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8.A. - Page 362 <br /> Stateme��t an Tizr er Avenue Aesthetics <br /> I am �T'i�iberAve;n�ic resident c�r cyci�hbor,wl�o�valks, I��C�C��S OI�atl��rwise enjoys the <br /> Fin�,cr Aventze st�reetsca�e. I h�ve seen t��e plans 1'or the McGo��+an niixs-�ot devclo�mi�nt,and <br /> eo��clt�de ttjal il wil� stibstantia�ly degr•ade tlie e:cisting vist�al charactar a�id qt�ality af the si(e <br /> ���d its surrounc�i�igs. <br /> Wl�at is i�atpartatZt a�slileticaily abouC iny neigl�borltood is t�ic sem's-rut•al aliaracter af ihe <br /> uortl� s�c�e af Pin�;er A�e��tie, ��vith ma�iy f�o�nes set far back#iom tlie sts•eet. The appelrai�ce af <br /> ��rge an�onnts of open space with mAture, old g��wth trees, ��rovrdes a si�•'rkii��backdrop ta <br /> the homes. The cvntrast betweeii tlie no�•tf�side of�i���er Avei��ie and its sol�llf sicte, witE� its <br /> many c��t�i��1, @t1CIy ZQ���CC17lLiry 6nnga[ows and cottages, is saneihing that's�u�ic�uc to <br /> Red�voad City aiict tre�sti�•ed by its t��sidents. <br /> Exan�plcs af hc��v the Pinger Avenue Project signific�i�tl}!degrades tlie aesthe#ics af our <br /> ilei�;hborhaad�re: <br /> • COl15t1'llCC1011 Of 11'VO I10111CS SVI��l W1CI�t1�V0-StQY)' f'c�CALIeB SCt ��1Ck tll� 1111T11Illilill <br /> a11o��a�le di'stt�tice fi•an� tl�e street. There Ri�e no hauses tttat larbe set tl�at clase to the <br /> street a�i}'WIlC]'6 Ell QLll�jleig��bo;•t�vacl. - <br /> • Na�vhere els�e an T'lll�el',A1J8llll� �CC I1pL17�S tI115 ��ll',�;8 �IflCCC�011 jOLS L�11S SiZ1s�II. <br /> . All of'tiic ha«�es fire of simifar size aud all twv-stoiy,as apposed ta the�nix of h�me <br /> sizes anci}ieights tl�at ace represeiilative of the r�or�li sid� of Fin�er�lvernie. <br /> � IVIOSI Of tI1�S8 Itlll�IlOI2]E5 W1I1 bl: �'teWR�iC �t'Otll t�IC"�7L1�1�1C S�l�eet.TIZe�'e is iittle opet� <br /> space Ar�d t�fe liot»es are o»ly set back a s�nall distance fi•o�n tlie i���•�•o��tl�at se�•ves <br /> tI1B1]l �5U111��I�ain 3 ft—dit Fi•o�n tl�e f�lieyvvRy.) Nawlicre in aur iieighbo�•l�oc�d are <br /> houses sit►t�ted in thts fashioi�. <br /> . A developia�eiil this deusely packed is iilcomp�tible ��vit�z khe presence of lar�e tnattn•e <br /> trecs r�n t�te site, l'he eventtia! Iflss af tl�ese t�'ees ti��ill be irrevet�sible. <br /> . The breaktip of the north sicle of Finger Ave, by cre�E�ng two ne�v intersectians. Tfie <br /> tiarx•aw a11e)'way Uuilt for tfie deve�opnxent ft�ils ta iutegrate witl�FiiigerAveiiue by not <br /> f�aving a side�valk ar}�lantiug strip agai�ist the roacl�vay. <br /> • Tlie one-w�y aIleyway wil� ret�uire street signs o�3 Fii�ger A�e zo di��ect traff`ic, fiirtt�ec <br /> con�prari}ising the cfiaracter of Ihe north side of the street, <br /> The overall mass and scale of this development is c�uy��let�l}� out of pl�ce ii�oin' <br /> nei�hba•�iaod, o��t of characler far tfie iiarttz sic{e of Finge�•Avenue and it wilj only le�d ro <br /> fi�rtliec clegi•adation of the uuique cl�ara � •ai�d qualiry of aur s#reet. <br /> / � <br /> Nait�e ,._..;� - --� <br /> 1�C�dPE55 � <br /> �� � � f�� �/'� UHte �� �e� �I <br />