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8.A. - Page 257 Simulated views of the McGowan Development project-existing and praposed conditians With release of the DEIR, it became apparent ta us that the City would not produce any visual simulations for the EIR that could be used to assess potential aesthetic impaets and for evaluating the project's consistency with neig�borhooc� context and building form and sca�e. Even though David Powers and Assoc. offered to evaluate such simulations as part of its aesthetic impact analysis for the DE1R,such sirnulatians were not created. Therefore we, (Finger Avenue Pride Cammittee} decided to proauce them ourselves,by building a digital3D model af the pro�ect site and surroundings. This approach allows for the generation oF any number of views that can be used to assess questions of mass and scale and other aesthetic issues. Model Construction We cantracted the architectural firm of Garavaglia and Associates (San Francisco) to construct a 3D digital model of the existing project site,and of the proposed project. Existing building form and dimensions were provided to Garavaglia by us,and consisted af photographs,builc�ing plans,and site measurements. In addition,the footprints flf existing structures on the praject site are also available on the developer's Vesting Tentative Map,and that information was used for the basic site Iayout and building footprints. In adc�itian to buildings an the praject site, Garavaglia aiso modeled the adjacent homes at 40, 54,and 90 Finger Avenue. Following the completian of Garavaglia's work,we created models of all of the homes an the south side of Finger Ave.between E� Camino and Hyde Sti.,using site �ayflut and building footprints provided by Redwaod City's GIS sflhware {which contains a building footprint layer),with elevation information derived from Goagle Earth and site photographs.AlI of these#auilding models reflect the overail size, height and general rr�assing of the existing homes on and adjacent to the site,but da nat contain detailed architect�ral elements, For the proposed project,the new homes were madeled based on the current Vesting Tentative Map,anr�elevations fnr those homes provided to the City by the developer.The elevations,however,pr�date some minor adjustments tn the footprints of the homes,such that the etevatzons are no longer valid. In those cases [lats 2,3,4 and 5),bui�dings were designed to the original footprint and elevatians and then"cropped"or otherwise altered ta match the new foatprint dimensians. Garavaglia constructEd all af the propased buiidings (plus 40,54,and 9Q Finger Ave.] and campleted the site layout,providing to us two models -one for the existing site and one for the prnposed project.The mndels were constructed using Google Sketchup software,which also provides the ability to "f�y through"the madel and export views from within it. Following Comp�etion of this wark,FAPC created a digita�terrain model for the project site-based on the topographifi da#a provided an the Vesting Ten�ative Map,as a means to show the creek and other related topograph2c features. Streetscape details were added to the madel by FAPC and arcurately reflect the location,dimensions,and genera�configurations of both