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8.A. - Page 411 <br /> Statemen� on �`in erAvenue�e�thetics <br /> I am a Fingcr Avonue resident or neighbw, who walks,bicycles ar otherwtse enjoys the <br /> �'ingerAv�ue streetscape, I have secn the plans for the McGowan nine-lot devalopmen,t,snd <br /> conclUde thai it witl substantially cle��ade the existing visual charecter and quality of the site <br /> and its s�croundi�gs, <br /> What is impartant aesrhetically�bout my nci;ghbor�ood Is the sems-rural characte��of t)ae <br /> north side of Finger Avenuc, wi�h mar�y homes sef far bac#c from khe strect.Thc appearance of <br /> ]arge amounts of open spaaa�rith mature,old growth trees,provides a s#riking backdsop ta <br /> the hames.l'he contrast between the north s�de of�ingsrAvenue and its south side,with its <br /> many quairtk, ear�y 20�'century bungalows and cottagcs,is something that's unique to <br /> R,edwood City snd treasured by its residents, <br /> Exan�ples of how the Finger Avenue Project si$r�ifiaat�tly de�r�des the aesthetics of o�n• <br /> neighbarhood are: <br /> p Const�ruction of two homes with wide twa-story facades sek back tl�o�ninimum <br /> allo�blc dlstanc�frarn the s#reet.Tha�e are�►o hnuses tha#Ia�ge set that clQSe to the <br /> s�reat�nywhere in vur neighborhood. ' <br /> � Nowhere else on�'inger Avenue aze homes this la�ge pJaced on lots this small. <br /> o AlI af the hames are of simiiar size ar�d ali two-stary, as opposed tv the mix of home <br /> siaes and heights that are rapresentative pf'tiic no�h side of Finger Avenue. <br /> o �►�iosk of thesc nine l�omes w�Il be veewabJc from th�pub�ic street. There is]ittle open <br /> space and the I�arnes are only set back a small d�skance frorn�e nan�w that serves <br /> them(sornc fi•om 3ft--bft frarx� the alleyway.) Nowhsre in our neighborhood ai�e <br /> houses sitaated in this f�shion. <br /> + A deve�opmenk this densely packed is incompatiblo►x+ith the presence af large mature <br /> trees ar�t�e site.The eventual loss of these trees wi�l be irreversible. <br /> • Tf�e�reskup of tlae nvrtl�sidc of Firtgex Ave. by creating two new intersectians."�'he <br /> narrow alteyway built for the de�velvpin�nk fail�ta in.tegrate wi th Finger Avent�e by not <br /> having a sidewalk or pIanti�ng strip against the�roadway. <br /> � The one-way alleyway wtll�ui��e street signs on Finger Ave ta direct traf�ic,furtl�e�� <br /> compromising tha charactsr afthe north sic�c af t�e stre�t. . <br /> The vvcral�mass and sca�e of tI�is deveiopment is campletely out of plmc�rn our <br /> neighborhood,vut af characte�-for the narth side of i�inger Avenue and it wiil anly lead to <br /> fi2rther de�Z�adation of the u�ique c�aracter and quality of our street, <br /> Name ,.�fi'�- <br /> aa���s�� � �d� 5�,,.._. p�t� 4 �- 1 � '1 <br />