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NS-2649
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8/2/2004
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<br />Midtown Specific Plan <br /> <br />PLANNING AREA ACCESS <br /> <br />At present, primary east-west access to the Midtown planning area is <br />via First Street on the south and Seventeenth Street on the north. <br />Main Street and Broadway provide primary arterial access to the <br />downtown/civic center complex from the north and the south. <br /> <br />An "enhanced intersection" has been designated for Seventeenth <br />Street and Main Street, and Seventeenth and Broadway, through <br />General Plan Amendment No. 92-9. The intersection improvements <br />will include increasing the number of "tanes at the intersection <br />approach to increase capacity. The exact configuration of the <br />intersection will be based on detailed traffic and land use analysis. <br /> <br />Freeway access to the Midtown area is provided by Interstate 5, <br />either from the Main Street interchange to the north, or the <br />Seventeenth Street interchange to the northeast. Once <br />improvements are complete, access to the planning area from the <br />southeast will be provided by the First/Fourth Street interchange. <br /> <br />Even though competing employment centers have more convenient <br />freeway access, the Midtown area benefits directly from its easy <br />mass transit access. Bus access to the planning area is direct due <br />mostly to the area's location near the Civic Center complex and the <br />location of OCTA's main transit terminal at Broadway and Fifth <br />Street. Commuter rail access is currently being provided at the <br />Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center, and bus service is <br />available for direct access to the Midtown area. As described above, <br />both METROLlNK and fixed guideway services will be available in <br />the future. The implication for the planning area is that in the future <br />its accessibility by rapid transit will be excellent, which over the long <br />term will increase the attractiveness of the area as a business <br />location. The planning area will also increasingly benefit adjacent <br />residential neighborhoods with its convenience to jobs, shopping and <br />regional transit <br /> <br />VISUAl.. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES <br /> <br />An inventory of Midtown's visual strengths and weaknesses is <br />documented on Exhibit 4, Visual Strengths and Weaknesses. The <br />following process was employed for this visual assessment. <br /> <br />. The photographic inventory, building survey, and physical <br />constraints mapping of Midtown conducted for the design <br />charette were reviewed to gain familiarity with the planning area. <br /> <br />. A walking and driving survey was conducted by the consulting <br />team to confirm the inventory data. <br /> <br />Chapter 2: Existing Conditions <br /> <br />13 <br />
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