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City of Santa Ana Addendum to the
<br />MainPlace Mall Transformation Proiect Fashion Square Commercial Center Final EIR
<br />Fashion Square Commercial Center Final EIR ("1983 EIR")
<br />In 1983, the Santa Ana Fashion Square development consisted of an approximately
<br />512,595-square foot open-air commercial mall on the Project site. The Fashion Square
<br />Commercial Center Subsequent Final EIR ("1983 EIR") (SCH Number: 1983021103)
<br />was prepared to evaluate the potential impacts associated with the rehabilitation and
<br />redevelopment of the site as a mixed -use commercial center with 1,600,000 square feet
<br />of commercial space, 1,500,000 square feet of office space, and 1,200 hotel rooms
<br />("Originally Approved Plan"). The 1983 EIR was certified by the City of Santa Ana
<br />Redevelopment Agency in 1983.
<br />The 1983 EIR considered the environmental impacts relating to land use, soils and
<br />geology, hydrology, biological resources, archaeology, traffic and circulation, noise, air
<br />quality, aesthetics (including shade/shadow, solar glare, and illumination),
<br />housing/population, John Wayne Airport, public services and utilities (including natural
<br />gas, electricity, communications, water, sewer, solid waste, police protection, and fire
<br />protection), energy conservation, irreversible environmental changes, and growth
<br />inducement.
<br />The 1983 EIR determined that the Originally Approved Plan would not result in any
<br />potentially significant impacts —and therefore no mitigation measures were required —
<br />relating to soil and geology, hydrology, archaeology, noise, air quality,
<br />housing/population, John Wayne Airport, natural gas, electricity, communications,
<br />water. sewer. and solid waste.
<br />The 1983 EIR also determined that the Originally Approved Plan could result in
<br />potentially significant impacts —and therefore identified mitigation measures —related to
<br />land use, biological resources, traffic and circulation, air quality, aesthetics (including
<br />shade/shadow, solar glare, and illumination), police protection, fire protection, and
<br />energy conservation.
<br />Finally, the 1983 EIR also determined that, despite the incorporation of all feasible
<br />mitigation measures, impacts relating to the topics of off-street parking, traffic, vehicular
<br />noise, population/housing, and aesthetics (shade/shadow), would remain significant and
<br />unavoidable.
<br />Addendum to the Final EIR for MainPlace/Santa Ana Expansion ("1996
<br />Addendum")
<br />In 1996, the City prepared Addendum (ER 96-033) to the Environmental Impact Report
<br />for Proposed MainPlace/Santa Ana Expansion to the Final EIR (1996 Addendum") to
<br />evaluate a proposed expansion of the Originally Approved Plan's commercial uses. The
<br />1996 Addendum evaluated each topical issue addressed in the 1983 EIR and included
<br />updated air quality and traffic analyses. The 1996 Addendum concluded that no
<br />subsequent environmental impact report was required under CEQA because the
<br />proposed commercial expansion did not result in new or substantially more severe
<br />significant impacts than were disclosed in the 1983 EIR.
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