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8.A. - Page 435 <br /> Statement on Fia e�•Avex�ue Ae�thetic� <br /> 1 am a Finger Ave.�tue t�eside�rt c�r naigl�bor,��ho walks, bicycles or ot 17erwise enj�ys the <br /> �'ingerAvenue strcetscape.I l�ave s�en ti�e plaijs fQr t��e McGowai�nine-Iot developinei�t,and <br /> CO]1C1uCI¢�I�a� tt W1II SUE75t�fItlH��y i���l•ade tl�e existing Nisual character and q��aIi1y of f2te site <br /> and its seErroc�ndings. <br /> Wli�t is important aesihetically abou#my neig��borhood is d�e se�ni-rural ci�i�cter of#he <br /> north sid�of FingerAvenue,with n�aiiy��ames set far back fra�n Che slreet,The appcaranc�af <br /> largc annou�its of oper�space wi#h�natur�, o!d gro�h trees,pxovides � sti�king�ackdro}� ta <br /> #he hames,The cantrast �twecn tl�e nortl� side of Finger Ava��ue and i#s soufh side,wit�� its <br /> anany�quais�t,ear�y 20'�'cet;tury bungalaws and cotk�ges, is samet�ung that's u��iqu�tu <br /> Redwaod City and treast�rcd by its��esidcnts. <br /> Exampies of haw the Finger Avenue Projeat significantly degrades tt�e aesthatics of c�ur <br /> neigIrborhopd are: <br /> • Canstructian of h�vo homes vvitli wide two-siory facades set back the min.imun� <br /> �l)vjvable dis#anee from t�o streei. Thera�z'�na]iouses tl�at Iarge set t�aat cl�se to tlze <br /> streat a��yw�ere in ou�•neigfzborJ�ood. � <br /> � Nowhere else an Fing�r Avenue�re homes this largc placed on lots this srna2l, <br /> • AII of tl�e liaines arc of similar size ai�d aI2 tv��a-staxy,as opposec3 to tl�mix aFlaorae <br /> siz�s�urd lieights tliat are representative of Che north sid�of Fit�ger Aueit��e, <br /> �? Mos#ofthese nine hoinea wil� he viev+rabie fra�n the public st�•eet, There is little open <br /> space and tl3e i�ames are only set baok a sr��ait distance fro�n t1�e�iar�•a�v tltat s�rves <br /> the�n{sarne From 314—bft from the alieyway.) Now��ere in aUr neiglxborhovd a��e <br /> hoe�ses situa#ed in this fashioaz. <br /> ■ A development this densely packed is inco�npatib�e with t��e preseiace oflarge mst-uz�e <br /> trees on tt�e site.The eventua!lass of these tree.���ill �e i��z•eve,•sible. <br /> * Tl�e Ua+eatcup af the narth sicfe af Finger Ava, by oreating twv new intersections,The <br /> narrow alleyrr�ay built Far the devalopment fail�to intega�ate with�inger Avenue by not <br /> liaving a sidewalk qr planting strip against die raadway. <br /> i The anc-way alteyway will require street signs on FingerAve to direcr tr$�ic, fu�ther <br /> cQmpron�ising the character ofthe north sicie o�'the st��eet. <br /> The overall cnass�nd sc�ie pft�us de�elopment is conipletely out o�'ptace in aur <br /> neighi7orhood, out o:Fr,haracter f.ar the no�tti sid�of FingerAvenue and it will only lead to <br /> firrtl�er degradatio af the unique character and q«aiiry of our str�et. <br /> ' f; � •r �� �� rJ �' r} � �,, <br /> Na, e � ���'�l'��' �l � + ' `�'�� �. � �� �.�(;:��. <br /> �.._. 1 L��.� <br /> ad����'� "M , � � �!�. ��-I�����,;:�� � <br />