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8.A. - Page 388 ,�G�tennent on Fin�.er�vera�a� �s�tic� 1 am a FingerAvenu�r•esident or neighbor,wha wa�ks,bjcycles or oth�rwise enjoys the Finger Avenue streetscape,t have seen rhe glans for the McGawan nine-lat development, and conclude that iC w€lE substa�tfal�y degrade the existing visua!character and Quality af the sfCe and�ts surround€ngs. What is Important aesthet[ca13y abaut rny neigh�orhvod is the sem i-raral character of che north side of Ftr�ger Avenue,wrfth�nar�y f�omes set far back from the street.The appearanee o�'large amounts of vpen space with mature,vld grawCh trees,Provides a striWng backdrop to the l�omes,Th�cantrast�etween the north slde o�FingerAvenu� and i�s sauth side,with [ts many qvai�t,early 2Qnc�entury bungalows and coCtages,is something tt�at's uniqt�e ta R�dwaad City and creasut�ed by its resid�r�ts. E�camp3es of t�ow the Finger Avent�e Pro�ect signiticantly degrades the aestt�etics oforar neighborhaad are: Q ConSkrucC�or�of two homes with wide ttiva-stary facades set back the rninimum allowable distance from the street,There are na hauses that large set t�iat rlas� to the str�e�anywhere 9n aur nsighaor�ood, a Nawhere else on Finget•Avent��are hoznes this Iarge pla�ed on lots this small. � AtI o�#he�,omes are af similar size and all twv-stoay,as opposed ta the m�x of home sixes and heights that ar�representatfve of the north side af Finger Avenue. a Most of these nine homes will�e viswat�le from the public street,Ther�is[ittle open space and the homes ar�only set back a smali dfstance frorn the rrarrow alley that serves them (same from 3f�-6tt fi�+om Che alleyway.) Nowhere in our neighborhaad are houses situaCed In fihis fashian. * A development ttifs densely packed fs tnaompat3ble with the presence of large mature trees ni� the site.The eventual]oss of these Crees wiil be irreversible, � The breaicup ol't�e north side af Fin$er Ave,by creating two new i�tersectfons. The narraw alleywa�buflt for the development faSls�o integrate with Finger Avenue by not having a sidewalk vr planting str[p against th e roadway. � The one-way ai[cyvvay wi[�require street si�ns an F4nger Av�to c�lrect trat�3c, further compromising the char�cter of the narth side af the street, The ave�iall rnass and scale of th�s develapment 1s completely az�t 4P piace�n our neighbarhood,oui of cha��acter for the norCh side aFFinger�lvenue and it wiil anly lead to�rrther degrada�ion of the unique character and gualtty of our street. � Name � ��'t--• r Address,_.��-�....�.� �.,�,r�„ .�— Date � �C'� ��" �0 k 1 \L---�*�c.�.