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8.A. - Page 424 ��ns:�n�c,� Ffn��,x A�r�a�u��Yh�t�c� I arn a Fi�ger Avenue resident or ne9gh�or,wha walics,hicycles ar ath erwise enjnys the Finget�Arrenue streetseape,I Itave seen the plans far ths McCowan nin e-lot de�elopment, ana cor�clud�that it wiU subskant[ally clegra�e the exist#ng visual character and quality oF the site and its surroundings. 1Nhat is irnportar�t aesthetically about�ny nsighborhood is the semf-rura�Gharacter of the north s�de of�'[nger Avenue,wlth r:tany hames set far ba�k tYom the str�e�.The eppesrance af large arnaunts af open space wiNt masure.o1d growrh trees,provides a strtk�ng baekdmp to the�ames.The canarast b�tween the north slde oF PYnger Aven[�e and Its south side,w[th its many quaint,ear�y 20r�'centatry bvngalows aRd caCtages,Is sornethi�ag th�t's unlque to Redwood City and treasured hy lts resldents. Ex�mpies af�ow#he Finger Avenu,e Pro�ect s#gni#�cantly degrades the aesthet#cs pf our naighborhaad arc: � Construc�ian af two homes with wtde twa-stary facades s�t�ack the minimum allowable dista�ce froin the strset,7't�e�are no hauses thak Iarge set t�at clase to the street anywhere in aur neighbarhood. � Nawhere else nn�fn��r Avenue�re hdn�es thls large placed an lnts th#s small, m All ofthe hames are af slmllar siae and atl two-story,as upposed ta the mix afhome sizes and height�that are representat#ve of t�a north side of Finger Avet�ue. + Mvst�f th�se n9rGe harnes vvill be viewahle from ttie public street.There is little open space�nd the home�s are onIy set back a srnaq d�stance fram the narrc�w that xerves them[so�ne fram 3ft-6ft frorn the alleyway.) Nowhe�in aur n�lghborhood ar�a hnuses situated in this fashRon. o R developrnent this densely packed�s incampat(bi�with the presencs nf large mature trees an the site.The eventua�loss oFthese trees will bQ irrev�rsibte, • The l�reaku�of the narth side of Finger Ave,by creatEn�tw►a new Intersecttans,Tbe narrnw alleyway builC for the dev�lapment fafls to integrate wlth Finger Avenue by not having a sidewalk ar planting strip against tho roadway. • �'�e pn�-way alleyway wi11 req�lre street sEgns an Finger Ave to d[rect traffic, further compromising the ctiaracter af the north sEde of t�e street The overal]mass and scale of this development Is complete�y oe�t ofplace in oar ne9ghtzorhaod,aut of charac�er For the norCh slde a!'l�in�er Avenue and It will only iead to further degradarfan af the uniqua rt►aracter and quallty of our st�et, Nam� �� 1 Address �� J I�`�--'�� at� ��.�� _ � � �� x