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8.A. - Page 392 <br /> �t�teanent o�Fir���:r Av�nu��e�t���ic� <br /> E am a Nl�gerAver�ue resident or neiglabar,w�io waiks,hicycles ar oCherwise enjoys the <br /> Finger Avet�ue st�•eetsca�se,[have seen the pians for the McGawan nin e-!pt develap��ent, <br /> and canclude t3xat it will substatieially degi�de the extsting visuaE c�aracter and yu�Hty of <br /> tt�e slte and#ts sui•raut�dings. <br /> 1N3tat is fmporCanC aestheticatly abaut my neighboi•t�aod is tl�e semt•�•ural character af the <br /> north side oF Finger Avenue,with many homes set f�r b�c[c fram tb�e street.Tt�e ap�earance <br /> uf laige amounCs of opea�s�ace witl�mature,ald growth trses,pravfdes a strlking backdrop <br /> to the homes.The cantrasr�etween tlre north side af Fi�ger Avenue and its sauth side,witl� <br /> fts tttany yt�afnt,eat�ly 20��centut�y bungalows and cattages,is soinethfng thaC's unfque ta <br /> ftedwaod Ci�yand r�asured by lcs residenrs. <br /> Examples oF how the Finger Avenue Project signi�cantiy degrades the�esCl�etics nf our <br /> t�etgh�orhood are: <br /> * Construction o�twn homes with wfde twv-story facades sstl�ack Cl�e rnir�frnurta <br /> allnwal�le distanee fron�the street.There are na hauses that Iarge set that clos�[o <br /> the stre�t snywhere in our neighbar}aaad, <br /> • Nowl�ere clse ori Finger A��nue are taames this Iarge p]aced on tots this sntall, <br /> r Rli Af the ha�nes�re af similar�f�e and a!l two-stary,as op�osed to the tnix of home <br /> siz�s at�d heighis that ar�e s•eprssentati�e of tltie narti�side af Finger Avenue, <br /> + Mast of these nine homes rvill be viewable From clae�aublic street, There fs IitHe ope�� <br /> space and t�ie)tornes are nnly set hack a sn�atl distame from the nar�•aw tltat serves <br /> them {some fs•om Sft-6ft From the alleyweX.] Nowhere 1n�ur t�e�ghbvrhood are <br /> hauses sltuated it�this fas�fan. <br /> m A development tf�is denselypact�ed is incampatible wit�tMe presencs�flarge <br /> mature trees on the sit�,The eventual loss of ttsese tr�es witl be#rt•evers�b[�. <br /> � Th�breakt�p of ing nortli sicle oP�i�ger Ave,by creating[wo tiew 3nterseGtlons,The <br /> narrow alleyway b�zift for t��e deve�oprnertt fails to integrate with Finger Avenue by <br /> not 1���+fng a sidewallr or planting str[p agalnst the roadway. <br /> • �'l�e one-way alleyway wflt re�ulre street sEgr�s ot�F�ngerAue ta d[rect traFftc, <br /> further comp��vmising tt�e character af the narth side af the stre�lt. <br /> The overali mass atad scale of khis development ls can�pletely out of glace b�our <br /> nefghbor�crod,a��t oFcharacter tor tlie�sorth side of F1ng�rAven��e a�ic� it will anly lend to <br /> further degradation oFthe e�niyc�e chRracter and quality nPnuy�street. <br /> , <br /> �c7117@ +T �C� <br /> ? r ��'��'� �� <br /> fkddl'�55 � -U�l � � .7 I)ate <br /> 1 <br />