2019-040 - Mainplace Mall Transformation

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City of Santa Ana Addendum to the MainPlace Mall Transformation Proiect Fashion Square Commercial Center Final EIR Mitigation Measures As described previously, the 1983 EIR includes eight mitigation measures. These mitigation measures are listed below. MM 5.6-1 Contribute a one percent (1 %) assessment fee to the City of Santa Ana and City of Orange Transportation System Improvement Program (TSIP) to fund needed transportation improvements in the area identified in the Phase Two TSIP Study. The TSIP Assessment Fee of one percent of Project building cost is expected to generate only half of the cost of the recommended Phase Two TSIP Plan. The Fashion Square development (the developers themselves and the Redevelopment Agency alike) must be prepared to fund those areawide transportation improvements which principally benefit their Project as well as contribute a one percent assessment to the TSIP Program. [Status: Completed/not applicable to this Project] MM 5.6-2 Provide funding for construction of a pair of new freeway ramps on the west side of Fashion Square linking the Santa Ana Freeway with a public road surrounding the Project. These two new ramps will connect with a public street and as such, provide overall benefit to the general public. However, the primary need for and beneficiary of this improvement is the Fashion Square development itself. The cost of this improvement is included in the overall TSIP Plan, but that program is underfunded by approximately 50 percent. Consequently, the cost of any transportation improvements which relate to and directly benefit a single development, should be borne by that development. Construction of these two ramps will substantially improve the freeway access of the Fashion Square site and permit traffic to enter and exit the development with no delay from traffic congestion on the surrounding arterial street system. [Status: Determined infeasible and previously removed] MM 5.6-3 Widen Main Street along the Fashion Square frontage to provide four southbound lanes and a 26-foot-wide median island to accommodate dual northbound left turn lanes and the columns of the future North -South Transit Guideway. A total curb to curb width of 124 feet will be required for an ultimate eight lane section planned on Main Street. The increased width will be the general responsibility of developments planned on both sides of Main Street, but some transitions in alignment may be necessary to minimize impacts to existing buildings. [Status: Completed/not applicable to this Project/superseded by City General Plan Circulation Element] 94