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8.A. - Page 419 <br /> � �et�erat o��'���p�r���.�;���,Y�� <br /> t am a Finger Ave�ue resident or�yefghbor,wt�o�,tallcs,bicycles ar pCher4yRse en jays t�e <br /> F�nger Rv�nue streetscape.i have scen the plans for t�e I�cGowar�nine-1ot develaprneny <br /> and conclude that tt will su6stantiatly degrade the extst�qg visual c!�$racter and quality af <br /> t�e�fie and its surroundings. <br /> Wt�at is important aesthedca�ty abaut my�eig�borhaqd Is the sern[-rura�tharacter of the <br /> north stde c�f Fingar Avenraa,w►#th many horetes set far bac�C from the stree�,rh��p�arance <br /> Qf large amounts pf open spac.e wi�h mature,old growth trees,prov�des a strfking bac�drop <br /> ta ths harnes.The conq�ast between the nnrkh sid�of Fing�r Rve�ue arid its saukh s�de,w[th <br /> �ts many quaint,early 2�t�'c�ntury h�tnga)ows a�d cnttages�i5 something that's unique ta <br /> Redwaad Ctty and�asured by iks res�dents, <br /> Exarnples oFhow the Ping�rAvenue Profect sign�ficancly degr�des thc aestF�eries ofonr <br /> nelghbarhaod are: <br /> � Construc€ton of two ho�es wlth wfde two-st.�ary facades se�ba ck t�e menimvm <br /> allowable distance l�otn ttte atreet,There are no hauses that large set thac close ro <br /> Che street anywhere in aur�teightwrhaod. <br /> • �awhere e�se on Finger Av�nue a�e home�thls large plac�d on lots 4h�s sma�l, <br /> • Hll of the hornes are of s�milar s�ze and�11 two-story,as oppased to the rnfx af harne <br /> slzes and helghts that ar�rcpresentative of the�orth s�d�af Finger Avenus, <br /> • Most of ehese ni�te homes wiif be v[ewable tratn the pubItc street.�'here is 1�ttle o�seh <br /> s}�ce and the hames are o�ty set back a small distance fro�n th e nar�ow that serves <br /> them(some frnm 3ft�»6f�1i�om the glteywgy,� Nowhere fn o�r neigk�borhood are <br /> houses situated in this fashion. <br /> • A development tMs densety packec�is incampaqble wtth the prese�ce pf iarge <br /> mature ti-ees on the site.The eventual tass af these trees wi�l b�tr;ev�rsible, <br /> + 7'he�r�akup oF t�g�sorth slde oP F`�n�er Ave.�y creat�r�g two new lnkersections.The <br /> narrow alleyway buiJk for 7he development Fafts tv itttegrate wfth F�nger Avenue by <br /> nnt#Ravt��g a sidewalk ar planting strlp ag�lnst the raadw�y, <br /> W The a�ie-way a�feyway wtll requlr�str�ct sigres ran Ffnger Ave ta dlrect trat�c, <br /> I"urtl:er compr�nNsfrtg the characCer of'th��ort�side of tt��strest, <br /> The overall rreass a�d scals af 4�h4s develop�ent is cornplekely out of pla�in aur <br /> n�ighharhood,out of chararter For the narth side af Finger Avenue and it will only lead to <br /> further degra�atipn of the itnique character and qualtty ofour street, <br /> Name"'7', �-""'� <br /> �l� ,1�� � �.���'�S /� <br /> Addeess �� rf� CJ �����h J ��1� 1 � � y � � <br /> �..P� �+ �� ����f 4J � 1 - i � V � <br /> l <br /> 1 <br />