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QUESTION: May the City of Hialeah acquire Hialeah Racetrack under the terms outlined below?

SUMMARY: Premised upon described procedural and contractual limitations and safeguards, the City of Hialeah may purchase the Hialeah Race Track and lease the facility to a private person pursuant to a lease-purchase agreement. The essential aspects of the proposed purchase, as I understand them, are that the present owner of Hialeah Park, Inc., will convey fee title of the park to Mr. John Brunetti. Mr. Brunetti will in turn convey fee title to the city. Hialeah Park, Inc., will receive approximately…