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City of Santa Ana <br />1 INTRODUCTION <br />MainPlace Mall Transformation <br />Water Supply Assessment <br />MainPlace Mall has evolved over several decades from the original Fashion Square project approved in <br />1983, to the present mall of approximately 1,130,000 square feet (sf) of commercial uses. The site has not <br />yet been developed to its full potential; existing entitlements allow for the additional development of up <br />to 1,500,000 sf of office use, 400 hotel rooms, and additional commercial square footage. The MainPlace <br />Specific Plan proposes changes to the approved land use plan, as discussed in the Proposed Project section <br />of this Water Supply Assessment (WSA). <br />1.1 Background <br />1.1.1 Fashion Square Commercial Center Final EIR -1983 <br />In 1983, the Santa Ana Fashion Square development consisted of an approximately 512,595-sf open-air <br />retail mall on the site of the current MainPlace Mall. The Fashion Square Commercial Center Subsequent <br />Final EIR was prepared to evaluate the potential impacts associated with rehabilitation and <br />redevelopment of the site as a mixed -use commercial center with 1,600,000 sf of retail space, 1,500,000 sf <br />of office space, and 1,200 hotel rooms. The Final EIR was certified by the City of Santa Ana in 1983. <br />1.1.2 Addendum to the Final EIR for MainPlace / Santa Ana — 2000 <br />Addendum (ER 96-033) to the Environmental Impact Reportfor Proposed MainPlace/Santa Ana Expansion <br />noted that the existing MainPlace Regional Shopping Center had approximately 1.1 million sf of leasable <br />retail space. Subsequent entitlements in 2000 revised the allowed land uses approved in 1983. The Vesting <br />Tentative Parcel Map approved in 2000 would allow up to 1,509,255 sf of retail, cinema, and restaurant <br />uses; 1,500,000 sf of office uses; and 400 hotel rooms. <br />KimleyoHorn Page 14 <br />