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8.A. - Page 434 <br /> StAternent ot� Fit��erAvenue Aesthet�cs <br /> I arn a Fingcr Avenue residet�t or neigl�bor, �vho walks, bicycles or atlxerwise er�jays thc <br /> Fii�ger Avenue streetscape, I ha��e sec�t the plans Far the MaCrovaai7 nit�e-lot developirtent,and <br /> eoziclude tlaat it wi11 su�rstanti�il}r degrade tl�e existing visua2 charactei• aud qua�ity of the sile <br /> ai�d its s�uroundings. <br /> What is intpai�tnt�e5tl�etic�lly atsoui nly neighbax6oQd is the scmi-z�ui•aI c����acter of thc <br /> narth sicte a#'Finger Avenue,r�rith many homes set fat�back frQni t�is street. The appearance af <br /> la�•ge amounts otope�n space with mature,old gro��tl�ti�es,provides a striking backd�•op to <br /> the honxes,Tl�c contrast��tween the iaarkh side of Firiger Avenue�id i ts south side, witn ita <br /> rnany quaint,early 20�h century�ur�galaws and cotta�es,is sometl�ing #hat's e�nic�ue to <br /> Redwood Cify and t��asured�y its residenta. <br /> Exa�nples of I�ow the i�inge,•Avenae Piroject sigiiificant�y de�rades the aesthet�cs Qf our <br /> neigl�borJ2ood arc: <br /> p Cons�ruction of Cwo l�omes willi wide two-story facades set back the rninimum <br /> allo��able distanco frorn thc straet.T��ere a�•e�to housas tlfat large set tf�at close#o tlie <br /> street anywhere in our neighba�hood. ` <br /> ■ Norvhere else on Finger Avenue are homes this large placed an lots t�is�na1�. <br /> o All af the homes are of si�nil�r size�nd aIl two-story,as opposed ko ll�e n�ix of l7ome <br /> sizes a�ad i�eights that are x�ep��esentative of t�ze north side af Fi�igerAveni�e, <br /> • Most of fltese��ine lioines will be viervable from the public street.Tlzere is littte open <br /> sp�ce and rhe homes are only set f�ack a srnall distance fmm the n�rrow t�iat serves <br /> tlie�n(soine ft•�m 3fi—6ft fiom tl�e aIleyway,) Nowhare in our neigl�borhopd s�� <br /> hoiises situated in this fashian. <br /> • A deveIopment this densely packed is incompatxble with the preseace of large mat�n�e <br /> trees on the site.Thc eventuat Ioss of these t�ees will be iireversible. <br /> • T��e brcakup of tite not�th side of Finger A��. by ercating two new intersections. The <br /> narrow alleywey built for the de�e�oprneut fails to integrate w�it��Fi�tger A�enuc by t�ot <br /> t�aving a sidewa�k or�lsntuig strip�gains#the roadway. <br /> � The ane-w�y alLeyway will reyuir�s��eet signs on Finger A�ve to direot fraffic,fui�ther <br /> camprarnising tlie cl�aracter af tlze n4rth side of the sEreet. <br /> The over�ll �nass and scale of tlus dev�lvpmoz�t is camplete�y out of'place in aux• <br /> neighhorhood, aut af cha��acter for the no�th side of Finger Avenue anc� ix wi11 only�ead to <br /> f�rther degradation of the unique aliaracter Ai7d qualil.y flf ouc strect. <br /> Namc ��.��•�1(� �C{�Yr_�a..,�.�- <br /> Addt•ess ���� �".,c�,����� �.�l�x' __ . Date � � �� <br /> , �:x.�•1 l ;�.ti �f�:� � I +� {� �!�� �(„I <br />