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l 'I I 8 4 S 41 7 8 . 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 123 24 25 28 27 28 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 38 37 38 38 40 41 42 43 8: 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 sa 57 58 59 60 81 62 63 864 65 66 67 68 68 70 71 n 73 74 711 Proo' 01 FobrulfJ 16, 1878 SANTA ANA-7923 Bowne of San Francisco, Inc., 981-7882 GALLEY 36- The Agency recently completed a $70,000 feasi- bility Sludy to detennine the potential for develop- ment of a Performing Arts Complex to be located in either the Civic Center area or the Fashion Square area of the Project. This would be a county-wide facility consisting of a 3,500 seat theatre for the Performing Arts, with a large multi-purpose area and a 500 seat concert hall. Public Improvements While not on the tax rolls, numerous public im- provements, most notably the Orange County/Santa Ana Civic Center complex, have been constructed within the Project area, providing employmenl for 6,000 and acting as a catalysl for commercial activ- ity and development. The center of the Projeci is occupied by a 40-acre governmenlal complex containing Federal, State, County and City facilities, The center is still expand- ing, most recently by the construction of the $12 million County Hall of Administration, as well as expansion of the County Courts and Ihe Sheriff's department. The City of Santa Ana has embarked on a major streel improvement program to improve traffic flow from the Santa Ana and Garden Grove freeways into the civic center and central core area. Recently completed is a $1.4 million extension of Civic Cen- ter Drive. Under construction is a widening of Flower Street to link the civic center with Seven- teenth Street, a major access road to the Santa Ana Freeway, Undergoing final alignment review is the $10 million Broadway Overpass, which will improve north-south traffic flow, Other streel improvements, traffic signal com- puterization and stonn drain improvements are un- derway within the Project to provide improved access to the civic center, central business core and the north retail center. Environmental Considerations The Santa Ana Community Redevelopment Proj- ect Area is subject to Ihe provisions of the California Environmenlal Quality Act (Public Resources Code, Section 21000 et seq,), and as such an Environ- mental Impact Report on the Redevelopment Proj- ect, as amended, was prepared, a public hearing was held in the City of Santa Ana, and the final report was adopted by the City Council and a Notice of Determination was filed with the Orange County Clerk.