Council then considered a separate use agreement that defines how the city and the school will share specific park facilities. That use agreement sets weekday and weekend access windows for the city, establishes terms for a gymnasium built by Cohea, and describes how newly constructed fields, pickleball courts and a track — to be paid for and built by the…