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8.A. - Page 443 <br /> Statement an ri�i erAven�i�Aest;�etics <br /> I am a Finger Avenue residcnt ar neighbor,w�IO walks, bicycles or othei�wise enjoys the <br /> Finger A�cnue stxeetscape. I 2�ave see�z tlae plans for the,�IcGowan nine-�ot developn�ent,and <br /> conclude that it will substarrtially degrade the�xisting aisual chara�ter and qua]ity of th�site <br /> anci iks suiroundings. <br /> What is important aesthcltcally a�oui Fny�ei,�hbar�iood is tti�semi-r�erai c��at^actex•af the <br /> i�orth s�de of Finger Avenue,wit�many hortaes set far bacic f��on� #he stt'eet.Ttae app�arance of <br /> large at��ounfs of apeii space witt�tnatt�re,O�C� �TpV4'�II(1"CgSs providea a sh•iking backdrap to <br /> thE homes.The aoiitxast betwee�� the ttorth side of Fi»ger A�en�e and its sauth side,w#th iEs <br /> many qt�sil�t,eaily 24'h ce,�t�iry buf�galows sud cattages� is somethin� that's unique to <br /> Redx+ood City a�id freasured by ifs residents. <br /> Examples of Iiow tl�e Finger Avemie Project significantis�degrades the aestl�etics af ow• <br /> neighbarhood are; <br /> � Cansiruction of two l�omes witl�w�cEe two-stox•y facades sct back tl�e minimum <br /> �llawable distanee fron7 tlxe street. There are iyo liouses tftat large set tl�at close to ths <br /> street artyw���re in our neighborhaod. - <br /> * Nowhere else o�� Fing;er Ave3�ue ere l�omcs this la�•ge placed an lots this sinall. <br /> � Alf of t13e hoxnes are of simil.ar size and aii two-story,as o}�osed Eo the n�ix vf home <br /> sizes s�id heigl�ts that are representati��e of the nortla side of Fiti�er Avent�e. <br /> • Mast.of thcse nine ho,nes will be vfcwabla�'rom t!�put�Iic atreet. There is littic open <br /> sp�ce�d the liomes ara anIy s�t back a s�n�11 distauce frara� the nar��w t}iat serves <br /> tJxam(SOn�e From 3ft—6ft fro�n the al]eytivay,} No�vhere in aur neighborhoorl are <br /> houses situated in this f�shion, <br /> - A developmen#this densely p$cked is incornpatib�e vs+ith the pres�ence af large matUre <br /> trees on the site.TJ�e evcntuallass of these trees wil] be irreversibl�. <br /> ■ 1`�e bre�lcfip oft}ie north side ofFingerAva, by cxeaEing tvs+a ne�,r interseatia�s.The <br /> raarxow a]teyway built for t�ae devefapment fails to infcgr�te v�rith Finger Avenue by t�at <br /> liavi�ig a sidewalk or plsnting st��p agsirESt the raadwa�. <br /> • The one-way al[eyway wil�req�ire sti�eet sigrjs on FingerAve to direct traf�ic, furtlier <br /> ootngromising th�eharacter of tl�e no��th side of the stre�t. <br /> Tl�e vveratl rnass and aeale af#his devefapment is coix�p�etely out of plaee in our <br /> neighborhood,out af ehaiacter for•tf�e north side af�'iifger A�enue and Yt r��i11 only lcad to <br /> fuither degradation 4f the i�niyue oltaractez and quality of oar st��eet. <br /> : ..., <br /> �.— �� <br /> Name _ 1' ,1� "�,�kk� <br /> Address \��S�l Cr,.t-��. —.Ll���-. ra,�, ��.rl,e•�_ Date �� ���' <br />