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8.A. - Page 418 <br /> �_atea�e���'���Aven����s�he�ie� <br /> !am a Finger Avenua resident or nei�h�ior,who walks,bicycles or atherwise e�jays tlie <br /> �inger Avenue streeiscape,!liave seen tt�e plans far the McGawan a��it e-xvt developtner�t, <br /> and cot�clt�de that ft wil!5ubsl'atttialty deg�•acle the existltig vfsual character and$uality oF <br /> tlie site and its surraund#ngs, <br /> WIfA[�S Iili�Ol'tATlf F�GSC��Qt�CFl�Iy►8�10Ut fTl]►llE��I1�101�hopd Is the semf•ru z•at cl�aracter oF the <br /> nvrti�sEde uf Pingei•Aveitiue,witli ntany 1�om�s set far back fram t}�e street,Tite app�arar�c� <br /> of large an�ounts of open spare with matur�e,ald�rowth tr•ees,pravides a strjktng bactcdrop <br /> to the h�mes,The caiztrast�i�Cween tl��north sid�oF FfiigerAveni�e�ttd 1ts sotiCh s1de,w�tli <br /> Its many quafnt,earty 2Ath ce�ntury bi�ngalows and�ottages,is soinetl���3gthat's unique t� <br /> F�ec�wapd City a�zd ti�east�red by its resider�ts, <br /> �amples ofhaw the F'litg�r Avenue ProJect slgnif�cantly degrades the �esthetics afoar <br /> neighborhoad are: <br /> ■ Construction af two Ifomes witl�wlde twa-story facades set back the mJntmum <br /> allowabl�dfstance 8•om tl�e street,'�'i�ere are no hauses that Farg�set t}�at clnse ta <br /> the street anywlzsre ln ou�•tiei�hhorhoad. <br /> � fYowhere else pn Finger Avenue are homes��Is�arge plared on iots tltis stnall, <br /> � A11 of the I�o�iies are of similar sixe and�II twa-story,as opposed to t}te rn�x of#3ame <br /> sfzes and lieig�ts tliat are t�prese��rat�ve of the nart�sfde of Firzge►•Avenue. <br /> � Most ot'tl�ese r�l�ze homes witl be vlew�tble From the public stre�t. Tt�ere ls littfe open <br /> s�ace and the hornes are only set back a srnall distance from the narraw thpt serves <br /> thsin(so;ne fi�am 3f�-6f�from ths alleyway.) Nawhere in otzr t�eighborhood are <br /> hauses situated!n this fashtan. <br /> a A developrreent tl�is dense3y packed is incampati6ie wltl�th�presence�Flarge <br /> n�atara trecs on the site,The ev�Ettt�al Ioss af these trees wil!U� it•re�ersible, <br /> + Tiie�reakup of the north sid�pf Pinger Ave.by creatlr�g two new intersectfons.'1'he <br /> narrow�1[eyvvay�«11t Far the development fails to intsgr�te witl� Fingei•Aven«e by <br /> �flt having a sldewalk or planting strip agafnst the raac�way, <br /> * T1�e ane-way ailey►w�ay wiIl i�equire strect signs on�inger Ave to direct trafflc, <br /> ft�rther rnrnpro�t�ising the character oft#ie noctli stde ot'�he s�re�et. <br /> The averR�l mass�tyd seale af Chis develapment is comgletely out of place fn nur <br /> neigl��nrhaod,o�tC uf character far the norCh side af Finger Avem�e and fc will a��ly lead to <br /> further degradatian nF the uniq�e characte3•and qualfty of our•streeG <br /> Name �� ��1,����1��1��1��� � <br /> Address��G� ��������-�� ,.��.. Date 4�, ..`")7� _ � � <br /> � <br />