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8.A. - Page 422 ��n��er�4� �� [am a Ffnger Avenue residant or neighbar,wha walks.bicycles or ocherwise er�joys the Iringer Avenue streetscape.l have seett the plans for the&1cCowan�ine-la!clevel�pn�en� and co�ncfuds khat it witl substantially degrade the exfsting visu�l chara cter ar�d q uality of the sltc and its s�rraundfings, Whatls fmportant aestt�etically aboui rny nelgh6arhood�s ti�e semi-rural charack�r af the north side of Ffng�t�Avenue,vdith rnanyl�vrnes set far�ack from the str-e��.The aPpearance af targe amounes ofopen space with rr�ature,ald growth trees,provEdes s sti��n�back�rop to the hornes.The contrast be�uveen the narth side uf F(r�ger qve�ue ar�d its sout�h slde,witFe its many qusint,�at1y 20"�century 6ung�lows and sattages,is something thaYs unlquc#o Redwand Cityand treasareci by Its r�sic�enks. �xampfes af how the FingerAvenue Praject signlficantly degrades the a�sthetics nf nur neighborhood are: m ConstrucCion of twro horncs rvlth w►ide two-story facad�s s�t back the mtnimu�n all�wab�e distancc fr�m the skreet,There�re no houses that lar�e set tl�at clpse#o the street a�ywhere irt our nefghbarhood. a Nowhere e2se on Fingar Avene�e are homas this large placed an LoCs th�s small. � All of the hornes are of sfmiiar slze and al!two-story,as opposed to the mix ai"home sizes and helghts that are representatEve of the�orth sld�af�fnger Avenue. � Most of'these nine hom�s w[II be vlewable�'rorn the publ#c strPe¢,�'here is lEttle oper� space and t}�e horrtes are only set back a smaE�distance�'rorrt th� nar��w that serves them(some from 3f�—6�k from�hE alleyway,J Nowhere in vur n eighbnrhoud are houses siruated tn this fashlon, ; R dev�lopment this densely packed is in�ompatlble with tt�e presence of large matut�trees on the s�te,The eveh�alloss of t�rese trees will be Irreversi'bte. • The breakup of the north st�e oT Ringer Ave,by creating#wa n�v[ntersectfor�s,The narrow�Iteyway buflt for Che de�elapment fails to Int�grate wit�P'inger Rvenue hy not having a sidew�l�C or planting stMp against the roa dway. o The one•way al�eyway will requlre street signs on Finger Rve to direct trafflc, further cornpromi�ing the character oTthe north side oF the street, Th�overall mass and s�ale at'this developrnent Is completely aut oFptace in our nefgbborhoad,out ot'chara�ter for the�►orth sid�oF Fingar Avenue ar�d!t vvill only lead i� �urther degradatlon of the unlque ehxracter and quallty af our street. Name� ' Address �� t�__,_�i1"'�, Date �r �. �� 1 1