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8.A. - Page 321 �.�atement on, Finger Avenue Aest etics 1 am a �inger Aven��e residetit ar��eighb�r;wlio watks, bicycles or oti�er•wise ei�joys ttie Finger Avenue streetsca�e, I have seen the plans for the McGowaxi nine-lot cleve2opment, and concl�xde that it will substantially degrade the existing vis��al character and qualfty of the site and its surroundings. What is l�nportant aestheticall��bot�t my i�eighborhaod is tl�e semi-rural c�iaracte�•af tlze i�ortli side of Finger Ave�zue,witl� �3��ny hames set fa��ba�k from t�ie street, Tk�e ap�earance of large amounts of open space witl� tnattu�e, old growth trecs,pravddes a striIcing b�ckd�'Dp t0 C�l� �7011]�5.The cot�trast i��tween tlye north side oFFii�ger Avenue c�Ili� !t5 S011Cfl Sl{�B, with its ma��y c�uainC,early 2Q��cei�tury bungalows and rottages, is something that's uitic�ue to Redwood City and treasw•ed by its residents, Examples of liow the FingerAvenu� Project significaiitly ciegrades tt�e aestheklcs ofc�ur� neighborhood are: � Construction of two hames witl� wiae two-story facacles set�ack�he mir�irnum allowa�le distance from the street,'1'here are no��ouses that large set that close to Che sh•eet anywhere in o�n�neighborhoad, • Nawher•e else on Fing�r Avenue are homes this large pIaced on lots t�is si�iall. � All of the lioines ai•e of simiiai•size and al! two-skoty,as opposed ro the i�iix of home sizes and heiglits that are represet�tative.of t��e noi•tli side of Finger Avenue, • Most af these nine l�omes wi]I ��viewai�le ft•om the public street, Thet•e is little open space and tlie hames are only set back a smal] distance Fi•om the ��arj•ow alley that se�ties t��em [some From 3ft—6ft fram tlze a�leyway,) Nowhere in ot�r neighbarhoo� are houses situated in tliis Fashioii. • A development this densely paciced is fncompatible with tlje presence of large mature ti•ees on ��ie site, Tl�e evei�tual loss of these trees w�l1 be ir��eversibl�, � T�ae br�ealtup aF tlie nortl�side of Finger Ave. by cre�ting two»ew intersectfons. The narraw al�eyway built far tlle clevelopment fails to i�ategrate with Fi�iger Avenue by not liaving a sic�ewall�or planting strip against the roadway, � The one-way alleyway will r�ec�uire sti•eet signs on Ringer Ave to dii•ect traffit, flirthea•compromising tl7e character of the iaorth side of t1�e st�•eet. The o�erall mass and scale af ttais developm�nt 3s cam}�letely o��t of p�ace in ou�- neigl7�orhoad,out of charac�ea•for the norti�side o�Finger Avent�e ai�d it will anly lead ta fw•tl�er degradation af the unique character anci quality ofviir street. Name �� -�-��C�, A[�dt•ess 1.."�. .., ��1i �r' �u ,�P�G��r��ate I �5 I .