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O45 the anchor expansion to the parking ~acility will be provided along with a pedestrian and vehicular com~ection ~-om the existing deck to the new parking facility. II. The Previously Certified EIR and Entitlement Process A final Environmental Impact Report (the "EIR") for the Fashion Square Commercial Center (now known as MainPlace) was certified in 1983 by the City of Santa Ana Community R~development Agency. The EIR evaluated the potential environmental impacts relating to the approval of the project for redevelopment of the MainPlace property with a mixed use commercial complex consisting of an ultimate development of 1.5 Million square feet of leasable office space, 1.6 Million square feet of gross leasable space, and a 1,200 room hotel covering approximately 979,200 square feet. The approved project has been partially implemented with the development of approximately 1.1 Million square feet of retail space along with the three parking facilities and the surface parking area. Presently, MainPlace proposes to further implement development of the approved project with the addition of the approximately 147,000 square feet of development as described in Section I above. The proposed expansion would further implement the approved project and would require further approvals of a variance from the parking standards for strip mall development (as the City has no parking standards relating to a regional mall), a variance from certain setback standards and a variance from certain landscaping standards. An Addendum to the EIR, attached as Exhibit A hereto (the "Addendum"), has been prepared to include and reflect the proposed expansion. III. Findings Re~arding Approval of the Addendum The Planning Connnission finds that the Addendum should be adopted by the City in connection with the proposed expansion of MainPlace by virtue of the following findings: There are no new environmental effects or increases in the severity of previously identified significant effects. The analysis contained in the Addendum of each of the categories of potential environmental effects provides that there are no new environmental effects from the proposed expansion which were not identified, studied and mitigated ig the certified EIR, and that there are no increases in the severity of effects previously identified in the EIR. The findings relating to each category of potential environmental effects are as follows: 1. Land Use The proposed expansion involves development within the approved amount of existing retail square footage for the MainPlace development project. 2