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8.A. - Page 407 <br /> Stat�ment on Fin erAve��u�Aesthe#ic� <br /> I am a Finger Avenuc resident or neighbor,wlio walks, bicycles ar otl�erwise enjoys tb�e <br /> FingerAvertuc streetscape.I havc seen the p)ans far ihe HdcGowan nine-lat devcloprnent,and <br /> conctude tl�at it will subsrantially d�grade tl�e existing visuaf character and yua�ity vf the site <br /> and i#s surraanc�ings. <br /> vv�ar is irnportan�aesr�e�;oally abou�my n�i�k,bvrhood is che�emi-xural charact�r of the <br /> nort�side ofFingcrAvenue, with many ho,mes se�far l�ck frorr�the street. The appearance Q� <br /> la�ge anYOe�nts oP apen space with mature,ald gravYth trees,pra,vides s str�iking backdrnp to <br /> the hor�es,'Y'he contrast betwsen tt�e nvrth side afFiag�rA.venue a�d its south side�with its <br /> many qua�nt, earty 24�'aentwy b�a�ga�ows and catta�es,is sometlting that's unique io <br /> Redwood,City and treasured by i#s reszdsnts. <br /> Examples o�`how t��e FingerA�renuc Pmject significantIy degnades the sestheties ofoar <br /> neighbarhood�: <br /> a Canstructzon oftwo hames with wide two-story facadcs set back t�1e minimum <br /> allvwable distance Fram thc street, Tha�e ar+e no hoUS�s that large set that close to the <br /> str�et�uuywhera in our neighborhoad. " <br /> o I�owhers else on Fin�er Avenuc ane homes tlus large plaeec! vn lois this small. <br /> o AZl of the homes aie af similar size and a�l tw�-story,as opposed tv the mix of lioni� <br /> sizes and heights that ai.�e representative of ihe north sid�afFrriger Avenue. <br /> 4 Mos#of these nir�e homes wi11 be viewable from the pt�blic st�e[,There is littJe open <br /> space and the homes are anly se1 back a smatl distance fi•om the x�arrvw that serves <br /> them(same fram 3f�--bft from the a,lieyway.� Norr►hcre in our neighborhood are <br /> �auses situated in tt�is fashion, <br /> p A development this densely pack�is ancvmpatible w�tl�the pr�sence of laage ma4�re <br /> trees on the site.The eventual loss of these trees wilI be irrevet�sible. <br /> • The breakup af the north side of�'inger Ave. by creati�g two n�w inters�ctions.The <br /> narxnw alle�+way built far ti�e de�elvpme�t fails tv ir�tegrate wit1Y Finger Avenue by r�at <br /> having�sidewalk or planting strip against the raadrvay. <br /> � The one-way al�eyway wi�l require strcet signs on FingerAve to di�ct tra#�c, further <br /> compromising the character of the north side of the street. <br /> The avexa��mass�nd scade of this developmerit is carnpletaly out ofplaae in our <br /> neighborhot�d,out afcha�scter for the r�orth side fFin�erAvenue and it wil!vnly Jead tp <br /> f�urther degradati �unique ch�racter an ality of aw'stroet. <br /> N' ,/ �''1"'� i...�" <br /> Address �� ���fn�' 1�-��e. �atc -( �( / Zur � <br /> , <br /> �� <br />