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8.A. - Page 438 <br /> Stat�ement on F+`i�t�e��Avenue_Aesthetics <br /> i arn a Fiiiger Aveii��e resident or��eigl�bar, ��lacr walks, bicyeles or ot��erwase enjoys the <br /> Fin�er Avenue streetscape,I lYav� seen the pfatis for tt3e MaGow�n nit7e-�ot develapmeiit, and <br /> Ga��clude tl�at it will substaittialty degrade tlie existit�g visua!cl�aracter and guality of ti3e site <br /> and its suirnuiidings. <br /> 'UVhat i�imJ�oiKant aesthetiaally ebaut�t�y noighborhnad is the setnt-t�.ax•af chaxacter of the <br /> nort�h side of FfngerAvenue,with many honies s�t far back from the street. T�e appearance af <br /> large amo�nts ofapen space with mature,oId growth irees, provides � strikii�g backdrop to <br /> the homes.The contrast 6atween the no�tl�side of FingcrAvenue snd its sauth sid�, wi#h its <br /> many�aaint,early 24t�'cei�tu2y bungalovvs and cottagss, is soinething tliat's uniq��e ta <br /> I�edwood City and ireasuz•ed by its residents, <br /> Examples af how tlse Finge�•Ave��ue Pro�ect segnific&ni[y degrades tlae aestl�etics ofaur <br /> neighbar�iaod are; <br /> • Construction of twa hoines witli wide two-story facad.es sc�t back tl�e�ninimuin <br /> al�owa�iie dist�nce frorn the stz•eet.There arc na houses#hat layge set t��at close to tf3c <br /> st��eet anywhere in ae��neighbvrhood. - <br /> * Now�sre els�a�Finger Avenue are homes this lerge placed on tots tlus smal�. <br /> • All af t�e l�on�es are af simiIar size a�td all two-story,as opposcd to the mix af hnme <br /> sizes a��d l�cights that R��representati�e oPth��Ynrth side ofFi��gerAvenue. <br /> + Most of tlYese nine laomes will be view�bl�e from the p�.iblia stxeet. There is little open <br /> s�ace and ti�e ho�nes�ra only set baak a sraall distance from th�iiarrow that serves <br /> ihern{sor�ie ft�nm 3ft—6ft from the alieyw�y.) Nawhere in ou�• neighborl�avd ai•e <br /> l�ouses si(uated in rhis fasi�ior,, <br /> � A develapn�ent this densely packecf is incoai�patible with the presence o#'large�yature <br /> trees on the site.The evenival loss of t�ese tiees wi11 be uTeversible. <br /> � Tl�e breakup of the noith side of�'inger Ave. by c,reatin�two new intersecfaons.The <br /> nanx�w alleyway b�i1t fnr tl�e dovelopment fails tfl uitcgcate wit�t Fing�rAver�tae by 1�ot <br /> having a sidewaik or planting strip agaii�st th�roadway, <br /> a Tf�e one-way alleyv��ay will reyuii�e stree�sig�zs on�'iixger A1�e to dire�i traffic, fu�tlser <br /> comp��omising tlie cf�aractex o�`#he north side ofthe street. <br /> The overall mass a�id sr,�le of this develop�ne��t is completely aut of�iace in our <br /> neighborhood,aut a#'aliaracter faa•the ilorth s�dc af k'i,nger Avenue at�d it will only lead to <br /> furtl��r t�egi�adation af t�ie Unique cl�aracter and qtoality a�aur street. <br /> � r I <br /> / 1) / � /,. <br /> Name 'l��t�« ,1 �J• �'c.� "{�f<<�{';.3� /"'�"�r�f� �i <br /> �. i .J <br /> Aaa��s� I �.��� 7 �� � �- 1 .��� D�� ! �' �I <br /> �:�._.t� <br /> � y 1 <br /> _Sr-�:� ��R�'� Ir.� � � p {/ ����"r 3 <br /> . � <br />