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8.A. - Page 408 <br /> Sta�e �it on Fin�er �rg��e APCrh �rc <br /> 1 am a �ing�r Avenue resfc#eri�or t�eigt�l�or,w}�o�+�ra)ks, bfcycles or otherwlse enjoys the <br /> �inger Av�ntie st�•e�tscape.i have seen the pl�i�s for tlte McGuwan iiiiie-lot developmei�C, <br /> ar�c�canclude tlrat it wfl!substantially cfegrads the existing vis��l er��aracte�•and c�tialf�y <br /> of ttte s�te and its sur�roundings. <br /> VIF.hat 1s tmpo�•tant aestheCicatly about my neighborhoad ts Che se�ni-i�ura)character oF <br /> the noi•tk�sfde af�inger Avenue,wfth many t�omes set fai•back frolii the st�•eet, The <br /> app�ai�nce of Iarg�a�na��«is of o�en sp�ce with matur�,old growtl� trees,prov�des a <br /> stritcfng backdrop to tlie hornes,The eantrast between tlie r�ar�Ch s#d e oFFinger Avenue <br /> a2�d ifs so�ith s#de,w#t�a ats ri�at�y quaint,early 20t��c�ntury�uii�alaws�nd cotCages,is <br /> 501]1B[li�tlg i}11t's uniq�ie to Redwaod City antl tre�sured �y 3ts residents, <br /> Examples of how the Fingea•Avenue Project si�t�f�ica��t�y degr�d�5 tiae aesthetiGS Of o�tr <br /> ne#ghbor�haod are: <br /> + Consti•irctian oftwa tiom�s w�th wicle two-stply faeacles set back the niinim�im <br /> allowab2e ciistance fram the street,There ar•e no)iouses that 1 ai•ge$et t1�at close <br /> to tlae skreet anywhere ln ou�•neighbor��iood. <br /> ° I�owhere eise an Finge�•Aveitue are l�onies rhis large placed o ri lots thls small, <br /> ° All of the homes are ofsimilar size and all two-sto�y,as op�oset) to the m€x of <br /> hame si�es and heigt�ts that are repa�esentative af the nprt� side of Finger <br /> Avenu�, <br /> • Most of these nin�homes wlll be viewahle f��am the ptihlic sti•��t.There is litt�e <br /> open space and th�homes are only set bacic a smal�dfstance From tl�e narrow <br /> alley tl�at sei�ves tl�em (sane fi•am 3fr-b�From the aileyway.) Nowhere in our <br /> neighbort�ood are hauses situatec!fn this fashion. <br /> • A de�elopn�e�rt tt�fs det�sely�acked is i�comp�tibie wlth t��e pi•esence ofiarge <br /> rnature t�•ees on the site.'Flte eventual loss of these trees wlll be trreversible, <br /> • The f�realcup af fhe nvrth side of Ffnger Ave. i�y creating lwa tiew intersectipns, <br /> The narrow aii�yway b«ilt Far tl�e c�evelopment Fails to integrate r�v�th Finger <br /> �veYZUe by not having a sidewalk or plant#ng strip agaia�st the a•oadway. <br /> � The on+�-way aileyway�uvfJt reyuire street signs py� ringer Ave ta c�areet traf�ic, <br /> Further compran�isitig the characte��t�f the no�•t3�side af the street. <br /> T3te ovei�fl mass and scale oF this deveFopmenx is corn�letelq otit of piace in ou�� <br /> neighborhood,otit of ct�a��acter€or the north stde af Firtger Avetzue�nd it wr11 onl�tead <br /> Ca furtitei•cfeg�c��tion of tlze urtique chai��cter�and yeiality nf our stre�et. <br /> / � <br /> Name r� �'�,..�.� l��� �.t----- <br /> ..� <br /> Address � � � � �l'/� D�te �-� ���� <br />