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8.A. - Page 314 <br /> Statemen�on�„Avenu�Aesthetiicc <br /> 1 am a Finger Avenue resident or t�eighbor,wha walks, bicycles or otherwfse enjoys the <br /> �inger Avenu�streetscape, C have seen the p�ans for the McGowan nine-lot develapment, <br /> and conctude that it wi11 substantially degrade the exfsting visual characte�•axuf qua]ity <br /> of the site an� its surroundings. <br /> What is important aesthetically about my neigh�orhood is the semi-rural chai•acter af <br /> the narth sfde af�inger Avenue,with many hames set far bacl�Fram the street. The <br /> appearance of large amaunts oFopen space with mature,old growth trees,provides a <br /> strlk�ng Y�ackdrap to the hames.The cantrast�etween the north sid e of Fingei•Avenue <br /> and its saut�side,with its many yuaint,ear�y ZOth century bungaIows and cottages,is <br /> something t�at's uniq�e to Redwood City and treasured by its residenCs, <br /> Examples of how the Finger Avenue Project significantly degrades the aesthetfcs aFaui• <br /> neighborhood a��e; <br /> • Canstruction oFtwo homes with wide twa-story facades set back the minirrium <br /> altawab�e distance fram the street. Th�re are no houses that�arge set tha�clase <br /> to the street anywhere in our neighborhood. <br /> • Nawhere else an Finger Arrenue are hames this large p�aced on lots this small. <br /> • A21 of the homes ai•e of similar sFZe ar�d al� two-story, as opposed tn th�mix af <br /> home sizes and heights that are yepresentative of the narth side of Finger <br /> Avenue. <br /> � Mast of these nin� homes wall be viewalale frarr� the public sti•eet. T�ere is little <br /> apen space and the homes are only set bacl�a small distance From the narraw <br /> alley thatserves t�em (some frarn 3ft-- 6f�from the alle�rway,] Nawhere in our <br /> neighborhood are hauses situated in this Fashion. <br /> • A development this densely packed is incampatible with the presence oFlarge <br /> mat�re trees on the site,7"I�e eventt,�al lass oFthese trees will be irreversible. <br /> � The breakup of the north side of Finger Ave, by creating two new intersectians, <br /> T�e narraw alEeyway built for the deve�apment Faits to integra te with F3nger <br /> Avenue by nat having a sidewalk ar planting strip against the roadway. <br /> • The one-way alle�rway will require street slgns on Finger Ave to�irect trafFc, <br /> Further campromising the cha��acter of the narth side af the sri•eet. <br /> The overall mass and scaie of this developme�nt is campletely out of place in� our <br /> neighborhaod, out of character far the north side af�inger Avenue and it will only lea� <br /> to Further degradation af the unique chai•acter a�d quality oF our street. <br /> C <br /> Name �' <br /> Address�v 'r� ��� �2' �� Date ! C ` ` <br /> ��w��v -�ry C�� �1llv�� <br />