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/6, 14,�V Mayor Richard S. Claire Vice Mayor Jeff Ira Redwood City Council Members February 3, 2003 Page 4 At the CUP hearing Innovations presented the Zoning Administrator with 135 letters, which were from Redwood City residents requesting that the CosmoProf D store be permitted to open. Planning provided Innovations with 2 letters from West Coast and its Redwood City landlord and one from a theater manager objecting to the CosmoProfm) opening. The Zoning Administrator made no comment in the Notice regarding the widespread community support for the CosmoProft® opening. The law in the State of California generally supports competition and discourages monopolistic practices. The Zoning Administrator's decision appears to support the continuation of the West Coast monopoly in Redwood City. . Innovations requests that it be treated fairly and that special restrictions and interpretations not be used to prevent it from doing business at the proposed location- Innovations expended considerable time, effort and money on this store prior to the - Planning Department's decision in August. A timeline of these events is as follows: A building permit was issued.to,Randy Smith Construction, Inc. on July 10, 2002, for tenant improvements to the property located at 2652 Broadway (the "Property"). A copy of the Building Permit is attached. An .employee of Randy, Smith Construction, Inc., Robert Auld is the who pulled the permit for the Property. Mr. Auld states in his written statement dated September, 29, 2002, attached, that he was asked by someone at the counter "what kind of business it. was ". Mr, Auld replied, "the business sold only to.licensed beauticians He told: this to a Planning Department official, who seemed more interested in what the office space in the back of the. store was to be used for. No one asked Mr. Auld whether the business "sold retail'. Of interest is the fact that there is no space on the building permit to be filled in concerning the use of the space. The Property was last inspected by a City building inspector on July 26, 2002. Including rent, Innovations has spent over $58,000 on this aspect of the project to date. The original Business License Application to the City of Redwood City was filed on or about June 27, 2002. On the Business License Application under "description/type business" Innovations clearly stated `Beauty Supply Sales, membership only ". Nothing could have been clearer as to the nature of the business and the customer base served. On July 26, 2002, Sailesh Mehra approved the application as part of the planning review function for Business ,License Applications. A copy of the completed Business License Application is attached. Innovations continued with the improvement work on the premises until the early