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8.A. - Page 397 St��ra��f�e��'in��r Avenu��.;��t -�,ric� I am a �ingerAventie residentar nefghbar,who w�lks,btcycEes ar otlzerwiss�nj4ys the Ffng�r Avenue streetscap�.1 have see�tlte plat�s For tf�e McGowan niite-lot d�v�loptnent, and ro1�c]ude thae it wl11 substantially c7egrade the ex�sting visua!char�cter and c�uality of the site and its sttrroundings. Wliat fs impo��tant�esthetically abaut my neigt�pnrl�oo�t fs ttte setni-rurat rt�ararter QP tlte nnrth side of�iiige�Avenue,wfth many houtes set far b�ck fron�the street,mhe appearance af laige a�nauitits of ope�ti s�ace with tnature,old g��owCiz ti�ees,prnvides a striking 1�ackdro� tn the homes.The eontrasE between the nc��•t�sirfe of Finger Aven��e a1�d its soutln slde,with its�nany t�ualnt,earEy 2Qt�eent�ry bungalaws and cattages,Is sornethltig tl��t's ur�iqiie to Redwa4d City and treas�aa•�a�y trs,�si�enr�. �xamptes of horv the Finger Avenue ProfecC slgnifican�y degrades the aesthQttcs uf our t�eighbvt-liaod are, • Cansk�•�ctlon of twa hames wfth wide twn-story facades set�actc ttie�ni��irnum a[lowabls dista�cc from d�e streeE,There ar�no houses that large set th«�t close to the street anywhere In aur•neighborhood. e Nowhere else on �inger Avenue are homes thls targe placed an Iots tlais small, � Afl of tlie 11a�nes are o�'strnilar slze a��d all two-story,as appose�i �o the mix of)ioine sizes and heights that are representative of�i�e«oi�h s�de aF Finger Averiue, • Mast oFthese i�fne ho�nes wiil be vicwable frum ths pablic street.Thr�re fs�ittle apsn space and the l�omes are only s�t back a sr»aR distance from the narraw that serves then�(some from 3#�--bft from the alleyway.) Nawhere!n our neighborlrood are hauses situated In thls Fashian, � A develapmsnt this densely packscl is incampatible with tlie presen�e oF lar,ge rnature trs�s nn the siCe.Ti�B event�tal loss aF[hese trees wilf be lrreversible. � The 6realnt�of the�north side af Finger Ave,by treating two nevy intersections.Th� narrow alleyway i�ullt For the developtn�nt Fails ta Integrate with Fdnger Avenue by not having�sidevval�or planzing strip a�ainst t�e roadway, • 7'I�e one-way afleyway will require streetsfgrts on Fitiger Ave to ciirect trafftc, Further conipromdsing the charac��of the north side of tl�s st:•eet. The averall n�ass and scais of this d�veloptnent Is�ampletely out aFplace ir�our nefghborhaod,out af cha��cter t'or ttie north sfde af Ffnger Avenue and it will anly lead to further degraciatisrn of the�inique ch�racter snd yua)ity af o��t•stE•eet, �� ,i / r '� �dI11� r.f,'•�,� • �,,'` - �t, - � �' � ..• Acldress ��C' �� ,,� ' s" DaCe �'• �i" d 1