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8.A. - Page 384 <br /> �t�tem��ut��,,,�irn��r �v���a�,���,',� <br /> 1 am a Finger Avenue resldent or neighbnr,wha walks,btryeles nr other-wise enJoys the <br /> �inger Avenue streetscape.I have seen the plans for the TrlcGowan nirt�-!ot development, <br /> and conclude that it wl1l substanklally degr�de the exist�ngvlsual character and�uality of <br /> khe site and It�surrnundtngs. <br /> VYhat ts frnpartant aesthet�cally abvut my nel�barhood Is the sem#•rural character oF the <br /> north slde of Ffng�r Avenue,wlti�rnany hnmes set Far back from t�e stree�,The appearance <br /> oFtarge amounts afopen space w[th mature,o[d grawth trees,provides a str#king backdrnp <br /> to the hames.Th�contrast betwee�n the norEh side nf ginger�ver�ue ar�d its sauth slde,wfth <br /> its mar�y guaint,early 24�'c�ntury bungalows and co�tages,!s sam�th�reg that's umique to <br /> t�edwood Clty and treasured�y its reslcisnt�, <br /> Examp�es of haw klse Finger Avenue Aroject sf�n�t�can�ly degracles the aesthetics nf our <br /> neighbarhood are: <br /> a �vnstructton af twa hnmes with wide two-story facades set back ti�e rninimum <br /> allowable dtstance fram the street.'�here ara r�o houses ttiat large set that closs to <br /> the street anyvvhere in aur neighborhood. <br /> � NowY�ere else nn Finger Avenue are homes th�s large pla�d an lots th�s sma�l, <br /> a AII of the hnmes are af si�nilar sfze arid all !wo•story,as opposed to the mix of horrae <br /> sizes and helg3its that are representattve of th�narth side of Finger Avenue. <br /> � Mnst of these n#ne horries will be vlewabie fra�n the put�lic street,There is Ilttl�ope� <br /> sp�ce and ihs ho�nes are oniy sst baek a smal�dlstance From the narrow that serves <br /> them(some from 3f��6t�fi�arrr the a1ley�way,) IVowhere!n our r�eighborhooci ar� <br /> hauses situated in th�s Fash#on, <br /> � A deve[opmenE thts dense.�ypacked�s tn�ampatible with the presenc�aPlarge <br /> mature tre�s an the site.'Fhe eventr�af loss of thsse krees wfli be irreversibEe. <br /> � The b�sakup af tE�e north slde af Finger Ave,by creat�ng two�ew interseetions.The <br /> narrow alteyway bulit for the development fa[ls to integrate wikh Finger Avenue by <br /> not havin�a s[dewalk or planting strlp against khe road�ray. <br /> o The one-way allayway weA�+equfre street signs o�ti Finger Ave to dfrect traf�ic, <br /> Farther campromisl�g the chara�ter of the north side of the str�et, <br /> The overali mass and scale of this deveiopment fs completety aut of place fn aur <br /> neighborhood,out o�charactsr far the north�[de of Finger Avene��anc3 it wlil only tead ta <br /> further d�gradatlon of the unlque character and c�uali o€aur strset, <br /> Nam��d ���� . <br /> � G� <br /> Address � (/ 1 '�"` Date � �� � � <br /> 1. <br />