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8.A. - Page 387 <br /> �.1��..��rat a�� F3����.�s�;���i�:� <br /> I arrt a Fit�ger Rvenue resident ar netg�bor,whv wa�ks,hicycl�s or oCh e�rwise en foys tite <br /> Finger Avenue streetscape.t have seen th�plans for the MaGo��ran raln e-tot development, <br /> attd cor�c�ude that it will subs�antially degrade the sxis�ing visual ct�aracter and qual#ty oF <br /> the site and its surroundings, <br /> What is important aestheticafly about my�eighbarhoad is th�semi•rut�ai charaeter of khe <br /> nnrth slde aFFinger Avenue,with many hames set far baclr frpm the street,Tire appearanc� <br /> of la�ge e�ounts of open spac�wit� rnature,old growth trees,provides a str�ICfng backdt'ap <br /> tn the homes,The contrast betr�veen ehe north side of Finger Aven�e and its sauth stde,�wtth <br /> fts many quaint,earlyr 20�'c�ntury bur,galov+►s an��otta�es,ls samething that's uniql�e ta <br /> Ra�wood City and treasur�d bqits r�sl�ents. <br /> Examples of�nw the�fnger Avenue Project sEgnificantly degradss tE►e asst[�etics of our <br /> neighbarhood a�e: <br /> . Construckion oftwo harr�es wlth wlde twa•stery tacades set bacK the m�nimum <br /> allowable dista�ce from th�str�e�.There are nn h�uses that large set that close ta <br /> the street anywhere fn our netgh6orhnod. <br /> • NovvF�ere else an Finger Avenue are honaes this large piacect on[nts t,�is s�nall, <br /> i Atl of t�e horr�es are of sfrr�ila�size and a11 two-story,as opposed to the:nix oF 4orne <br /> st�es and heRghks that are rnpresentativ�of the narth side of Ft n�er Av�nue. <br /> • Most of theSe nin�hqrnes wttl be vi�wab��from the pu�►lic stree�There is ilttle open <br /> space and[he ho�nes are only set back a small dlstance from the narrow that serves <br /> thern (so:ne f�am 3R-6f�from the alleyway,) Nowhere in oar nelghbarhood ar� <br /> houses s[tuated in thfs fashtan. <br /> � A developtrsent thls densely packed is incampatlble wlth the presence af larg� <br /> mature trees ar�the site.'�it�ewentual loss of these tr�es wiil be irreversible, <br /> • Th9 breakup of the north slde oFFingsr Ave,by creatit�gtwo new lntersections.T?►s <br /> narrow atleyway built for t�e developrnent fat�s to integrate with Finger Avenue by <br /> t�ot hav�n�a s[dewalk ar planting strip agalnst the raadway. <br /> • Tise one-way alleyway w111 requlre streei signs on�inger A�►e to dlrect traftl� <br /> further compromis�t��the character af the north slde oF the stree�. <br /> 7'tse overa�l mass and s�ale oP this develaprne�t is completely au�of place in our <br /> neighbarhood,out at`c�aracter For the north side of Fin�er Avsnue and it wi�l only lead to <br /> further degradation of t[�e un�yue character and quality af aur street. <br /> N <br /> ame �t���`����� <br /> , �� � � <br /> Addr�ss �1 `r �� � I�ate <br /> 1 <br />