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8.A. - Page 425 �. e �A }� I arn a Finger Avenue restder�t ar nefg2tbnr,who w�Iks,bicycles ar ath�rwise ei��nys the Finger Avet�ue streetscape.I have seen r�e plans Fvr the McGowan nit��-lat developtr�ent, and conclude that fk will suhstant(ally degrade the exfsting visual chara�ter attd qualtty nF tiie site at�d iks surrouncttt3gs. Wlta�is imporkai�t aesthetically a�aut my nei�I�barhaod 4s the setr�i-rural characte:•af the north slcle of�nger Rvenua,with inany taames set far back�ratn the street.The appearar�ce of large a�nvuaats oF apen sp�ce with mature,ald g�•ow#ta Erees�provld�s a striking baclsd��p to rt�e hornes,The co��Crask be�wee�i the north sfde aF�nger Avenue and lts sauth sfde,with ita rnany quaint,early 2if�h century bangalows and cattages,is somethtng that's pnfque to Rec�waoa Ctty anc�treas�:red�y its i�sfdents. Examp)es of haw the�'fnger Avenue Project slgnif�cantly degrades t��a aest)Yetics aF aur nei�f�borhoaa are: ■ CaYystruct�os�of twa I�ames witi►w(de two-story facades set baCk ttie rntni�nu�n allawab)e dfstance frotrt Cl�e street,Tl�ere are f�n F�Q�ses thak lat•ge sst that close ta tlle sCr�et anywl�ere in aur neigl�borhon�. * Nawh�re else on FingerAvenue are homes thts IaR•ge placed oti lvts tl�ls small. Q Al!of the I3omes are af s[miiar size a:yd all twn•story,as nppased ta the r�ix of honie slzes$nd heights t1�at are representatfve of tl�e north slde of i�rigei•Avet�ue. • Most oFt�ese i�ine hprnes will be viswab�e from the public sp�et.There Is Ilttle open space and the ha�ss are only set bacls a sm��t dis�ance frorn tl�e�iarrow that serves them{so�ne From 3ft-6#�fram the alleyway,) Afowiier�In our neig�horlaood are hot�ses situ�ked tn this fashlon. a A developn�ent this densely�acked fs incr,��patible vvith the presence of iai^ge mature trees on ti�e slte.Tl�e evsnt�Ial das�of t>>ese trees will be]r€•eversflaIe, � The bt^�aku�oFthe rtorth side nf FittgerAve,by creat[i:g two new 1t�tersections,7'he c�a�•raw alle�+vay bullt for tlie development fails to fntegrac�wltl�Finger Avenue by not l�rvfng a sidewalk oR•plantln�strip against the raadway. � The ane-�y alleyway yvi11 require st��eet signs on�€�sger Ave ta direct trafFic, #'urther cornprom4sfng Che chararter oP tt�c narth�ide af the stre�t. The averall mass and scale af this develapment is campletely aut oFplace in pur neighbnrhood,aut oFcl�aracter fnt�the north sid�of Pinger Avenue and it wlll on�y I�ad to fltrther degradattnn pf tha�zniqu�charact�r and qualiry pf our street. � � � I�ame (�,v1 �� '�.. � Address f �' �� +1 �,' �� ate � � j i i� �