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8.A. - Page 415 S�ate�tl��t oe�F$�� '1�1Ve��e A�wt�aw��9r� 1 am a Finger Avenue resident or neighbor,who walks,btcydes ar oth�rwise entoys the Fingar Avenuc streeiscape,i have seen the plans For khe MeGowan nine-tot developrnent, and conclude thatitwi�l subsCaqtiallydegradetlie exlaqngvisual ci�aracterand qwatityof Che sEte and Its sWtround�ngs. What is importaT�t aesthetiwlly about rny ne[ghbarhoQd is the semi.rur�1 Cha�racter aCthe north side aFF#ngerAvenue,wlth manyhornes set Far baek fram the street,The appearance of Iarge amounts vf open space with mature,ald grawth trees,prov�d�s a striking backdrop to the hornes,The c�ontrast betwee�t the narth side aFFtngerAvenue and its sout�s1de,w(th Jks rnany quaint,early�Oth cenkury be�ngalows and cottages,is samsthing that's t�niqp�to Redwood City and tr�asurad by its res�dents, ��ar�ples of hvw the Ffnger Avenue Pro�er,t significantly degrad�s the ass�hetics of o�tr nefgh6ar?�oad are: • Co�struct€on oFtwo homes with w►�de tavo-stary Pacades set bacic tha minimum allowabte distance frorr�the strset There�re no houses tha�large set that clase to the street anywhere in our ne�ghborhaod. a Nowhere else on�tnger Avenue are homes Ch�s large�{aced art�ots tMs small. • Al�of t#�e homes are aFsimilar size and aU iwo-story,as opposed to the rnix afhame slzes and heights that are represen�tive of the narth slde of Fir�ger Avenue. o Most of th�se ntne hornes wfll be�ewable from the publlc street,There is Iittle open spaae aqd the hamss are only set�ack a small distance frorn the narraw that�rves ti�em(some Fram 3R—6t�from the allsyway.� Nawhere In our nefghbvrhood are hauses situated in thts t'ashion, + A dsvelopmenk th[s densely pacl�d fs Incompatib�e with the presence oilarge mateu�e trees on the slte,The eventual loss of th�se trees wi�l be irreversii��e, + 'The break�p of the north s(de nf F�nger Ave,by creattng two new Intersertlans.7'he narrow a!leyway bui�t for the dev�lopanenc falis ta ir�tegrate with Ffngar Avenu�by net havtng a sfdewalk or planring strlp ag,�irtsC�fte roadway. m The one�way aileyway wi�l requir�street stgns on Fit�er Ave to direct tra�`ic, Further compromisit�g the character of the narth slde oFthe street, The overati rnass aad scale of thl�c�e�eloprr��n�Is campl�tely out of place[n our nelghborhood,ouE uf character For th�north s9de of Finger Avenue and it w!!1 only lead ta further de ay�a the unique chararter and gua�tty oFour street, / �Yan�e Address� �� D � �..�� l� � ate 1��6 y �