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8.A. - Page 375 ��.il��! ��tg��N�� '� �� I am a FingerAvenue resident or neigh6or,wha vtrallcs,�icycles or otherwise enJoys the F�nger Avenue streetsca�e.f have see�n Ch�pians far the McGnwan nine-lot development, and conclude thaC It will�ubstant4a�ly de�rade the existing vis�al character and yualtty af the site and its surrvuz�dings. What is important aesthedcall�►about my netghborhood is the semi-rura!character o� the nortli sfde oFFingerAvenue,witt�many honies set far back From the su�eet,The appearance of large amounts of open s�ace with mature,ald growth trees,pzrov�des a strikir�g backdrop to tl�e homes,The contrast between the nor�h s1d�af�ingerl�ven�e and its sauth sfde,with its many yuainC,early�i1��centt�ry bvngalows and cottag�s,is something Chat's unique to Redwood CICy and treasured tsy[ts residents. Examp�es of hovv the Fin�er Avenue Project signif�cantly degrades �e aesthetics of our nefghborhoad are: • Cons�ruction nf twa homes with wide t�va-stary facades set b$cic the n�inimum allowa�Ze distance froni t�e street.There are no liouses that large set that c�ase ta the street anywh�re in our n�ighbort�ood, • Alowhere else an Ringer Avenue are homes this�arge�[aceci on iots this small. • A!1 of Ehe homes are of similar slze and all rwa-story,as opposed [o the r�nix of home si�es and heights that are�•epresentative af t�e north side of Fir�ger Avenue. � Mos�of these nine homes w+itl be viewahle from the ptiblic sCreet, �'itere is tittle oper�space and the hames are only s�t back a small distanc�From the nar�•ow al1e�►tk�at seyves t�em �some t�om 3ft�fift from the all�yway,) t�fowhere in our neighborhood are honses sftuated in thfs fashion, , A de�eloprrient this densely paeked is lncor��patible with the presence oflarge mature trees on t�Ze site.The eventual loss of these trees wfll be irreversi�le. * The breakup of the north side af Finger Av�,by c��eating two new intersections, The narrovv alleyway buf�C For tlxe develapn�ent fa11s to integrate with Finger Avenue iay,not h�vtng a sldewallt or planting strip aga3nsC the roadway, • The one-w►ay aiteyway wrtll require street signs on FirigerAve tn dii�ect tra�f`ic, fi.n�•ther cvanpramising the character of the north s[de of the scree� The overall mass and scaTe of this developm�nt rs cornpletety out aF piace fn our r�el�hbnrhar�d,ou�of character for t�e n�rth sid�af Finger Avenue and it will onty lead to further de�ra a�lon of the trntc�u�character and q�al�ty of our street, Name ''� �,�f��p . Address t .� '� '11�� '��' ` DaCe � � L