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8.A. - Page 305 St e ent o Fin A 3i t I am a Finger Avenua resicfent ar neighbor,wl�o walks,l�icycles or ot��erwlse enjoys the FingerAvenue sh•eetscape. I l�ave seen the plans for khe McCowan iaine-iot deve]vpmettt, and conclude t�iat it w€�i substantially aegrade the existing visuai character a��d quality of thc site and irs s��rroun�ings, Wl�at is fmpartantaestl�atical�y about tny neighborhood is th�setni-ru�•a�charact�r af the tyortli sic�e oF Finger Avet�ue,with mat�y hames seC f�r back from Cl�e sh�eet,T�ie appearance oFtarge amounts of open space witii mature,old growtF�trees,provides a sCrlking backdrop ta tlie I�omes.The contrast hetween the narkl�side of Finger Avenue and its south sld�,with its many quaint,early 20��century bungalaws and cottages,is something that's unique to Redwood City and treasin•ed by its reside;�ts, �xamples af liow the Fing�r Avenue Project signif�cantly degracles ths aes�hetics oF our nsiglxk�4a•l�aad are: . Constr�ctior3 af two homes witlt wide two-stary facades set back Che mfy�imum allowable distance Frot�� the street,Ther�at•e nn ha��ses lhat�arge set that close Co the street anywhere in ou�•neight�orhood. • 1Vow�ere eIse on Fir�ger Avet�ue a�•e homes this!aa•ge placed o�i lats khis stnali. + Ail of the hames are oFsimiiar size and all two-stay,as opposed to Che mix of tian�e sizes atyd heights t�iat are representative of the nortl�side of Fi�tger Avent�e. * Most af t�iese nine l�otnes will be viewable from tlye public street.T}iere is little a}�en space and ttle F�omes are oniy set back a smal�c�isCance from ti�s narraw that serves them [so3ne fram 3Ft—Gft Fram the aileyway.) Nowt�ere in our n�ighbnrhood are houses sjtuated in tt�is Fashio��, • A clevelopmer�t this densety p�ctcecf is incompatible with the presence of large ntatt�r�e tre�s on the sike.The eventua� loss aF tltese trees wi�1 be irreversible. • The breakup of the norCF�side o�Finger Ave,by creating twa new intersectiarls.The narrow alleyway b�dlt for the deve2aprc�ent fails to integrate with FtngerAvenue by not havl��g a sidewalk or plai3ting strlp aga#nst tt�e raadway. • The a�ie-way alleyway wili t•equire stre�t signs on Finger Ave to direct traFfic, fu��ther compromis9ng the ch�racter of the nort�side of t��e street, T��e aver�ll mass anc�sca�e af this develapment is canipletely ou�of�iace in our neigl�barhood,ou�of character for the north side of Finger Aven�e ar�d it will only lead to furtl�er degradation of the unique cha��acter and quality o#'our stree�, � f� �} �vame .�� 1 d�.l��/1�t� ► l�)'�'�° Address 1 � � 7 I T�F"/ �F{�� Date r) �� f x