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8.A. - Page 386 <br /> Sta tsment on �n��r Avenue Ae�fhe��cs <br /> I am a FingerAvenue residen#or ncighb�r,who walks,bicyoles or oth�rwise enjays tha <br /> Fit�er A�enue streetscape.I have seen iha plans for the N�cGrowan nine-!at dcvelap�nent,�nd <br /> conclude ihat it witl substankially degradc the existing visual cl�r�cter and quality of thc site <br /> and its surroundings. <br /> What is important aesthetica�ly about rrry neig�horhood is ti�a semi-rura]chazaater of thc <br /> norEh side of Finger E1.�en�e, with many homes set far back frarn t�ae street.Tho appearsnr,e o�' <br /> Iarge aruounts of open space with matur�,old�rowth trees,provid�s a sb�iking backdrop ta <br /> the homes. The canuast betwee�a the noith sidG of Fiz�ge�Avenue and its south side, v�+itl�its <br /> many quain�t,early 2Q��century bunga�ows and coitages,is somet�ung that's uniyue to <br /> R�dWQOd C1ty�111�El'�83L11'Bd I�,�It8 1�CS1dEf1#$. <br /> Exarnples of how t�e Finger Avenue Project sigti�ca�t�y degrad�s the aestl:etics of our <br /> �eighborhoad are: <br /> • Constructinn of two homes with v+�ide fvvo-story facades sct back the minimum <br /> allovvable distance fram the st��eet. Tbere are na houses that largo sst that cJose to the <br /> street anywhere in o+�r neighbarhvod. " <br /> • Nawhere else on�inger Avenue are homes this large placed an lots this small. <br /> • Alt of the hoEnes are of similar size and s�l two-story,as opposed to the mix of hoine <br /> sizes snd heig8ts thaf are r+�prcaentative of the north side a�'Fir�erAvenue, <br /> � Most of these nine homes�11 be vi�wabls from the public str-eet.Therc is little ppen <br /> space snd the homes are an.ly sek back s sma11 distar�e fi�ria thc n�rrow tlxat serves <br /> them(somc from 3ft—6ft fram�e�Ileyway.} Nowhere in our neighborliood ars <br /> houaes situaied in this fasEaion, <br /> � A developn�ent tlus densely packed is in�ampatible witlt the prese�ice of la��ge mature <br /> trecs on thc site, The eventuaJ�oss of these trees will be irrev�sibie. <br /> � The brealtup of the narth side of Finger Ave. by creating twa new interseckivns.T#re <br /> narrow al��yway built�or tt�e development fails to integrate with Finger Avenue by nat <br /> havir�g a sid�w�lk or plaating strip against the raadway. <br /> � The onc-way�leyw�y will requir+e street si�ns on FingerAve to di�'ect t�ffc,furttacr <br /> compromising the characroer of the north side of t�e s#reet. <br /> The overall mass and scale af t�us developmeat is complstety aut af place in o€�r <br /> t�eig�borhood,out of character�or the north side oF Finger Avenue and it will only Icad ta <br /> �urttier degradati af-th��unique ct►aractsr and qualit�y of aur street. <br /> �k <br /> �/ + <br /> ��G <br /> �� ��� � <br /> Address �� '1 1��'�� /i�'� __ Date f �� �� ` � <br />