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8.A. - Page 423 �tatement on Fine�rAve,nue�iesthehcs I am a Finger Avenue resident Qr neigl�bar,who walks, bicycles or otherwise enjoys the Finger Avenue streetscape. I have seen tl�plsns for the McGuwan nine-!ot deveIoprnent, and conclude that it will substantially degrede the existing visual char�cter ana yuality of the site SI1d 1[5 SUITOIiildkTigS. Wha#is imporlant aesthetically about my neighborhood is th�semt-rural ctaa��acter of tlie north side ofFin,ger Avenue�wi�h many homes set far back from the streek.Th�appeai�ce oF large an�ounts of open space with mature,old growth trecs,provid�.s a striicing backdrop to thc horaes.Ttae contrast between thc north side of Finger AWernie and its south side, with its m�y qu�int,early 20�h cerrtury bungaEows and cott�ges,is somcth�ng that's tuutiqe�e to Redvvr�od Gity and tregsured by its residcnts. Examples o�'how the F�nger Avezzue P��aject significank�y degi�des tl�e aesihetics af our neighbvrhoad sre; ■ Constivction of two homes with wide twa-story facades set back the minimum a1lo�vsble distance from the street,'�'��ere a�no hauses that Iarge set that clase to the strcct an��ers in our neighborhood, " � Now,here slse on Fitag�r Av�nue are hames this large placed on lots this small. � AIl af the hames are af sir�ilar size aad a11 twn-stary,as opposecl to the n�i�;of hame sizes and hcights th�at ar�representative vf the nnr�th side of Finger�4venue. � Most of these nine har�es will be viewable from llie pub[ic stre�t.There is little apen space and the ho�nes are only set back a smal!distance fram th�:narrow that scrves thenn(some from 3ft�-5fl fram tlac alleyway.} Nowher� in our neighborliood are houses situated in this fas�iot�. i A developnxent this d�nse�y packed is incontpatable wit1�the presence af lar�e mature trees on the site. The aventua2loss of these trees will be irreversible. � The brcakup of the na�th side of�ingerAve, by cr�ating two new inteascctiar�a.The narrovv�tleyway bui�t for the developmcnk fails to integrate wi#l�Pinger Avenue b)�not having a s�dewalJc or planting skrip against the rvadway. � The one-way alleyway wil!rec�uire street sigr�s an Finger A�e to direct traffzc,further compromisiug the character of the narth side of ttte street. � Thc oversll mass aaa scale of ttus d�v��opment is compaete�y out o€place in aur neighborhood, out af ctraracter for the riorth side af Firr,�er Avenue and it wi�l only lead#o further degradetian nf tl�e uni�uc character and quality of our street, . / , � / � Name�. � � !' ,::i � � Address � � � -s �� '�� Date � r