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8.A. - Page 436 <br /> Statement ar� Tin�er A�venue A�sti�et�cs <br /> ! am a�'iuger A�ez�us resident or rreighbox, who walks,bicyeles or vtherwise enjoys tha <br /> Finger A��e��u�streetscape� I�tave see��the plans for tlie McGowatZ nit�e-1ot developme:�t,and <br /> conclnde that it w�ill substantially d�grade tl�e existi�ag visual cl�aracter�nd quality of che site <br /> arad i.ts sur�•oundings, <br /> What is iinportant aasthcticalIy about my nei�barhood is tl�e seini-rural charaater of the <br /> uorth side af Finger Avenue,with many hom;es sct f$r baek from tl�e streeE, The appearance of <br /> large an�ou��ts of opc��spaee witb tnature,old growth trees,pravides a striki�ig backdrop to <br /> tlxa l�omes. Tlte ca�itr�st betwee�tl�e nor�h side of FiatgerAvenue and its saufh side, with iis <br /> many quaint, ear�y 20'h ce.�tury bungalov�s and co�tages,is soi�ethin� ttsat's tuxique t�o <br /> Redwood City and ti�casurcd by its residents, <br /> Examples af ho�v tl�Fing�rAveifua Piojoct signifcantly degradea the aesthe[ics ofour <br /> neighbar�aod are: <br /> # Constr�ction of two hames vvith wide twa-siory facades set back th�rninimam <br /> ailawable distancc f�bm the st��eet,Thea�are na houses tliat larg�s�t that closc to the <br /> street anyw�iere in our neighbar�laad. ` <br /> + Nvwhere else ox1 Finger Avenae are ho�nes this laigc placed an Iots this smatl. <br /> e Al] of the ho�nes are of sin�ilar sizc a��d aI! tvs+o-stary,as opposed ta the mix of home <br /> sizes and heigl�ts tE�at are representative af the no��th sidc of Fisiger Avenue. <br /> « 11�ost of these nine I�arnes will be viewable froni tf�e petbiic s�reet.There is�ittte open <br /> spa.ce and th�homes are anly set back a srnall�istance fram the n�ur��ow t�zat sea�+es <br /> them (some fram 3f�—6ft from the alleyway,) Nawhere i�nur cteighborhvod are <br /> hous�s situated it�this fas�ion. <br /> • A deve�opn�ent this dcnsely��aeke�is incompa4ible with the p�es�nce of large mAtUr� <br /> trees on El�e site, 7'he oventua� losa of thcsc i��ees wi12 be irreversiblc. <br /> d The breakup af the north side of Finger Ave. by crea.tin$twa new intersectians. The <br /> narrow a1�ey�ray built far tlie develapment fails to integrate with FingcrAvenue by not <br /> �iaving a sidewalk or ptanting slrip against�he raadway. <br /> f The o�ie-way�leyway wi�(require street sig,ns on Fis�ger Avc to dir�cct ta•affic, fiartl�er <br /> cornpi�amising the character of t�e nortl�side of the street. <br /> The av�xall mass and scale of this devetapment is eompletely out of place ii�oui� <br /> neiglxborhood,out Qf character far the i�orih side of Fing�r Avanue ancl it will ai�y leari to <br /> fu��the�•degz•adation af t�he uuiqua eharacter a�d yuality of our street, <br /> Narne � . C'�C�.C'�"� <br /> AcEdress ���...� 1T!���1' �1 �.� .� � ll�t� (T rfl� � ` � <br /> i�C.'t (\ �.t_tr(.C)S �-�1 ����.1�..���l� <br />