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8.A. - Page 417 <br /> Sta temer�1 or� Fin er•Aven iie Aest�cr�es <br /> I an�a FingerAvenue residsnt or neigl7bor,wl�o walks, 6icycles at�otlierwise anjays the <br /> FiugexAv���u�sit�eetscaps..I have see�i tl�e plans for the McGowan niiis-lot deVelopment, and <br /> conclt�da tliat it will subst�antially degrade the exis#ing visi�al cl�aracter a�id qusli#y of the site <br /> a�id its a�mundings. <br /> W�at is impartant aestI�eticaIly atiaut my�eighbarhood is t�e semi-n�rai characfex•of tl�e <br /> izort)t side oi'Finger A`�enue, witli rnany homes set fa�•b�ck fram iha sti•aet.Tf�e�ppca�•ance of <br /> large amounts of open spac�wiih mature,old g��owth trees,�rovides a atriking backdrap ta <br /> rhe��omes,The contrast betw�en tl�e nortl�side of Finger Avenue aa�d its souih side,v�r�tl� �#s <br /> rnany quaint,early 20�h century bungalorvs and co#tages, is snmet8ing tl�at's ui�iqu�to <br /> Redwood City and treasared by its resi�ents, <br /> Examples of how the�'r��ger Avenuc Praject signifca��t�y dcgrades the aest�etics af our <br /> n�ighborhaod are: <br /> e Conataructian af two homes vvith wide twa-story faeades set 6sc�C tl��minirnum <br /> allorvable distar�ce frc�rn #he sti�eet,Tl�cre ara na l�oases that la���c set t��at clase #a the <br /> strect anyvv�iere in our neighbarl�ood. ' <br /> � Now�ere e�se on FingerA�euve are homes tl�is la�ge pisced or� lots this small. <br /> � All of the ho�nes are ofsirni�ar sizc and atl t�vo-story, as apposed to the i��ix of'harne <br /> sizes�nd heights tl�at are repi�esent�tive of tl�e nar�tly side ofFinger Avenue. <br /> g Most af tl�ese��ine t�emes v�+ill be viewable f'ron�the pubiic sh�eei,Tlzere is littte open <br /> space and tlte halnes are anly set 6sck a stnall dist�nce from the tx�rt�ow ttta#serves <br /> them(some fi�nin 3ft-�bft fron� tl�e al�eyway.} Now]isre in our neigt�borhood are <br /> hauses situated in tlris fashia», <br /> � A devetopn�ent t[iis densely pxcksd is inco»ipatible�vitli the presenae of Iarge mat�:re <br /> trees an tlae site,The eventr�alloss ofthese trees will be irreversible. <br /> +� Tlie l�reakup of the�rarth side of Finger A�►e. by cxeating two�iew inte.rsect�ons.The <br /> narrow afleyway built for tlle deve�o,pmeni fails ta integratc w�th Finger Avez�ue by no# <br /> having a sidewalk ar�tanttng strip against the roadway. <br /> � Tl�e one-way alleyway will require street sigr�s on ringer A�e to direct ti�ffic,fixrther <br /> cocnprou�ising tlie char�cter of t�.e no��sxde af ti�e s#rcet, <br /> The overal! �i�ass and sca2e of this developrnent is campl�tefy o�rt of place in�ur <br /> x�eighborhood,out of cha�•acter for tl�e north si�e af Finger Avenue and it wi1l on�y lead to <br /> fi�rther degradation af the unique character and qualit,�of vur str�et. <br /> � <br /> Na�ne .;. <br /> Add��ess�_ ' �� �� f <br /> % Date <br />