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Mr. Jonathan Kohn January 27, 2011 Page 2 findings, and conclusions are described in detail in the following sections of this report. PROJECT LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION Metroplace is an existing neighborhood retail center that is generally located north of 17[11 Street and west of Old Tustin Avenue in the City of Santa Ana, California. Access to the subject property is provided via two driveways, the Homeplace Center/17th Street intersection and on 17`h Street west of Homeplace Center. The intersection of Homeplace Center/17th Street is a full access driveway and the other project driveway on 17th Street is a right-in/right-on due to the raised concrete median on 17th Street. Figure 1, located at the rear of this letter report, presents a Vicinity Map, which illustrates the general location of the project and depicts the surrounding street system. Table 1, located at the rear of this letter report following the figures, presents a summary of the existing development tabulation and proposed mix of uses for Metroplace. As shown, the existing retail center has a total floor area of approximately of 127,777 square-feet (SF) of floor area within four (4) buildings. The existing mix of uses consists of a 53,480 SF Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) Store with 4,200 SF of outdoor sales/storage area, 2,833 SF of retail shop space, a 3,072 SF bank, 3,050 SF of fast-food restaurant space and 2,220 SF of childcare services. Within the recently constructed two-story, 58,922 SF commercial building, approximately 9,552 SF is currently occupied by a mixture of restaurant/food uses. The remaining vacant floor area of 49,370 SF is proposed to be occupied by a 42,700 SF health club (Gold's Gym) and 6,600 SF of retail shop space and/or restaurant/food uses. Given the 1St floor of the Project was previously entitled as restaurant space, the 6,600 SF of vacant floor area was assessed as such to provide the project applicant and the City with the flexibility when tenanting and approving uses for the vacant space. The proposed Project also includes modifications to the existing surface lot, which will result in a reduction of 12 spaces from the existing parking supply of 667 to a proposed parking supply of 655 spaces. Figure 1 presents the site plan for Metroplace as provided by Bannick Architects. 75A-23