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/D, 14/3 City of Redwood City City Clerk December 23, 2002 Page 2 of 2 pages Store be permitted to open. It is estimated that approximately 20,000 visits from Store customers to the area will occur each year, thus increasing the number of persons visiting the 2600 block of Broadway in the CBR area each year and assisting the struggling businesses in the immediate area of the proposed Store. Innovations believes that the Store would be an asset to the CBR and serve the purposes of the CBR by adding to the customer base of retail businesses already .in the area. The lists of permitted uses in sections 26.2 ad 26.4 of the Code are augmented by section 26.4, subsection S., which permits any use not specifically listed, but which is determined "to be of the same general character as the uses permitted" and "which use is not inconsistent with the purposes of this article." Innovations. believes that its proposed store is not inconsistent with existing uses in the CBR and uses such as West Coast Beauty Supply, Peninsula Beauty Supply, Sally Beauty Supply and drug stores in the area selling similar products to local residents. The purposes of the Article as stated in section 26.1 is "to strengthen the retail vitality and economic base of the downtown area and to serve the needs of Redwood City residents, businesses and workers." Innovations' Store will assist the businesses on Broadway by bringing potential customers to an area where foot traffic is dwindling. Additionally, the Store will serve approximately 900 cosmetologists who live in Redwood City along with those beauty salons that do business in Redwood City. Innovations hopes that the City Council will take into consideration the factors discussed here and exercise its good discretion in allowing the Store to open at 2652 Broadway, so that Innovations may serve the needs of the businesses, workers and residents of Redwood City. Please do not schedule the public hearing during the week of January 20, 2003. Very truly yours, Sam Licursi, CEO Innovations — Successful Salon Services, Inc.