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8.A. - Page 427 ��t�r�ent aa� �i��e��ve��e�5�� I am�FingerAvenus resld�pt ar ne9ghbor,wha w�lfcs,�lcyciss ar arh�r�vfsa enjoys the FingerAvet�ue streetscape,I have seen th�p�ans Far the McGovyan T11ne-lat develaprnent, and con�lude that it w#11 suhstantially degrade ahe exfsting visua�character ar�d qual#ty of the site and tCs surroundings, VVhat fs irr�pnrcanc aesrh�tiealty about my nefghbarhaod#s cha semi-rura!character af the north side of FltEger Avenue,with many hornes set far bacic frorri rhe street,The appearanee oflarge amae�nts of aps�space rvith raature,n!d grawth tre�s,prar+�des a strlk[ng 6adcdro� to the homes,7'�e contt�ast between the nartF�side of Finger Avenue ared Its spp�h side,with Its many yualn�early 20�'csntury bungaiaws and cnEtages,is samething that's unique ta Redwooc!C�ty and treasared by fts resider�t�, �xamples of haw the Fing�r Avenue Prof ect slgnif�cantly degrades the aesthetics of aur nefghborhood are: + Constrvction af cwo harnes wieh wide�wo-story farades set back the m�nizz�urn a�kaw►abi�distanre Fram the street.There are nv houses that large set that cIase to �he street anywhere In aur netghborhoo�, � Nawhere�lse ot�Finge��SVSnue are homes th4s Ia�e placed nn 1ot�t1�1s small, � Alf of cha horr�es are aF simtlar slze and atl twa-sEary,as a�posed to the rrilx of home slzes and hefghks that are representative of che north slde vf Fin$et•Aven ue. i Most oFthsse r�ine homes w1]1 be vlewa�le fra�n the public str�t.There is litt�e open sp�ce and the hom�s are onfy set barlc a srr►aIl disCaetQe,From the nat�raw that serves them rsome frort�3tt—bft frnrn tne�I�syway.1 Nowhere it�vur n�ighbori�ood are l�ouses sltt�ated in thds fasl�ton. � • A de°�►elpprnent this densely packed fs tncampat�bie w#th ths presenee of large mature trees on the siCe.The everttual loss of these t�ees wfll be frt�vers�bte, * The b�eakup of the nortt�side of Ffnger Ave,by creatl��g tv�vo new IntersettQans,The narraw a�leyway bal#t P�r the development falls tQ Integrate wlth Finger Avenue by nat having a sidewatk ur planqf�g strip agair�st Che ro�dvyay, * Th�gne-way alleyway will requfre scr�t slgns on Finger Av�to direct traff�c. �'urther camproinisfng the character af the norrh side c�f the s�-eet. The overatI mass and scale of this da�e�oprneRt is complete�y out afplace in nur netghborhoo�,out pF ch�racter For th�norkh,s[de af F�nger Avenua and it w�l1 on[y lead to furti�er degradatian of the�rdque character and qual�ty a�our stree� FVatRe l-C L' �' Address �� 1}ate � �� 1 � i