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Submitte d O n: <br />Ma y 7, 2024, 09:46AM P DT <br />C ity C ouncil W or kshop and <br />Regular M eeting - Submit y our <br />w r itten public comment <br />City of Pleasanton <br />Full Na me F irs t Na me : Phil <br />La s t Na me : B owm an <br />E ma il (this e ntry is dis c lo s a ble <br />if inc lude d)philbo5093@ gm ail.co m <br />C ity C o unc il Me e ting Da te May 07, 2024 <br />Age nda Ite m Numbe r 17. Public C o m me nt <br />C o mme nts S uppor t for the G as -Power ed Leaf B lo wer B an <br />I am pleas e d the City C o uncil r ecognized the im por ta nce o f r educing <br />o ur local air po llution as well a s r educing our gr eenhous e gas <br />e mis s ions with yo ur appr o val of the ga s -po wer ed leaf blower ban in <br />Decem ber. <br />T his will m ake a no ticeable impr ovement in the quality of life in <br />P leas anto n for both the r es idents as well a s the lands cape <br />co ntr actor s who have to br eathe toxic fum es all day. <br />I r e co gnize and ca n under s tand that s o me pe o ple ar e r elucta nt to <br />s uppor t this me as ur e becaus e o f the economic bur den it may place <br />o n s ma ll lands ca pe co ntr a ctor s . <br />I believe ther e ar e a number of ways for hom eowner s to m itigate the <br />financial bur den on their s mall lands cape co ntr actor s . Fo r exa mple, <br />the homeo wner can: <br />- Offer to incr ea s e the ir mo nthly fe es to cover the co s ts to upgr ade <br />to electr ic. (I did this with m y lands caper the week the o r dina nce was <br />pas s ed and he was ver y gr a teful.) <br />- Offer to let the lands caper plug-in to their electr ical outlet if they <br />cho os e to us e a co r ded leaf blo wer or to r echar ge their batter ies . <br />- B uy an electr ic leaf blower and m ake it a vailable for the lands caper <br />to us e while the y ar e wo r king at the ir hom e. <br />- As k their lands caper to us e a r ake and br o o m ins tead of a leaf <br />blower , m aking it clear that it’s OK if the yar d is n’t completely fr ee o f <br />leaves and debr is . (S ugges t that the la nds cape r not s pend any mor e <br />time than they would if they us ed their old ga s leaf blower s o the r e <br />wouldn’t be m or e expens e involved.) <br />I can s ee that having this dis cus s ion with a lands ca per may be <br />difficult fo r s o me ho me o wne r s . It would be gr eat if the City could <br />cr ea te a bilingual flyer with s ugge s te d talking po ints like this and <br />po s t it on the city web s ite . Homeo wner s could pr int it o ut and give it