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8.A. - Page 431 ��t�r� �'i��+�.F.�u�t�est�� I am a Ainger•Avenuc resicient ar nefgt�bo�•,who walks,bicycies�r ntherwlse enjoys Che Fing�r Ave�ue streetscape,I�iave seen the ptans for El�e McGnwan�in�-�ot dsvelopraent, and ca��c�ucte tl�aCit wili substantia�fy degrade t�e exisMtig vlsual ehar�ct�r auci quality af ifae site and its stirroundlr�gs. What is intportant aest�et(cally about my t�eighborhood is t�e senii-rut�at character•nf t��e nortti side af Ffnger Aveniie,wlth many homes set far�aek fra�n rh�st�•�et.The appeara�c� oF�arge�maunts oFapen space with n�afiure,ald growth trees,provides a s€rildr}g l�arJcdrap to tt�e 2�omes,The cflnq•ast between the north a1de�af Fin�er Avenue and its south side,vvlth #ts many quaint,e�rly 20'�'cet�tury bunga�a�ws a�d cottages,is somethi��g t1�aC's unlque to Redvsrood City anc�treasured 1�y its resicients, Bxamples of how tl�e FingerAvenue Project stgriif�ca�tly degrades the aesthekfrs af ou�� neigF�borhood are: ■ Construction af twa hornes with wide two-stary faca�tes set I�acic td�e n�ini�num �Ilowable distance frpm the street,There are no l�a�rses that€arge s�t that close to rhe str�eet anyvvl�ere in aur nefglsborhood. • �Vowhere eise an Finger Aver�ue a=�e hom�s th�s largc plaeed on lats t��is small. • All oF the hames are of sim#lar stze and aJl twa-stv�y,as opposeci ta the mix of home slaes and�teights Chat are rept�esentative of the north slcle of Fir�ger Avenue, o Mostof tliese nine homes tviA�be viewable from the puk�lie street.Th��•e is lfttle open space�nd the hnrnes are anly set baelc a smali disrance#'rom the narrow that serves them[svme frottn 3ft--bft�ram the allsyw�y.] Nowhere ir�aur�ieighUorhoad are hauses sit�:aked In this fashlon. • A development this ciensely pack�d[s It�catnpai,ible w�th#he presence of laige mature t��ees on the site,The eventual tass vfthese trees wiil be irt�versfbie. • The breakup af CF�e north slde nf Finger Ave.by ci�aating twa new intersectia�s,The narrow alleyw�r�Uflt for the develapment Fsifs to integrate witEi Ffnger Avenc��by not having a stdewaik or pla�ntfr�g st��ip agafnst the roadway, o Tl�e one-way alleyway wtll��equire street sign�ot� Flt�ger Ave to dlrect traific, ftirch�r cars��ramfs[ng the characte�of the norCl�side of the sCreet. Tlie ove�•a1�mass and scale oftl�is development ls cc►mpletely aut oPplace tn our nei�hborhood,out oPcharacter Par t��e north side of Finger Avenue a�nd tt wi�l ar�ly lead ta further defga�•adation of the unlqu�rl�ar�ct�r attd quallty oF aur str�et. � �'(, �5 r. .� J Naine � �k�� . .---- � � / � e '. Addi•ess !l�.�c.�! CF:��/t.'�l .�t��f f w '' { . r + Daee � • ' 1