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Qy�ASA,'yCity Council Meeting - Submit <br /> Submitted On: <br /> your written public comment Dec 4, 2023, 01:19PM PS <br /> A <br /> p City of Pleasanton <br /> AANED Q <br /> ull Name <br /> mail (this entry is disclosable <br /> F included) <br /> Aty Council Meeting Date December OS, 2023 <br /> Lgenda Item Number 16 <br /> :omments Some who oppose a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers claim that <br /> their opposition is out of concern for the gardeners who use the <br /> blowers in their daily work. <br /> If a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers went into effect then a <br /> gardener would need to find alternatives to using a gas-powered IE <br /> blower. <br /> These alternatives could be: <br /> leaving the leaves in place <br /> using an electric leaf blower <br /> raking leaves <br /> mulching leaves with a lawn mower <br /> using a leaf vacuum <br /> And yes, some of those alternatives would cost the gardener morE <br /> which means the gardner might charge their customers more in <br /> order to continue doing business. <br /> Mbuldn't someone want to protect the gardener from the harmful <br /> exhaust of the gas-powered leaf blower and from physically <br /> damaging levels of sound?) <br /> However, perhaps the opposition comes from an unwillingness to <br /> pay more for a gardening service that protects the gardener from <br /> harmful emissions and harmful sound, that does not damage the <br /> environment or contribute to climate change, and that does not <br /> disrupt the peace and quiet of the surrounding neighborhood. <br />