City releases draft environmental impact statement on proposed Sodo arena
The city of Seattle today released the draft environmental impact statement for the proposed sports and entertainments arena in the Sodo stadium district.
The review began by looking at 21 sites meeting minimum property size and zoning to accommodate a potential arena, the city said.
The city’s Department of Planning and Development narrowed the list to three sites – KeyArena in Seattle Center, Memorial Stadium adjacent to Seattle Center and three alternative sites in Sodo — after an examination of transportation, economic and other review criteria.
Further review on impacts and mitigation measures will continue. San Francisco hedge fund manager Chris Hansen and other investors have proposed building a $490 million arena in Sodo with the goal of attracting NBA and NHL teams.
Public hearings have been set for Sept. 10 in the Bertha Landes Room at Seattle City Hall and Sept. 19 in the Fidalgo Room at Seattle Center, both starting at 6 p.m.
The city expects to publish a final environmental impact statement in the first quarter of 2014.
26 Million People Struggling Financially
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Approximately 26 million Britons are presently having money problems because the economic slump has induced a “live for the moment” mentality, based on a major report on the wellbeing of the country’s finances.
Over fifty percent of UK adults stated that they were struggling with their finances, the
government-sponsored body, Money Advice Service (MAS), bared. This is a sudden increase from 35 percent of people who were undergoing a hard time paying their bills compared to the previous time a similar study was conducted in 2006.
Hourly salary has plummeted by 6 percent in real value since the previous research was carried out, making it more difficult for people to eke out a living.
A “live for the moment” culture and lack of financial smarts were also discovered to be possible reasons.
Twenty percent of those polled stated that they would prefer to have £200 at present than £400 after four months, with twenty-five percent of people replying they choose to live for the present rather than plan for the future.
The report also showed that a disturbing number of Britons are deficient in financial awareness.
About 12 percent of those asked believed the Bank of England’s base rate, which has been at aremarkable 0.5 percent low for over four years, was over 10 percent.