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8.A. - Page 414 Staternea�t�n Figu��,�,,y.�n�e�.e�r etic� 1 arn a Ffnger Avenue resident or nefghbor,who walks,bicyc�es ar otherwfse enjays the Finger Avenue streetscape, f have seen the plans for the McGowan n in�-lot�evetopment, and conclude that it wi[1 substantial�y degrade the exlstin��rfsual char�actar anci quality of the s�te and its surroundings. What is im�artant aesthet�cal�y about my neighbarltoad Es the seml-rura�character of the nortli side oFl�3nger Avenue,with many hames set Far�ack hom the street.The apgearance of large amounts of apen sgace vvirh mature, old grawrh trees,pravides a striktng back�mp to the homes.The canCrast between the north side of F[nger Avenu� ��d its south side,with irs many qua[nt,early Z0�century bunga�ows and cottages,�s somethfng that"s unique to�ted�++�ood City and treasured py its resfd ents. �xan�ples of how the Ffnger Avenue ProJect signifcantly degrades the aesthetics aP our ne�ghborhood are: • Construction of Crwa homes with wide two-story facaties s�t back the minfmum allawable distapce fram the stre�t.There are nfl houses that large set that clnse to the sCreet anywhere in aur nei�hborhoad. * Nowhere else an�fnger Avenue are homes thts large placed on lots this small, � All nf the homes are of s3mlIar size and all twa-story,as opposed to the mix oF home sfzes and heights that are representative of the north side of Finger Avenue. + �v[ost of these nine homes will be v#ewable fi�om the public streeC.There Is ISttle open space and the homes are on�y set bactc a srnall dlstance f:-qm the narrow alley that serves them (same fmm 3ft-bft#lnnn the alleyway.) Tlawhere in our neighborhood are houses situated�in this fashior�, * A deve�o�ment this densely packed is incampakible w�th the presence of large mature trees an the site.The eventual loss of these trees wiEl be irreversible. • The breakup of tt�e north s�de of Finger Av�,by creating tw�new intersect�ons, The narrow a[leyway bui�t for the c��velapment falls tc�irttegrate wtth�Inger Avenue by not having a sidewalk or planCfng strip against the i•aadway. * The an�-way alleyway will reyuire street signs on�anger Ave Co direct traffic, ft�rther con�p�•omising the�haracter of the north side af ktte street. The ove��all rnass and scale of this development is completely o�t of place ir�aur netg�borhood,uut of character for the nartt�sitle of I�ing�r Av�r�ue and Ft wili only tead to further clegradation of'the uniq�e cha�acter and yuality of our stre�t, Narne � �,�.;� � f�` ,� Address��U�� Date �