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8.A. - Page 433 St��,�r�ent m�e ��r��.��..c� 1 am a Finger Avenue resident or nelgi�bar,wr�,o�velt�,bicycles or otherwise enjoys the Fi�gerAvenue st�reetsca��.[ha+ve seen the plans#'or Che McGawan ntrte-)ot deve�opment, and cc�nclude that ft wfll substantially degrade the ex[sting vfsuai cfisraeter and qualtty aF the slka and[¢s sut�raundings, What is impartant aestheticai�y abaut my neiohbr�rhood is the semt-rural cF�aracter of the north side oF Fing�r Avenue,wtth many hornes set far back from the street.The appearan� of large amounts of open space with mature,dld gmwth trees,provides a strtking backdrap to the horr�,es.The cor�krasC b�tween tlje narth slde of FtngerAvenue and its south side,with its many 4uaint,early 2U�'ce�tury bungalvws and eottages,fs somethirag that's uniqus tv Redwood Cltyand treasured by#ts residents. Examples ofhow the�'#ngerAver�ue�'r�oiec!s�lficant�y dsgrac3es the aesthetf�s oFnur nsighborhoc�d are: + Cortstructlon pF twu homas wit�t wlde two-stery facades set back the minlmum allowable distar�ce fram the str�et,Th�re are nn houses that large sei that ctase to the strseC ar�where�n our nefghborhaod, • Nowhet'�else on Pinger Avet�ue a�+e hornes kltis large plac:ed qr� lots this s�nafl. o All oCth�homes are of similar size and all twa-�tory,as apposed to the mix of hame sfzes anr�helghts that are reprssenCative oF the north slde of�#nger Avenue. � Most of these r�ine hames w)11 be v�ewable fram the publie street'I`here�S litt�e o�en space and the horries ate ontyset back a smatl disk�nt�e Frorrt khe narrow that serves them[soraie from 3ft-bft from the alteyway.) Nm+vhere in aur neighbort�ood are houses situabed in Ehis fashian. � A de�+elopment this de�tsefy packed is inenmpatib2e with the presence of large rnature trees vn the size.The eventual loss�f these trees wiif be tr�versible. ■ The breakup otthe north s�de nf Fing$r Ave,by creating two new Entersect(ens,�'�e narrow all�yway bUilt fQr tlie develapment Fails to inCegrate wEth Finger Rv�enue by nat 6av(ng a sidewatk or�tant�ng strtp against the ro�dway. � The one-way alieyway wi]I re�uire strEet stgns on F'tnger Ave to direct tt�aF�c, t�zrther compromising the characker oFthe north sfde of the street, Trie averali r�tass and scaie uFthis c�evelopment is cflrnp�etely aut uf place in pur neiginborhoad,out of character far the narth side of Pinger Avenu�and ir vvi11 vnty lead tn fuPther degradation of th�uni e c�at�acter and qualtty€tt'our street� NaEne'�'� ' � l��r� L e�� !o� Address Cv f �'" w- °� �ate � 7! lI �