Kalia Flooring in Murray, Utah announces 9-inch engineered hardwood flooring. It is cheaper and more durable than the solid wood floor alternative.

Kalia Flooring and Design Center carries discount wood flooring, tile, countertops, carpets, and more. The Utah-based business also offers design and space planning with solutions that breathe new life into homes and offices. Kalia Flooring is proud to announce the addition of 9-inch engineered solid hardwood flooring to its inventory.

Engineered hardwood floors are similar to solid hardwood floors; both are a -inch thick solid material made of 100 percent real wood. They differ only in construction. Engineered hardwood is made of a composite base layer with a veneer of hardwood on the top. It is more resistant to heat and moisture compared to solid hardwood. It is also cheaper and easier to install than solid wood.

Engineered hardwood floors are more environmentally friendly than solid hardwood because fewer trees are used in their production. The composite layer of the engineered hardwood is designed for greater durability, moisture-resistance, and strength. In most cases, engineered hardwood outlasts its solid wood counterpart.

Engineered hardwood floors offer the benefits of solid wood floors at a much lower cost and with greater longevity, said Scott Heath, Founder of Kalia Flooring and Design Center. To the eye, the two products look just the same, but engineered hardwood is less susceptible to dings, scrapes, and moisture.

Engineered hardwood can be sanded and refinished like solid hardwood floors, though floor owners should be careful not to re-sand so often that they wear the flooring down below its solid wood veneer.

From Draper to Park City, Kalias hardwood flooring company can help customers know if engineered hardwood is the right choice for their home. They can also assist with ideas and planning for remodeling projects.

For hardwood floor and other home renovation products, contact Kalia Flooring. For more information about the companys products and installation services, visit http://www.KaliaFloors.com or stop by their hardwood floor showroom at 5645 South Commerce Drive in Murray, Utah. The center can also be reached at (801) 263-9600.

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(TNS) Robert Dennis has mined coal in West Virginia for 10 years but a recent evening found him in a classroom at his local community college. He came to learn about opportunities in fracking, a drilling technique used to produce natural gas the very fuel that is threatening coals future.

I know mining inside and out, said Dennis, a 41-year-old shift foreman from Wetzel County. But now, I just want more doors to be open.

He has earned a certificate in chemical and industrial operations, diligently searched job boards and filled out applications. So far, no luck.

Dennis is learning a hard lesson of fracking: While it has created a bonanza of jobs, displaced coal miners and their communities are sometimes left out of the boom. Thats because many of the jobs require highly technical skills and are often going to experienced workers brought in from out of state who then move on to the next job without sinking roots.

There are positive employment and wage effects, said Timothy M. Komarek, a professor of economics at Old Dominion University in Virginia. But, he said, they are not as big as first thought when the boom first started.

Komarek concluded in a 2016 study that total employment in a county rises by 7 percent and wages by 11 percent in the three years after fracking comes but the gains then taper off.

When the shale gale hits, hotels, trailer parks and restaurants get a boost. And some landowners make money for letting drillers extract oil and gas from their property.

In that way, fracking has created a lot of millionaires in West Virginia, said Jeff Kessler, a former state senator from the states northern area that has both coal and natural gas. But it has not created the employment opportunities area residents had hoped for, he said. The ongoing benefits are relatively minute compared to the amount of land under lease.

Thats bad news for towns like Wetzel Countys New Martinsville where Dennis attended the community college session. While coal mines provide decades of steady work and sustain communities, a crew can frack a well in a month and leave behind automated machinery to recover the oil and gas.

The process, also known as hydraulic fracturing, involves injecting water and chemicals deep underground to break up rock and free trapped oil and gas.

Its unlocked vast stores of previously unobtainable fossil fuel and spurred a renaissance in energy production in states that had once been coal bastions. Coal, oil and natural gas are formed from the same plant matter and other forms of prehistoric life and can be found in the same places.

But fracking has eroded the status of coal, which used to generate more than half the electricity in the U.S. but had slipped to just 30 percent last year. If there was a War on Coal, it was really declared by natural gas, said Robert Godby, an economist at the University of Wyoming.

While some miners are hoping President Donald Trump will rescue their industry West Virginia gave Trump 69 percent of the vote in 2016, the greatest share of the total in at least a century and a half others are eyeing gas as an alternative employment opportunity.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics doesnt specifically count fracking jobs, but says there were more than 422,000 jobs directly associated with oil and gas extraction in the U.S. at the end of 2016. That has far eclipsed the number of jobs in underground coal mining: about 50,000 nationwide, down from 200,000 in the 1970s.

In West Virginia, there were 11,404 coal miners last year, about half the 23,000 who were working in 2011. There are about 6,000 working in oil and gas extraction.

The fracking boom provided a much-needed economic boost in the years following the 2007-2009 recession. Fracking supported more than half a million jobs across the Marcellus Shale, an energy-rich geological formation that stretches from New York state to Virginia, according to a report commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute, a trade association. The groups numbers exceed the Labor Department estimates because they include workers at natural gas distribution facilities, petroleum refineries, petroleum product wholesalers and gas stations.

And much as coal and the Ohio River once lured steel plants and manufacturers to the area, cheap natural gas may bring chemical and other manufacturers to areas near shale drilling. Residents of New Martinsville, for example, are rooting for an ethane processing facility that may be built on the site of an old coal plant nearby.

In North Dakota, the fracking boom allowed it to become the fastest-growing economy in the nation by 2014. Even now, it has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation at 2.3 percent. But a downturn in the oil market brought drilling to a crawl and slowed investment in training and education programs.

The boom was so quick and dropped off so quickly afterwards and the bust came so quickly that they really didnt get it done, said William Caraher, an associate professor of history at the University of North Dakota, of the states education push.

Don Riggenbach is the president of the Chamber of Commerce in Wetzel County, where New Martinsville is located, and the owner of a tile and carpet installation company. He measures the economic effect of fracking in square feet of new flooring installed. So far, he says, something has been missing.

In my business I need houses being built, he said. Youd think that because of the gas and oil business theyd be hiring people. They do, but theyre out-of-state workers ... Theyre not putting down roots.

Still, former miners who have made the transition to fracking, often with the assistance of government or industry-funded programs, say they are happy.

Robert Walker says he was shocked when he was laid off from his job at a Murray Energy Corp. coal mine in Marshall County in April 2015.

Walker is now working for the Williams Companies Inc., which has extensive operations in the oil and gas field. He is making less money, down to $24 an hour from $30 when he was working in the mines. But he likes the work, and prefers his new co-workers. He says he is a lot happier now.

Curt Hippensteel, the director of the West Virginia Community College petroleum technology program, said miners have skills that transfer well to other trades, including safety training, welding and electrical work. Plus, miners are used to working long hours in austere conditions, which fits the profile of roustabout work quite nicely, he said.

But fracking, which requires the application of precise measurements of chemicals, sand and water applied under extreme pressure at specific times, requires its own set of unique skills.

And its job outlook is far from certain.

Technological improvements to fracking processes and practices have made the industry more efficient. In late 2016 and early 2017, more gas was produced using fewer workers in West Virginia than ever before.

Since 2014, gas production in the state has grown 50 percent while oil and gas employment has fall from 9,000 to less than 6,000, according to West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Forecasting.

The recent recovery in prices has spurred companies to begin exploring for gas again, which may mean more hiring soon, according to Brian Lego, a West Virginia University assistant professor of economic forecasting. But the overall level wont be a substantial amount, he said.

Dennis, the coal miner looking for fracking work, hopes to gain a few years experience in the oil and gas fields near New Martinsville until his children finish school.

After that, hes ready to give up on energy altogether and seek employment in North Carolina, where he feels there is more opportunity.

What I want is a chance to move out of the area, he said. Theres more industry down there.

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NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- Another customer has come forward to FOX59, saying he'd like the state to take action against a home warranty company.

Amnon Sarig, a real estate broker, said he bought multiple plans with Choice Home Warranty for his customers. His company, Carmel Estates, helps investors buy properties and at first, he said he had a good experience.

"Astove broke. I called them, they sent somebody, fixed it within an hour (for) 50 bucks," Sarig said.

Then a much bigger item broke: an air conditioning unit. Sarig said he expected CHW to cover the unit, but that didn't happen.

"They called me and said its broken because it is a pre-existing condition," Sarig said. "(We went) back and forth, back and forth."

Sarig said eventually, he sued the company and obtained a $4,000 judgment in an Indiana court, since the company did not respond or show up for hearings. He told FOX59 that CHW had yet to pay that judgment.

"I called them about payment and they said, 'Dont call us, well call you,' basically," Sarig said.

Sarig said he saw our initial report about a Choice Home Warranty complaint, in which Carmel homeowner Sushil Guragain also said he couldn't get the company to pay for his broke air conditioner.

"I wanted to make others aware of this situation, because I know there are a lot of people like me that are looking for a home warranty," Guragain said.

After FOX59 got involved, the company offered to settle with Guragain by buying him out of his contract. According to Guragain, the two parted ways.

Choice Home Warranty is based in New Jersey and in 2014, that state sued the company, eventually settling for more than $700,000. As part of that settlement, the company agreed to revise its business practices.

The Indiana Attorney General's Office sent FOX59 a list of complaints: since 2015, 19 customers have filed complaints against Choice Home Warranty.

Guragain and Sarig both said they'd like to see the state take action.

"I hope the state Attorney General of Indiana will show them the door out of Indiana," Sarig said.

A spokesperson for the Indiana Attorney General said the office could not confirm or deny whether it was considering any action, and does not discuss possible litigation.

A Choice Home Warranty representative sent FOX59 the following statement:

Choice Home Warranty fields over a million calls annually, with the commitment to deliver world class customer service. We were unaware of any pending litigation. We will reach out to Mr. Sarig in an effort to resolve.

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Most licensed contractors are talented, honest, hardworking and financially responsible. However, home improvement is a top source of consumer complaints nationwide. Remember, youre the boss and your goal is to find the best match for your remodeling project. The best way to find a contractor is a referral from a satisfied client. Even with a referral, we recommend you still conduct a formal interview process. Its important to take the time to make a list of questions to ask all contractors that youre considering hiring for your home remodeling project.

Are you licensed and insured?

Always make sure the company you are considering is properly licensed.You can check if the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) licenses a home improvement contractor by clicking here. Any contractor performing home improvement work costing more than $200 must have a DCA license to operate legally in New York City.

Make sure the company you are considering carries general liability insurance. This is the insurance that protectsyourhome from damage or negligence of the contractor, his employees or any sub-contractors he hires. You should ask for a copy of their insurance certificate. Be sure to check the expiration date. Its a good idea to call the issuing company to verify their insurance is in force.

Make sure they carry workers compensation insurance. It protects you from liability if a worker is injured while on your property. Be aware that if the contractor doesnt carry workers compensation coverage, you will be liable for any injuries suffered by the contractor or any of his employees on your property.

Do you guarantee your work?

This is one of the most forgotten questions for customers. You wouldnt buy a car without a warranty would you? Never accept a verbal warranty ofIf something breaks, dont worry, Ill fix it. Always insist on a warranty in writing. The warranty should clearly spell out what is covered and what is not and how long the warranty is good for. A one-year warranty is the minimum you should expect.

Do you have references?

A good contractor will be happy to provide you with written references. One of the best ways to gauge a companys abilities is by talking to their past customers. Ask them how well the company met their promises, did they deliver on time, and most importantly would you hire them again or recommend them to others? Ask them what they like the most about working with them and what they could have improved upon. Also ask for pictures of their work; before and after shots offer the best perspective.

Ask questions about how they work

We cant stress how important this information can be to you,ask questions such as how do they perform their work, what time do they start, how will you protect my carpets, how will the trash and debris be handled, do you work straight through a project? How often do you communicate with your customers as the job progresses? The answers to these questions will give you a clear picture of what type of contractor you are dealing with.

How many projects like mine have you completed in the past year?

Your contractor should have experience in the type of remodeling project you want donenot just contracting experience. The more experience a contractor has and the more they specialize in the work you need done, the better off you will be. Many contractors dabble in anything that comes their way and never develop expert expertise in what they are doing.

Tiles Unlimited, voted Best Tile Store in the 2017 Best of the Boro competition, has hundreds of licensed and insured contractors as clients. While we do not perform contracting services, we can offer you the names of several contractors that you can put through your interview process through our recently launched Meet the Contractor program. Only contractors who are licensed and insured and have excellent client references can be part of the program. Check back often as we add new contractors monthly.

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Even in its downtrodden days, the Rosemary District stood out for its unbeatable location, just a few blocks from downtown Sarasota and the bay. But not until 2014, when the city increased density for new projects in the neighborhood from 25 units to 75 units per acre, did development take off. More than 1,500 residential units are being developed, have been approved or are awaiting approval. A hotel, three apartment projects and 11 condominiums are rising, with some units priced at more than a million dollars. Restaurants, furniture stores and offices are cropping up, and the district was recently rated one of the 10 most walkable neighborhoods in Florida.

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1A Lolita Tartine1419 Fifth St. Breakfast through dinner, casual French fare in a colorful industrial space; owners own two Cest La Vie restaurants.

1B Toasted Mango Caf430 N. Tamiami Trail. Cheerful, reasonably priced, breakfast and lunch.

1CBlue Apron Caf and Catering436 Central Ave. Small eatery, breakfast and lunch.

1D Mandeville Beer Garden428 N. Lemon Ave. A district hotspot offering 30 craft beers on tap or 150 beers by the bottle; packed Tuesday trivia nights.

1E Station 400400 N. Lemon Ave. A favorite breakfast and brunch spot in a restored train depot.

1F The Blue Rooster1525 Fourth St. Live blues and Southern fare.

1G The Rosemary411 N. Orange Ave. American bistro in Citrus Square open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

2A Hotel Indigo Sarasota1223 Boulevard of the Arts. Four-story, 95-room boutique hotel.

2B The Sarasota Modern Hotel591 Cocoanut Ave. Under construction, an 89-room luxury hotel, includes 151-seat restaurant; open early 2018.

2C Cambria Hotel and SuitesFruitville Road between Central and Cocoanut. Five-story, 118-room hotel; construction has not started.

3A Rosemary Court Wellness Center810 Central Ave. A small complex of four 1920s homes; includes popular Rosemary Court Yoga.

3B Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida736 Central Ave. Headquarters of the 22-county Planned Parenthood affiliate.

3C The Salvation Army Sarasota1400 10th St. Food, shelter and social services for the needy.

3D Home Resource741 Central Ave. Contemporary furniture store in a renovated garage.

3E The Sarasota Collection Home Store622 Central Ave. Eclectic furniture store of four big showrooms.

3F Canned Ham Vintage1435 Seventh St. Small shop jammed with vintage clothing, jewelry and home goods.

3G Architectural Revival421 Central Ave. Repurposed furnishings and custom furniture design.

3H Blue Line Inc.301 Central Ave. Longtime downtown art and office supply store.

4A BOTA Center1570 Boulevard of the Arts. Meticulous renovation of the old Babcock Furniture Store into a center for creatives and their businesses, anticipated completion fall 2017.

4B CitySide Apartments700 Cocoanut Ave. Four-story, 228-unit apartment complex ushered in Sarasotas apartment building boom; a second phase of 261 apartments is planned.

4C Valencia at Rosemary Place601 Cocoanut Ave. About 30 townhomes under construction, starting in the mid-$500,000s, anticipated completion 2017.

4D Rosemary Square1440 Boulevard of the Arts. Three-building campus includes a condominium of 30 residences (all sold to the Sarasota Opera for artists) with retail and office on the ground floor; a building with studio space for The Players and Sarasota Contemporary Dance; and a building with two restaurants; anticipated completion January 2018.

4E Elan Rosemary Apartments710 N. Lemon Ave. Four-story, 286-apartment project, anticipated completion December 2018.

4F The Courtyard at Citrus461 N. Orange Ave. Phase II and III of European-style three-story condo/retail project will include 28 condos priced between $395,000 to $455,000 and commercial space, anticipated completion 2017/2018.

4G Risdon on Fifth1350 Fifth St. 22 modern-style condos priced between $389,000 to $949,000; ground-level commercial space; anticipated completion fall 2017.

4H The Risdon1374 Fifth Way. 11 modern-styled luxury condos, $600,000 to $1.5 million, construction to start in spring 2018.

4I Fifth and Central435 Central Ave. Another Risdon Group project, three-story building with 3,000 square feet of ground-level retail with two stories of six condos, $500,000 to $850,000, ready for occupancy fall2017.

4J Vanguard Lofts1343 Fourth St. Six modern townhomes, $550,000 to $900,000; anticipated completion fall 2017.

4K 1515 Fruitville1515 Fruitville Road. Upscale, modern 15,000-square-foot retail center under construction.

4L Urban Flats1401 Fruitville Road. Five-story, 228-unit apartment complex under construction, rents averaging $1,700 a month; anticipated completion fall 2017.

4M Kretzmer Artist Residence751 Cohen Way. Five town-homes with 20 bedrooms for visiting Florida Studio Theatre artists and young theater professionals; anticipated completion October 2017.

4N DRAPAC1359 Fourth St. Modern-style condo of 62 units with 2,820 square feet of commercial space; construction has not started.

4O Zahrada1542 Fourth St. Six luxury townhomes, above $1.3 million-plus to start; 5,150 square feet of commercial space; construction has not started.

4P BLVD Sarasota540 N. Tamiami Trail. 49-unit condominium, $1.6 million-plus units, includes a 7,250-square-foot restaurant space; anticipated completion, summer/fall 2019.

5A Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences645 Central Ave. A-rated public charter middle school.

5B Sarasota Military Academy801 N. Orange Ave. High school campus of the C-rated public charter school.

5C The Players Theatre838 N. Tamiami Trail. The city of Sarasota is considering buying the 2-acre site of the longtime community theater, which is moving to Lakewood Ranch

5D Rosemary Cemetery851 Central Ave. Historic-designated cemetery with graves dating back to 1887.

5F Rosemary District Indie Market701 Cohen Way. Artists, craftspeople and farmers gather at this corner parking lot every third Saturday in season.

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Midtown 6 developers nab $110M construction loan

Developers paid $28M for the 2.14-acre development site

ByKatherine Kallergis | August 28, 2017 12:15PM

Jim Losik and a rendering of Midtown 6

The developers of Midtown 6, a luxury rental tower planned for Midtown Miami, just closed on a $110.3 million construction loan, according to HFF.

Magellan Development Group,J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Alex Vadia secured the financing from PNC and BMO Harris Bank. PNC is the lead lender. HFFsScott Wadler and Elliott Throne arranged the loan, Wadler told The Real Deal.

Last week, Vadia sold the 2.14-acre development site at 3101 Northeast First Avenue for $28 million to a partnership that included him and Magellan. As planned, Midtown 6 will have 447 luxury apartments and 40,500 square feet of retail space.

Magellan, a Chicago-based residential developer, received approvals earlier this year for Midtown 6 and 7, the latter of which will be another 32-story tower with 838 units. The buildings, designed byChicago-based bKL Architecture, will share a common courtyard and pedestrian plaza. Midtown 6 will also have nearly 74,000 square feet of amenities, including a pool and spa, fitness areas, game room, lounge, office, kitchen and bars, and fireplaces.

Earlier this year, Magellan and Midtown Development opened Midtown Five, a 24-story tower with 400 units, 52,000 square feet of amenity space, along with ground floor retail. According to an apartment guide, rental rates at Midtown Five range from $1,544 a month for a studio to $5,323 a month for a three-bedroom apartment.

Magellan financed Midtown Five, which opened in January, with an$80 million construction loan.

Vadias Midtown Opportunities began acquiring land in Midtown Miami back in 2010, amassing 22 acres of developable land. The company still owns the 2-acre development site of Midtown 8, where Wood Partners plans to build a28-story, 387-unit at2951 Northeast First Avenue.

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The $13.5 million Dillard project is scheduled to break ground in October and be completed in spring 2019, Deb Wendel-Daub, a Kilbourne project manager, said Wednesday, Aug. 23.

The construction site is now a parking lot owned by the Dillard family but had once been home to row houses and a lumberyard, according to Kilbourne. Like many parking lots, it's not appealing to pedestrians and the new building is intended to change that.

The Renaissance Zone Authority on Wednesday recommended tax exemptions for the project worth $967,000 over five years. After the incentives expire, Kilbourne estimates it would pay $202,000 a year in property taxes. The parking lot now pays $2,400 a year. Because the area is also part of a tax-increment financing district paying for a city-owned parking ramp that the developer finished in June, the taxes would go towards the ramp.

Plans call for a 94,000-square-foot, six-story building with 84 apartment units and 13,000 square feet of ground-level retail space. Conceptually, it will be a lot like Roberts Commons with studio and one-bedroom units and retail space facing an alley.

But, unlike Roberts Commons, which faces the publicly owned Roberts Alley, the Dillard project will also face a privately-owned alley south of the neighboring Herald Square building, according to Wendel-Daub. That allows Kilbourne to add features such as canopies or landscaping.

The mix of market-rate apartments include 24 alcove units, a kind of studio with a small sleeping space that can be blocked off by a sliding door; 39 one-bedroom units; 16 two-bedroom units; and five three-bedroom units.

Wendel-Daub said Kilbourne did consider providing affordable housing but the cost of the land and of cleaning contaminated soil made that unfeasible. She said the cost of rents are still under discussion.

Of the retail space, 8,000 square feet will face Roberts Street and could be divided into four separate stores, she said. The remaining 5,000 square feet will face the alleys and could be divided into three stores, she said.

Kilbourne already has interest from two potential tenants, one facing Roberts and one facing an alley, she said.

The Dillard project is actually one phase of a larger project Kilbourne announced in January 2016, when it entered a city competition to develop two city-owned parking lots to the south.

One of those lots now include the adjacent 455-stall parking ramp and the Roberts Commons building under construction around the ramp. The second city lot to the south across Second Avenue North would also be developed into the Kessler Block mixed-use building.

Kilbourne spokeswoman Adrienne Olson said the Kessler Block, which originally was scheduled for construction before the Dillard project, won't be built for a few years because it's needed as a staging area for work on Roberts Commons and the adjacent Black Building, which Kilbourne also owns.

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The project will take just over two years to complete.

Dallas designer Emily Summers is doing the interiors for the residential units. And HKS architect Eddie Abeyta designed the sleek metal and glass tower.

"The purpose of a model is to engage the client you don't know," Summers said. "You try to focus on the views. What we try to do for them is offer great options."

The mock up apartment located at Hall's KPMG Plaza tower overlooks the construction site. It includes living and dining areas, a model kitchen and bathroom.

"This is probably one of the most premier sites in the entire country," Abeyta said. "This is a special place for people to actually live here and be part of the heart and soul of the Arts District.

"The architecture is trying to be very simple and sophisticated," he said. "It's not trying to compete and overwhelm what already exists."

Along with the condo tower, the construction includes a 183-room hotel that will front on Ross Avenue.

The condo tower will include restaurant and retail space on the ground floor along Flora.

"Three of the homes have their own swimming pool," said Hall, including the 2-story unit he's taking on the sixth floor.

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Davis Mitchell (Jake Gyllenhaal), a successful investment banker, struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. Despite pressure from his father in law, Phil (Chris Cooper), to pull it together, Davis continues to unravel. What starts as a complaint letter to a vending machine company turns into a series of letters revealing startling personal admissions. Davis' letters catch the attention of customer service rep, Karen Mareno (Naomi Watts) and amidst emotional and financial burdens of her own, the two form an unlikely connection. With the help of Karen and her son, Chris (Judah Lewis), Davis starts to rebuild, beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew.

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309 Chihuahua Street in El Paso, Texas. (Credit: Google Earth)

The city is one step closer to demolition to make way for the Multipurpose Performing Arts and Entertainment Center.

On Monday, the city announced it had issued notices to proceed with the demolition of eight privately owned properties within the facilitys footprint.

None of the following eight buildings are owned by the city:

A temporary agreed order to give notice of demolition was issued by Judge William Moody on Aug. 4. The notice has a 14-day expiration period, before demolition can begin.

As previously reported, a total of 42 people lived within the downtown arenas footprint. The city said 39 of the 40 renters have relocated with the assistance packages given to them by the city.

Fire Station 11, located at 331 Santa Fe St. and the building owned by Billy Abraham at 212 W. Overland Ave. are not included in the demolition plan.

An Austin judge ruled earlier this month that the city cannot use the voter-approved bonds to construct, design, improve, renovate or equip the facility to be suitable for a sports arena, nor could the city use outside funding to do so.

The City Council then voted to appeal the portions of the judges decision relating to sports events and how they could be funded.

"There are too many ambiguous things, Mayor Dee Margo said. There's not clarity on the venue. Is that using the analogy, 'So we want to do "Disney on Ice" as a form of entertainment opportunities. Well, does that preclude us then from having a hockey game after "Disney on Ice"?' I mean, it's just not clear. Plus, some of the issues related to funding could have limitations on projects around the city."

The city said general obligation bonds issued by the city for the multipurpose center will not be affected by the citys decision to appeal and said bonds previously sold to pay for part of the project and all other issuance of bonds to pay for it are general obligation bonds of the city.

General obligation bonds are secured by and payable from city property taxes.

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