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8.A. - Page 441 <br /> Stateme�t on �'�n erAvenue Aes#hetics <br /> I am a Fi2iger Av�nue resident ox•iiei�bor,who watks, bicy�les ox ofherwis�enjvys t[�e <br /> �'inger Avenue st��etscape, I t�a�+e seen tlye plans for the McGowan nine-Iot development, a�id <br /> �onolude Fhat it rrri#1 substantially deg��ade tlie existing visual charactei•and�uality of r��e syte <br /> and its surrottndings, <br /> W}�at is unportant aesthetically about�ny nei�bai�io� is the se�ni-ruY•at cl�axacter of tlic <br /> �io�th side of Finger Avenue, with n�a��y harn�s set far back frarn the sireet.The appearance of <br /> ]arge amounts of open space�uith mature,old growth trees,pravid�s a striking backdrop ta <br /> t}�e l�omcs.The contrast �e�ween the north sidc af Finger Avenue and its south side, with its <br /> =r�$Ry c�uait�t, early 20'�'cent�uy bungalows snd cottages,is sometl�iiig tl�at's ut�ique tq <br /> Redwaod City a�ad treasured by its residents, <br /> Exaxnptes of liaw the Fin�er Avenus Pr�ject si�ni�iea��tly degrades t11e aestt�etics af our <br /> nei�borhaad are: <br /> � Const.ruciion uf twa i�ames wtt��wide two-staiy facades set hack fhe mininiuiu <br /> allowabJe distance fi�om the street.The�•e are no houses tliat �arge set#hat close ta ih� <br /> street anywhei�e in our neighbor��ood. ' <br /> o Nawhere else an Finger Avemie are han�s ib�s large placed on lois tlus sma![, <br /> � Ali of tE�e homes arc of siniilar size and all two-siory, as opposed to the niix of 1�a�ne <br /> sizes attd l�eights tl�at aTe i�epresentative nft]�e north side of Finger Avenue. <br /> 4 Mosk o�'tk�ese niry�2�omes will be viewahle from the piiblic strect. There is little open <br /> space and tF�e han�es sre anly set back,a s�nall distance from thc narrow tl�at serves <br /> thefn(some fi•o�3ft--dft frozn t3ie alleyway.) Nowhere in our neighborl�oad ai� <br /> houses situaied i��ihis fashion. <br /> � A develapment this densely packed is inco�nparibla wi#h t�ie pce�enae of large mature <br /> trees on th8 s�ts.The eventuai Joss af tliese kt•ees will be ir��eversible, <br /> � Tf�e breakup of tl�e�orth side of Finge�Avc. by cJreatin�twa i��w inteisections,'T��e <br /> narrow alleyway buiYt For the deve�op�ncnt fails ia integrate witli Finger Avenue by not <br /> having a s�dewalk a���31an#Sng st�•ip againsk the ro�dway. <br /> 6 The oa�e-way al�eyway wili��uu�e street signa an Finger Ave Eo di�•$ct tra�c, furtll�r <br /> cornpromising i�ie cliaraater af the north sicie af the stceet. <br /> The overall ir��sa and sca�e of this de�elapment is complately oui af place iu otir <br /> r�ei�borhaod,oui of char�cter for tlie fiorth sidc af Finger Aven�e and it wilf ar�ly lead to <br /> fiariher degradation of ti�e�niq�e character and c�ua�sty af our street. <br /> Narna �'�b���.� �:��_ �'-� � <br /> Adds�ess 1'���.;� �.a��t�� 1�����_ _� Date r��,.)f�ti .,... —.._ <br />