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H. REDEVELOPMENT COMPONENT <br />A. BACKGROUND <br />Redevelopment in Santa Ana began with the adoption of the Central City Redevelopment <br />Project Area in 1973. Revitalization objectives included creating convenient parking, <br />rehabilitating and retrofitting historic structures, and providing infill development that would <br />support a mix of office, retail and residential uses. In the past 20 years, the Agency has <br />facilitated the development of six public parking structures, the Fiesta Marketplace, Main Place <br />Mall, new commercial office buildings and 600 senior units and assistance for development of <br />other housing projects. Downtown is also the site of the new Ronald Reagan Federal Building <br />and the Courthouse. <br />To facilitate rehabilitation of the older commercial buildii <br />historic character of the downtown and to promote new <br />has in the past teamed with the Santa Ana Econom' <br />evolved into the Southland Economic De, elcpm nt Col <br />Commercial Rehabilitation Loan Program, >torefr t I6 <br />Retrofitting Program. Through the loan ri <br />construction projects and 142 rehabilitatto <br />Enterprise Zone program (bou arie ign <br />businesses in securing sal ,use d h it <br />individuals, as well as her x a va tag <br />have been "vouch ed" for n Ana bu <br />The Agency has al ful <br />the City's Arts Corrid \ <br />0Y hich are essential to the <br />development, the Agency <br />t orporation (which has <br />pr vide funding for the <br />og m and Seismic <br />es at funding 157 new <br />also a nisters a State <br />Project Area) that assists <br />ng disadvantaged <br />e Zone, over 20,000 jobs <br />underutilized historic structures to benefit <br />Village in the downtown to Discovery <br />Science Center on nort Ma"ree at M 1 -5 Freeway. The Agency helped to fund the <br />development of the Disco ry Scie9te Center, renovation and expansion of the Bowers <br />Museum of Cultural Art, and red the facility for the Bowers Kidseum. Among other cultural <br />activities, the Agency assisted in the acquisition of a site for the new home of the St. Joseph <br />Ballet, a non - profit organization designed to help under privileged youth. <br />Redevelopment has contributed substantially to improving the infrastructure within the Merged <br />Project Area. Redevelopment funded numerous street improvements throughout the <br />neighborhoods including, but not limited to, the 17th Street median improvements, the <br />McFadden Avenue realignment, and the installation of curbs, gutters and sidewalks. along South <br />Main Street. <br />Santa Ana Community Redevelopment Agency Implementation Plan Keyser Marston Associates, Inc. <br />For the Merged Santa Ana Redevelopment Project Area July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2010 <br />Page 4 <br />0504021.SA <br />19090.004.001/4/2 2/2005 <br />