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8.A. - Page 447 5faf�Pnemt a� �'in er Avenue Aes4he�ics I am a FingerA�enue resident ar ne3ghbar,wha wal�CS,bicycles pr oFlxsrwisa en,joys the Finger Avenue streetscape.I laave seen the plans for the McCrowan nine�lat devslapment,and conclude that it wi�l substanriaily degrade the exisii�g rrisual charactci•and quality aftlie site and its surroundir�gs. Wttat is irnportant aesthedcalty about my rreighborhoad is the semi-ivra! cl�taracter of the north side of�'inger Aaenue,wifh rnsny homes set far back from the street.The appeara.�ce of Iarge amounts o�open space with mature,o�d growth t��ees,�invides a s#ciking b�Ckdcop to the hon�es.The c�ntrast between the nrn�th side of Ringer Avenue and its sputh side,with its many c�ua�nt,early�Q�'century bungafaws and cottages.is aoriaething that's unique to Redwood City and treasured by its residents, E7campies nf haw the Finger A�enue Project significantly�legrades the aesthetics of our neigl�borhood at�e; r Construction of t�wo homes wikh wide two-stpry facades set back tl�e mirzimum allow�bac distance fram ihe street.Th�re ar�na houses that large set that close to the street a�ywltere tn aur neighborhovd. ' �� Nowhere�lse vn�i�gcr Av�nue are homes th.is large plsc�d on lots this srnall. � A!1 of ti�a hnmes are of similar si�ze and ali twa-story,as oppvsed to tlie mix nf�orr�e sizes and heights that a�•e representaiive o�the narth side ofFinger Avenue. o Mast of these nan�hamss vv�ll be<<iewable from ths public street. '�'f�ere is tittle open space ar�d the hvmes are only set back a smali distanca fmm the nr�rrow that serves them(some fram 3f�—6ft from ths aileyway.} �Iowhere in our neighbarhocsd�re house�situated in this fashian, ■ 'A devolopn��ent this densely packed is incompatibfe with the presence of large�meture tress on the site, The sventual Iqss of thcse trees will be irreversible. � Tt�e breakup crf the north sido of Finger Ave, by c.reating two new interse�tions.The nanrow a�l�yway built for the development fails to integrate with Finger Avenue by not ha�ing a sidewafic or planting stcip against the roadway, � T'�Ze ons-way alieyway wi11 reyuire street sians on Fi�g�r Ave ta dir�ct trafflc,further carapromising t�e cha�tar of the t�orth 9ide o�the streei, 'The overslt mass and scale of this de�elopmer�t is campletely aut of plar�ir,our neighborhoad,out of character f�r the north side of Fingcr A�uenue end it w�ill only lead ta further degradation of th�e�niyae ch�acter and quality of our st�•eet. . Name � � �;��. � � � v'r`� �"': i � Address ��+�►!'` ' �� ,V`��,� �� D�te `'� j � � �