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Approving adverse action against the Tree Trimmer and 1 Tree Trimmer Vehicle license applications submitted by Metro Tree & Stump Service d/b/a Metro Tree & Stump Service (License ID# 20190002218) for the premises located at 10101 Naples Street North East in Blaine.
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WHEREAS, the Tree trimmer and 1 Tree Trimmer Vehicle license applications submitted by Metro Tree & Stump Service d/b/a Metro Tree & Stump Service (License ID# 20190002218) for the premises located at 10101 Naples Street North East in Blaine were the subject of a Notice of Intent to Deny License (“Notice”) dated December 6, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Notice stated that on July 11, 2019, the applicant submitted two Class “R” license applications for tree trimming and tree trimmer 1 vehicle licenses; and
WHEREAS, on July 20, 2020, the Department of Safety and Inspections (“DSI”) sent a delinquent letter to the licensee for failure to keep the licenses in proper order; and
WHEREAS, on September 2, 2020, the licensee had failed to respond to the delinquent letter and the license was canceled as a voluntary surrender of the license; and
WHEREAS, on April 13, 2021, the licensee re-applied for the tree trimmer and tree trimmer vehicle licenses. That same day the Department sent an email requesting the required vehicle information; and
WHEREAS, on March 29, 2023, the Department left a voicemail with the licensee regarding the need to get a vehicle inspection on the pending application; and
WHEREAS, on October 9, 2023, licensing inspector Allan Vang sent an email to metrotree1@gmail.com, the applicant’s email address. In the email Inspector Vang asked the licensee to schedule vehicle inspections for all the vehicles that would be operating in Saint Paul. Inspector Vang gave the licensee until October 23, 2023, to respond, otherwise an adverse action would commence to deny the license; and
WHEREAS, on October 13, 2023, Inspector Vang sent out another email to metrotree1@gmail.com outli...
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