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8.A. - Page 345 Simulated vi�w►�of the�cGowan��v��apa�ent project-exlsting and pro�osec�condi�ons With release af the DE1R,it became apparent to us that tlae City wauld not produce any visual simulatfons for the EIR that could 6e used ta assess potential aesthetic impaets and for�valuating the projecYs consistency with neighhorhood context and building form and scale.Ev�n though David Powers and Assoc. offered to evalua#e such simulations as part of its aesthetic impack analysis for the DE1R,such simutatlons were not created.Therefore we, (Finger Avenue Pride Committee) decided ta produce them ourselves,by buil�ing a digitaJ 3D model of ths project site and sezrro�ndings.This approach allows for th�generation af any nurrtber uf vf ews that can be used ta assess questions nf mass and scale and other aes#hetic issues. �i[er�e�Const.ruc#ir��e We co�tra�ted the archit�ctural�rm of Garavaglia and Assocaates �San Francisco) tn construct a 3D digital model o€the existing proJect site,and af the proposed project. Existing iaui�ding farm and dirnensions were provided to Garavagiia by us,and consisted of phatographs, bui�aing plans,and site meas�rements. In addition,the faotprints�f existing structures on the project site are also availa�Ie an th� developer's Vesting Ten#a�ive Map,and that information was used for the basie site Iayout and butiding footprints,In additlan ta bufldings on the praject site, Garavaglia aiso modeled the adjacent homes at 4�},54,and 90 �'�nger Avenue. Foilowing the completion flf Garavaglia's work,we created rnodels of all af t�e hQmes on the south side of Einger Ave.b�tween�t Camino and Hyde 3t�,using site �ayorat and b�ilding footprfnts pravided �y Redwood CiLy's�IS software{which cantains a building fvotprint Iayer�,wi�h elevativn information derived from Google Earth and site photographs.All of these building mod�Is reflect the overall size, height and general massing af the existing hom�s on and adjacent to the site,but d� not contain detailed arcE�itectural etements, For the praposed praject,the new hvrr�es were modeted based on the current Vesting Teniative Map,and�levatians far thase hames provided to the City by the deveiaper.T�e elevations,h;awever,�redate some minor ad�ustments�a the footprints of the homes,such that the e�evations are no�onger valid. In thase ca$es (lots 2,3,4 and 5),b�ild�ngs were design�d ta the original footprint and elevatfans and then"crogped"or otherwise altered ta match the new footprint dirr�ensians. Garava�2ia construct��all of the proposed buiidirtgs (plus 4�,54,and 90 Fi�tger Ave.) and completed the site layout,provid�ng to us t�va models--s�ne for the existing site and one fot�the prnposed project.T�e models were cat�stru�ed using Google Sk�tchup software,which also provides the abitity to"fly thraugh"the rnodel and exgart views from within it Following com�letian of this work,FAPC created a digita2 terrain rnodel for tihe praject site-based on the topographic data provided an the Vesting Tentative Map,as a means to show the creek and other related to�ographic features. Streetstape detai�s w�re added to the madel by FAFC and accurate�y reflect the lacation,dimensions,and ger�erai�anfigurations afboth