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8.A. - Page 291 <br /> Statement on Fin er Avenue Aesf��etics <br /> .;� <br /> �ani a Finger Aveiiue resident or neighbor,who walks,bicycles or otherwise enjoys the <br /> Finger Avenue sh�eetscape. I have seen the plans for the McGowan nine-lot develapment,ana <br /> conclUde that it will substantially degrade the e�:isting visual character and quality af the site <br /> and its sUrroundings. <br /> What is important aesthetically abaut my neighbnrhood is t11e sezni-rural chara�ter of the <br /> nox-th side of Finger Avenue,with many homes set far back from tha street. The appearance of <br /> large amour►ts of open space with mature,o�d growth trees, provides a striking backdrop to <br /> t��e homes. The contrast between the nort}r side of Finger Avenue and its south side, with its <br /> many quaint, ear�y 20`h centuiy bungalows and cottages, is samething that's uniyue to <br /> Redwood City and tx'easured by its residents. <br /> Examples af l�ow the Finger Avenue Project significantly degrades the aesthetics of aur <br /> neighboa•nood are: <br /> • Construction of kwo l�om�s vvitlx wide two-sta�•y facades set back the minimum <br /> alIowable distance from the street.There are no houses that la�ge set that clase to the <br /> street anywhere in our neighborhood, " <br /> • Nawhere else on Finger Avenue are homes tlus large placed on lots this small. <br /> + AI?of the homes are of similar size and all two-story, as oppased to the mix af home <br /> sizes and heights that are representati��e of il�e norih siae of Finger Avenue. <br /> • Mosi of tliese nine homes will be viewable from the public stree�. T�ere is litt2e apen <br /> space and the homes are only set back a srriall distance fram the narrow that ser�es <br /> them (same from 3ft—bft from the alleyway.} Nowhere in our neiglzborhood are <br /> houses sitUated in this fash�a�. <br /> • A de�elapn�ent tivs densely packed is incflmpatible with tl�e pi�esence af large mature <br /> trees an the site.The eventua�loss of these trees will be irrevei^sible. <br /> • The breakup of the north side of Finger Ave. by creating two new intersections. The <br /> narrow alleyway built for the der+e�opment fails to integrate withFingerAvenue by not <br /> having a sidewalk or planting sh•ip against the roadway. <br /> � Tlie one-way alleyway will z�equire sh'eek signs �n Finger Ave to direct traffic,further <br /> campromising the ch���cter af the narth side of the street. <br /> The ovsrall mass and scale af this de�vetopment is cc}mplete�y out of place in ovr <br /> neighborhaod, out of character for the nortli side af Finger Avenue anc� it wi11 only lead ta <br /> fi�rther degradation af the uniyue character and qualit{y af aur street, <br /> , �. <br /> _� ��,_ ..- �/� � ��{ _ <br /> N�mc 1..� � <br /> Addi�ess �� � �4��� f�I �(� Date ��� .�Sr� /� <br />