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8.A. - Page 399 <br /> ��a�mm��t_�n�in,a��.�Avena�e,,,�,� <br /> I am a Ffnger Avenue�•ssidant nr nefghbor,whn vs+alks,bicycies or otherwlse en�oys t.he <br /> Finger Aven«e streetscape,i have seen the p2a��s for Ch�NJeGawan ni�te•1ot development, <br /> and concicide that it wlll subsrant€ally deg��ade the ex[sti�ig vlSUai character and qua)ity af <br /> t�e site and!ts suri•ound[ngs, <br /> Whac ts impflrtant aestheCically abaut my nefghborf�c�ad�s the semi•rural r.haracter of tiie <br /> north sfde pf�'Et�ger Av�nue,with many I�ames set far back f�osn the street,phe appearanre <br /> of targe amaunts af open space witl�matui�e,ald growth tr�ees,provides a st��king backdrop <br /> t�the#tames,Ttae cantrast between the no�•Ch sicle af Ffnger Avenue an�i i ts soutli side,with <br /> Its many quaiiit,early 20�h cerrtury bungalows and catrages,is somethf ng thaC's untgue to <br /> Redrvood City and Lreasured by ifs res€clents. <br /> Lxamples oF haw#he Finger Av�nue Pro�ect signi#�cantiy d�grades the a�st�etics af aur <br /> rteighborhooc�are: <br /> n Construrtian of two Hornes with wide tu+o-stoiy facades seC bacic the rninl�num <br /> �11o�vable�istance from tl�e street.Th�i�are no haus�s Cliat latge set tl�at e]ase ta <br /> the street anywhere in our n�ighharhood, <br /> 4 �Vowhere else an Finger Rve�ue as�homes thls large placed at� lots this smA#i. <br /> � All of the hor�ies a�^�of simtlar s�ze and all twa-story,as appos�d to thc ntix oFl�atne <br /> sizes and hefghts that are t'�presentative pf the n�rth stde of Finger Avenue, <br /> � MasC uf iltese nii�e hames wfl]!�e�►lewabie Frarn tlie publfc street,T�tet�e is!it[Ie ope�a <br /> space and the�omes are on�y set�ack a srrrall dtstance#'roin the narrow that serves <br /> them [sa�ne from 3�t-5ft frum the al�eyway,� IVtiwhere in aur nelg�bnrhood ai� <br /> houses situatec�iz�this Fashion< <br /> • A developynent t3tis d�nsely pacicec!is incoinpacible with the presence oPfat�ge <br /> �nature tt�ees v[�tl�e site.TIl�eventual lass of these tl•ees will be irreversl�le, <br /> � Ths brealcup afthe nr�rth side oF�ingerAve.F1'y'Ct'R81L'��1�LWO il@W{I][@!'SECCIUi1S,T)ie <br /> narro�nr alleyway built for the dcvelopment faEls to ir�te�rate wfth F��er A�enue by <br /> t�at liaving a sldevvaltc or plattting strlp agai�rst the roadway. <br /> Q The ane-way al�eyway wtll req�ire stre�t signs on�irzger Ave to direct g�•af�c, <br /> further compromish�g tt�e c�ar�cter of the north slde nf Clre streec, <br /> Ths overall rnasa and scate of th#s devetopment ts comptetely out of place ir�our <br /> t�sighb�rhood,aut of c�ar�ctsr for the r�ort8 side of Ffnger Avenue and It wii!vnly lead to <br /> fur�her degradat�an af the ut�i�ite character and qua�ity ef our street <br /> � <br /> Name , 1 . <br /> . <br /> Adrlress�,�j�l`�r ` �1.�:�=�4_.F�.�.�'�ate � '�,�/� •.:� t�// <br /> � <br /> 1 <br />