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8.A. - Page 383 <br /> �t���me��on r� �� ve� t����th�°���cs <br /> I arn a�inger Rvenue resident pr neighbar,wha watks,bfcycles nr atherwlse enjoys the <br /> Finger AverFUe streetsca�e.I have s�er� the ptans For the McCowan nfne-lat develapm�nt, <br /> and canclude that it wilt substan��ally degrade the existing viswal character and q�aallty of <br /> the site and tts surround�ngs. <br /> WhaF ts lmQortant aesthet�cally abaut my nsighbarMaad ls the ser►ll-rural characker of the <br /> nocth slde of Finger Avenue,wlth rna�y homes set Far hack�-arr�the street The appearan�e <br /> of large amounts oP open space with mature,nld gwnwth tr�es,pror+ides a striking bactcdrop <br /> Eo the hom�s.The cvntrast b�een the narth side af Finger Avenue end its south side,witf� <br /> its maRy quafnt,ea�ly 20t''century bungatows a�d eottages�is someth�ng kfa�t's unique to <br /> A�dwood Cfty and tr�asured by its res�dents. <br /> Exa�plas of haw the Finger Avenue Project sign�ticantIy de�r�des the aesthetics of aur <br /> neighbarhpod are: <br /> � Constructton a�'lwn hnmps with v�►ide two-story facades set bacic Che mintmum <br /> allow�ble dlsr�nce Prvm Yhe street.'Phere are no houses that t�rge set that clase to <br /> the st�eetanyvvhere in o�r nei�hborhood, <br /> e Nawhere slse on�Fitager Avenue are homes thfs large placed on Iot�th�s srnall. <br /> • A�!af the homes are of similar siae and al!tvya�stary,as�p�ased to the mix of home <br /> stses and helghts that arc representati�e aFthe narth sfd�c�f'Finger Avenue, <br /> + Mas�nFtl�ese qine hort�es�rrili be viewabfe f'rom ti�e publicstrest,There fsllttle open <br /> space and th�hor���re anly set back a s�nall d�star�ce fmm the narrow�hat serves <br /> them{satne fr�m 3ft—5f�t�-om th��I�eyway.] Nawhere in ovr n�lghborhond are <br /> hvuses situaked!n thls�'ashion, <br /> • A de�elopment this densely packed fis inepmpatib�e with khe preseare af large <br /> mature trees o�the site,The evetitua!loss of these trees wil�he trreversEble. <br /> • The breakup af the nnrth side nf F6nger�1ve,by creattng i�vvo new intersections.The <br /> nar�ow atleyway bupt for the devel�pmant t'a�ls Ito integrat.�with Fir€ger Avenue by <br /> not havin�a sidewalk or planting strip a�alnst the roadr+►ay. <br /> s 'Y'he nne•Way�lleyway wlll require streeC slgns on Fit►ger Ave to dlreGt trat�c, <br /> further comprorn[sing the charactar af the north slde of the strees, <br /> The avera�l mass and scale of this development!s cur�pletety aa�t of piace in nur <br /> n�9ghborhood,o�t oP character Par the nnrth slde of F1�ger Avenue and it wi11 only lead to <br /> further degradation oFthe unique chara�ter and quality af aur siree�. <br /> , <br /> �,�. <br /> Name � �U,(.�,,. <br /> Add,ess � ` Date " ! "" I <br /> � <br /> 1 <br />