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8.A. - Page 428 �fatemenf or� Fin erAvenue Aesthe�ics i am a Finger Avenue resideat or neighbar,who w$lfcs,bicycles ox othexwts�enjays the Fingec Avenua str�tscape, T have seen t3te plans far the 3vlcGawan nine-aat development,an� canclude that it vvi!] aubstantial�y dagradc the cxistir�g visUa�cl�aracter and quality of the s�ke and its surroun�ings. What is impo�tsnt aesthetically about my ncighbarhand is the semi��ura1 character of the nvrth side Qf Finger Avenue,wi,tli nr�ny homes set far back fram the street.Thc appeaxar�ce of large amounts of open space with mat�are,otd growth trees.provi�es a strildng b�ckcirap ta the i�vmes,The contrast betweerz the aorth sude af FingerA�e,nue and its south side,with its �n�ny quaint,early�Q;h century bungalows and cottages,is someth3ng thaYs u��iqe�e to Redwood City and ireasured by its r�sidents, �xaniples of l�vw the Finger Avenue Project srgni�cantly de�,rades the aesthetics of our neighborhaod are; � Construction of two homes wit�a wide twa-stnry facades set back the minirnurn aI�awsble distance from the street.Tl�ere �re no houses that lai•g,e set that clns�to the street anywhere in aur neigh6o�•hood. ' ; Nowhere else on Fin�erAvenue are homss ttxis large placed on lots ttris sma11. + All pf the homes �re of siniilar size and all two-story,as vpposed to the mix nf home sizes and heights that are repi�sentative of the north side of Finger Aaenue. v Most of these nine hames will be vicwable frorn tk�e public stxeet.7'here is little open space and tht 1�am,es are anly set back a smal� distance from t�e narrow that serves #hern(same from 3ft—6ft from the�lle}�y,) Nawhere in our neighborhood are hauses situated in this fashion, * A develapm�nt t�'iis densely p�cked is�ir�compatible wi#h#he presence of large malure trees on t�a site,The e�ntuHl loss af t�tese trees will be irreversible, @ T�e brealcup af the north side o�Fi.nger Ave, by creating twn n�w iutersections.The narrow alleyway buitt for the development fails to integrate with Finger AvBnue by not having a sidewaik ar pianting strip a�raiinst the roadway, • The one-way alleyway wil!requir�sh�eeE signs on FingerAve to direct traffic, furtl�er corapromis�a�g the character of the nart�side of the street. 'The averal�mass and scale of this d�velopment is compietely saut of place in vur neighbarhood, vut of character for the nox-t�side vf Finger Avea�ue and it wilf only lead ta further degradation of the unique c�raotea•and quality of our street. Na�ne �.�'�fP � l Add ss� �J� tr�rr_� _ Aate �`'a ,� q��c�t� ��i� �cZ, �