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Midtown Specific Plan ~ cen~aI Sanla Ma area, and CllUId result in a number of law firms and court reporting fms relocalillg from elsewhere, or in the significant expansion ot existing court-related fms in the planning area. The new Federal court faCilities are scheduled for completion in 1997. Downtown Santa Ana and Fiesta Marketplace Downtown Santa Ana has emerged as a major shopping and offICe area specializing in lalino-oriented businesses and government offices. Coupled with its relalively easy mass Iransit access and cen~al location in the County's prima'Y concen~ation ot Latinos, this area will likety continue as a major shopping dislrict, and will significanUy affect activity patterns and uses in the Midlown planning area. Recent trends towards locating technical schools in the southem portions 01 the planning area are, amoogsl other innuences, an indication 01 its easy access and the nearby location of the Downtown shopping disUicl Civic Center Complex The concen~ation 01 local, Slate and Federal government offices in the Civic Center Complex is felt throughout the planning alea. A survey 01 major office buildings in the Midtown area shows that a large number of Federal and County agencies have located in the planning area. It government services expand, additional demard for relatively inexpensive offICe space may be felt in the planning area. However, the short. and mid-term ~end will be towards reo consolidating govemmenlal services into the Civic Center complex. This \\m draw users away from the Midtown planning area, and could inClease the already high vacancy rales in the high rise buildings sooth 01 Washington S~eel Regional Transportation Center (RTC) Complex The RTC at the intersection of Santa Ana Boulevard and Santiago Avenue could emerge as a major node 01 urban activity as the new METROUNK system gains ridership, and as rail ~ansit links are provided with the downtownicivic center complex and the rest 01 Orange County. Future land uses in the RTC area are presenUy being planned. The effect on future land uses in the Midtown area cannol be predicted al this point, but the planning area's location near the RTC could help al~acl office uses along with supporting relail commercial and restauranl development to the southern hall 01 the planning area. 12 EX'll~D.l.L D "-"'------ . ~- ~ -::-:=C::J.~ ~J.1cAl:i~ ........,.."""'~j "W"'.:l~MCA,.;,'IwYIII'fJ I "",,,,,,TWO J...; ,-- " , , , , ~~~--------~ =""':101 <>='>P Jl Exhibit 3 Conceptual Fixed Guideway Alignment Alternatives Ordinance NS-2649 Page 7 of 52 Mi:ltO'o,n SpeOfic Plan