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8.A. - Page 410 ��t��en�nn Fin er�ve ,��Aest}i��t,� t a�n a Ffnge�•Avenue resident or neighbvr,wha walks,�icycles ar atli�rwise en�ays the N�iaiger Aven�e streetscape.E have seen the p�ans Par the McGowara nirte-lot dsvelopmerit, and cor�ctude that)t will substar�tially degrade the existing visual character and q�tality oF the sEte and its suc•raundfngs. WhaC Is lmpo�•tant aesthet�cally abo�it m.y neighborhoflci is the setnl-rura!characcer af the r�orth side of Finger Avenue,w#th many hnmes set Far back frc�rn the street.The appearance af iarge amounts af apen space with iY�ature,old grawt#�trees,pravid�s�striking backdrap to tl�e hames,Tt«c��trast�etwee�t the north s�de ot'Ftt�ger Avenue and its soufh side,with Its mar�y quaint,ea�•ly 20�h century bungalows and eattages,is samethizig that`s uni�ue to Redwood Clty and treasured hy fts r•esidents. I'sxa�np�es aPhow the�'�nger Avenue ProJeCt signi�3cantly degrades the �esthetics oFaur neig��a�•hoo@ are: o Canstruc#lan of twa hvines wich wide two-stoiy facades set hark t�e minlmurn allowahle dfstance from tl�e screet T'f�ere are no hoifs�s tl�at la�•ge set t�at close ta the str�et anywhere fn vut•nefgh�Qi'I1AOt,�, � Nawhere else ota FingerA�enue are hom�s this large placed on lots thfs smafl. � AI!af the lioines ar�dfsimilar sfze and all two-story,as oppased ta the rnix aF i�am� sizes and helghts tltatare re�resentative of the i�ot'th side of F'i��erAve�tu�, * Most af these»in�]tomes v►+ill be viewable from the public street.There is Jitkte apen space and the homes a�•s only set�ack a smail dlstancc From th�narrow that serves t�stn [sor�ie fron�3�t-bf�fr�om the alleyway.) Nowl�ere fn our nelghbvrhood are �ho�uses situated it�this Fasttfon, # A develo�ment thls densely packed is incompaC#i�le wldi the Wt•esertce c�f large mature trees on tl�e s�te.The even#ual lass of these trees wil!be ia�-evers�bie. + The Ure�lcup aP Cf�e�artl�stde of Finger Ave.by creating two new iratersectlans.T�e narraw al�eyway buitt for the developrt�er�t fails ta integrate w1t}i Finger Avent�e Uy �ot having a sldewails or pla�it#ng sti�lp aga�nst the�badway. * T�e one-way alleyway s+vil!rec�ulrs street signs o�t Pinger Ave ta d�rect traff#c, furtl�er campt•omising the cha:•acter af the no��th side of the stree�. The overalt rraass�r�d scale of this davelopment�s campletely out of place fn our t�eighUorho4d,o��i af character Far the north stde of F(nger Avenue and i t wlll only lead td further degradatfon nf tiie unique claaraCter and qt�ality of our street. �, ��. � �� .... -_ Narn -�-"�`� ? ,, ;, Address �.�- �� L�cnr„�,� �� . �L�. �ate :.'� �! I t I