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The existing Register facility occupies approximately 13 acres and consists of 406,6.50 square feet of newspaper office and production facilities. The Register is proposing to acquire an additional 6.6 acres of land located to the north of the existing facilities to accommodate the expansion project. The majority of the expansion site is currently occupied by 202 apartment units and carports that would be removed as part of the proposed project. The Register project would require the acquisition of I90 of these units. Caltrans is currently acquiring the remaining [2 units as part of the [-~ wideninl~ project. The expansion project, to be constructed in two phases, will include the addition of 266,675 square feet of production facilities in Phase l and 31%26~ square feet of production facilities in Phase il, for a total of 987,590 gross square feet. Phase [! will include the construction of a four story parking structure on the southern part of the Register site, on Grand Avenue. On completion of Phase l, the Register facility will include a total of l,b, g2 parkinl~ spaces, and at the completion of Phase Il, a total of 1,96.~ parking spaces would be provided. The proposed project includes the approval by the City o[ Santa Ana of a General Plan Land Use Element Amendment, a zone change, site plan, vesting tentative parcel map, an amendment to the development agreement and street abandonment. The total site, including the existing Register facility and the proposed expansion site will cover 19.6 acres. The expansion site is located in an area shown on the City of Santa Ana Land Use Element as Low Density Residential, which would be amended to General Business District as part of the Register expansion project. In addition, the amendment to the Land Use Element of the General Plan would include an increase in the floor area ratio (FAR) for the entire Register site from 0.~ to [.1~. The project also includes a proposal to amend the City of Santa Ana zoning code for the 6.6 acre site and for a small site located on the southern part of the existing Register property on Grand Avenue from Multiple Residential (R-3) to be incorporated within the existing Specific Development No. 21 zone. The existing Development Agreement between the City of Santa Ana and the Register would be amended to provide certain public improvements in exchange for the entitlements for the proposed project. The Vesting Tentative Parcel Map is designed to consolidate the [9.6 acre site into one continuous parcel, inclusive o! the abandonments o[ segments of Fruit and Sixth Streets. The abandonments of segments of Fruit and Sixth Streets from public to private ownership will result in improved circulation in the area and will confine the circulation and traffic generation of the Register projeCt to the project site. IlL ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED PRO3ECT Three alternatives to the proposed project were evaluated in the project EIR. These alternatives included the No Project, Alternate ProjeCt Site and Alternate ProjeCt Phasing Alternatives. NO PRO3ECT ALTERNATIVE The No Project Alternative would not include construction of any new production facilities. There would be no expansion of the existing administration and production facilities and the existing facilities would continue to operate under today's conditions. 2