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<br />Midtown Specific Plan <br /> <br />central Santa Ana area, and could result in a numœr of law firms and <br />court reporting firms relocating from elsewhere, or in the significant <br />expansion of existing court-related firms in the planning area. The <br />new Federal court facilities are scheduled for completion in 1997. <br /> <br />Downtown Santa Ana and Fiesta Marketplace <br /> <br />Downtown Santa Ana has emerged as a major shopping and office <br />area specializing in Latino-oriented businesses and government <br />offices. Coupled with its relatively easy mass transit access and <br />central location in the County's primary concentration of Latinos, this <br />area will likely continue as a major shopping district, and will <br />significantly affect activity patterns and uses in the Midtown planning <br />area. Recent trends towards locating technical schools in the <br />southern portions of the planning area are, amongst other influences, <br />an indication of its easy access and the nearby location of the <br />Downtown shopping district <br /> <br />Civic Center Complex <br /> <br />The concentration of local, State and Federal government offices in <br />the Civic Center Complex is felt throughout the planning area. A <br />survey of major office buildings in the Midtown area shows that a <br />large number of Federal and County agencies have located in the <br />planning area. If government services expand, additional demand for <br />relatively inexpensive office space may be felt in the planning area. <br />However, the short- and mid-term trend will be towards re- <br />consolidating governmental services into the Civic Center complex. <br />This will draw users away from tile Midtown planning area, and could <br />increase the already high vacancy rates in the high rise buildings <br />south of Washington Street <br /> <br />Regional Transportation Center (RTC) Complex <br /> <br />The RTC at the intersection of Santa Ana Boulevard and Santiago <br />Avenue could emerge as a major node of urban activity as the new <br />METROLfNK system gains 'ridership, and as rail transit links are <br />provided with the downtown/civic center complex and the rest of <br />Orange County. Future land uses in the RTC area are presently <br />being planned. The effect on future land uses in the Midtown area <br />cannot be predicted at this point, but the planning area's location <br />near the RTC could help attract office uses along with supporting <br />retail commercial and restaurant development to the southern half of <br />the planning area. <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />Exhibit B <br /> <br />. -..-& '------ . <br /> <br /> <br />SOU~: 101 cYD..IP <br /> <br />Exhibit 3 <br /> <br />- - <br /> <br />Conceptual Fixed Guideway Alignment <br />Alternatives <br /> <br />Mdtown Specif:c Plan <br />