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ER No. 2018-72, AA No. 2018-04, DA No. 2018-02, & TPM No. 2018-01, — MainPlace <br />Transformation Project <br />June 4, 2019 <br />Page 3 <br />Proiect Background and Chronology <br />The Project site has served as a shopping destination since 1958 when the area was known as the <br />Santa Ana Fashion Square. In 1983, the Santa Ana Fashion Square development consisted of an <br />approximately 512,595-square foot open-air retail mall on the Project site. The Fashion Square <br />Commercial Center Subsequent Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was prepared in 1983 to <br />evaluate the potential impacts associated with the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the site as a <br />mixed -use commercial center with 1,600,000 square feet of retail space, 1,500,000 square feet of <br />office space, and 1,200 hotel rooms. The 1983 EIR was certified by the City of Santa Ana <br />Redevelopment Agency in 1983. In 1987, the majority of the Fashion Square was transformed into <br />what is currently MainPlace Mall. <br />In 1996, the City of Santa Ana prepared Addendum (ER No. 96-033) to the 1983 EIR to evaluate a <br />proposed retail expansion of the project site. While the proposed retail expansion was never fully <br />implemented, in 2000 the City relied on the 1996 Addendum and 1983 EIR to approve a site plan <br />and vesting tentative parcel map. These entitlements permitted up to 1,509,255 square feet of <br />retail, 1,500,000 square feet of office space, and 400 hotel rooms. A final parcel map consistent <br />with the 2000 entitlements was approved and recorded in October 2002. However, the <br />improvements related to the parcel map and 2000 entitlements were never implemented. <br />MainPlace Mall is today comprised of 1,130,000 square feet of commercial and retail uses within <br />an enclosed two- and three-story mall building. There are 4,882 parking spaces in six surface <br />parking lots and three onsite parking structures. Table 2: Previous and Current Entitlements, <br />below, illustrates the site's existing development capacity. <br />Table 2: Previous and Current Entitlements <br />Land Use - <br />1983 EIR I <br />Net-Year-2000 <br />Change <br />2000 Parcel <br />Map <br />Commercial <br />1,600,000 sq. ft. <br />-90,745 sq. ft. <br />1,509,255 sq. ft. <br />Office <br />1,500,000 sq. ft. <br />0 <br />1,500,000 sq. ft. <br />Hotel <br />1,200 rooms <br />-800 rooms <br />400 rooms <br />Residential <br />(None) <br />(None) <br />(None) <br />Project Description <br />The applicant is proposing modify the current entitlements listed in Table 2 to establish a new <br />Specific Plan zoning designation on the site. The proposed Specific Plan, SP-4, is implementing <br />a mitigation measure (No. 5.1-1) from the 1983 EIR and would facilitate phased redevelopment <br />and revitalization of the mall into a mixed -use urban village with commercial, office, hotel, and <br />75D-3 <br />