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8.A. - Page 402 <br /> �a�e���en�an F°n��e.��r�nue�esl��aetir� <br /> I am a FingerAvenue resident or t�eighbar,wha wa�ks,bicycles or�therwise enjvyS ttte <br /> Finger Av�nus stre�tsGape.l have seen the p3ans fa�•th�McGawan n�ne-lot d�velo�ment, <br /> and conrlude that ft will substantlaliy degrade the�xisting visual character atid quality <br /> af the si4e and its surrpundl�gs. <br /> What is fmportant aestheticaiJy about my neighborhood is the semf-rural characcer of <br /> the north side oF�fng�r Aver�ue,writh mar�y t�ornes set far back from the street, Ttxe <br /> apPearance af large amounts of open space with matune�old growth trees,provid�s a <br /> s��king backdrop to the hames.7'h�cantrast betweea the narCh sfde pf Ffnge�•Av�nue <br /> and its sauth side,w�th fts many yuait�t,ear�y 2pth���u��y bungalaws and cottages,is <br /> samething that's uniq�e to Redwood City and treasur�d by its residents. <br /> Examples afhaw►the FingerAvenue Profect slgni$cancly degrades the aesthetics oFour <br /> neighborhood are: <br /> � Constrtaction of two homes wit�wide two-story Pacades s�t back tl�e mInlmum <br /> altvwable dfstance from fh�street,7'1aer�are no houses that large set that close <br /> to the strast anywhere fn our neighborhood. <br /> m Nawhere else crn Finger Avenue ane homes this rarge p7aced an lats thfs smaY[. <br /> ° Ali af the homes a�afsimilar size and al!two-story, as opposed ta ths mix of <br /> hame sizes and heights that are rep�sentative ofthe�aarth side of�inger <br /> Aven�e, <br /> • A+iost�f these nine hames w#1� be viewable Fram the publ#c street,There is little <br /> open space and the han�es are only set back a small dlstance Fi•om the narrow <br /> afley thatsetves them (same frarn 3ft-�ft f�om the al�eyway.] Nawhere I�t ow� <br /> neighborhaod ar��quses s�tuated fn thfs fash�on, <br /> p A development this d�ns��y packed is Incompatit�le with r}te presen�e aF�arge <br /> mature trees an the site.7"he eventual loss of these tt�ees w(11 be irreversible. <br /> o The brea[cup afthe north sidc afFfngerAve,by creaCing tyvo new intersections, <br /> T�e r�rraw alleyway built for the deuelopment Fai�s ta�ntegra te vtrith Fing�r <br /> Avenue by not having a sidewalk or planting strlp aga#nst the raadway. <br /> p The c�ne-wap alleytvay will require street slgns on Finger Ave to[tirect tratFc, <br /> Further compramising che character af the narth side of the stt•eet, <br /> The overalI m�ss and scale of this deve�aprnent is completely out of�lace in our <br /> neighborhoa�, aut af character for Che north side of�in�er Avenue and it wi11 �nly Iead <br /> to Further degradatfan nf the uniq�e character and yuallty aFour street� <br /> ' ' ( <br /> �ame <br /> Address��� �t� N2' l�C�. DaCe � � � <br /> �w6}� lry G�� °f�i��� <br />