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Midtown Specific Plan central Sanla Aila area, and could result in a number of law finns and court reporung firms relocating from elsewhere, or in the significant expansion of existing court-related firms in the planning area. The new Federal court facilities are scheduled for completion in 1997. Downtown Santa Ana and Fiesta Marketplace Downtown Santa Aila has emerged as a major shopping and office area specializing in Latino-oriented businesses and government offices. Coupled with its relatively easy mass transit access and central location in the County's prima¡y concentration of Latinos, this area will likely continue as a major shopping district, and will significantly affect activity patterns and uses in the Midtown planning area. Recent trends towards locating technical schools in the southem poruons of the planning area are, amongst other influences, an indication of its easy access and the nearby location of the Downtown shopping districl Civic Center Comptex The concentration of local, Slate and Federal govemment offices in the Civic Center Complex is felt throughout the planning area. A survey of major office buildings in the Midtown area shows that a large number of Federal and County agencies have located in the planning area. If govemment services expand, additional demand for relatively inexpensive office space may be felt in the planning area. However, the short- and mid-term trend will be towards re- consotidating governmenlai services into the Civic Center complex. This witl draw users away from tile Midtown planning area, and could increase the already high vacancy rates in the high rise buildings south of Washington Street Regional TransportaUon Center (RTC) Complex The RTC at the intersection of Santa Aila Boulevard and Santiago Avenue could emerge as a major node of urban activity as the new METROLlNK system gains ndership, and as rail transit links are provided with the downtown/civic center complex and the rest of Orange County. Future land uses in the RTC area are presently being planned. The effect on future land uses in the Midtown area cannot be predicted at this point, but the planning area's location near the RTC could help attract office uses along with supporting retail commercial and restaurant development to the southern half of the planning area. 12 50A-13 Exhibit B . --",,",-----' ~~ tgj~ ~ GJélOeJd] -. ,.. """'J~ ~ ~"rt:.AMOo\¡ ~þ,A,,4.u.{, I ALn"'-"""" :LJ --- -- ""....- , , , , , þ-~ n___n_~ -~~- "",la, tDl <>=!P ]1 Exhibit 3 Conceptual Fixed Guideway Alignment Alternatives Mdto\\O Sp€dfic Plan