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8A Page 1 REP�RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er March 22,2a10 SUBJ�CT Public Hearing Appealing the Denial of a Massage Establishment and Technician Permit,under 1$A.23 RCC RECOMMENDATION �eny the appeal, thereby denying Jian xin Trujilia-�iu's massage establishment and massage technician peRrtits based on violations of Redwood City Municipal Code sections 18A.7 and 18A.15 which require denial of a permit when an applicant makes false, misleading or fraud�lent statements of fact in the permit application. BACKGROUND On January 13, 2010, Jian xin Trujillo-Liu filed an app�ication far a massage establishment and massage technician permit with the Redwood City Police Department with the intentian of apening a massage parlor at 515 Woodside Road Unit A, Redwood City. Her application was incomplete and omitted relevant information regarding prior employment relating to massage operation. Police Sergeant Steve Blanc conducted a background investigation regarding the applicafiion. Upart compfetlon o#the irnestigation,due to the failure to provide ful1, complete and relevant information in the permit application, a denial ietter was sent to the applicant pursuant to Section 18A.7.0 af #he Redwood City Cade. On March 2, 2Q10, Ms. Trujillo-Liu filed an appeal letter with the City Clerk appealing the denial of a massage establishment and massage technician. Pursuantto Redwood City Municipal Code Sections 18A.3, 1$A.7,and 18A.15,a background investigation was conducted which revealed that: 1. On the City of Redwood City massage permit applicafion, Jian xin Liu failed to include previous employment his#ory relating to massage operations. tiu was employed at an establishment in Redwood City from Febrvary 2007 — August 2008, when she was terminated under suspicious circumstances. 2. Jian xin �iu fai{ed to complete the appiication with respect to othec names previously used--lvy Liu,Lisa and Jessica. 3. Jian xin Liu signed a sworn s#a#ement indicating the information she had provided was true,complete,and she agreed that false statements,omissions,or incomplete entries would disqualify fier for the permit. 4. In the appeal of the denial letter,Jian xin Liu admits the information she provided in her application was incomplete and amended the application to include ti�at she was previousfy issued a Massage Technician permit by Redwood City Police Department in 2007 and 2008. 5. Further investigation of the amended application reveal�d it was still not complete. Jian xin Liu's applicatian did not disclase that she was issued a Massage Permit by the Belmont Police Department on January 8, 2009, and was employed at Belmont Heaith Center through October 2009.