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Date: December 17, 2024 To: Mayor Karla Brown and Councilwoman Valerie Arkin From: Tri-Valley Air Quality Climate Alliance The Tri-Valley Air Quality Climate Alliance (TVAQCA) offers thanks to you both for your many years of service to our community. Your leadership has been invaluable in supporting Pleasanton residents not only to express concerns about the environment but also to be proactive about finding solutions. Specifically, we appreciate your taking action to preserve air quality in our local airshed and to communicate this goal to our residents. Mayor Brown: Thanks for your help in creating the TVAQCA. We fondly remember the early meetings held at your office with Councilwoman Testa as we formed our group and planned for the future. That early support was crucial to our success in establishing TVAQCA when we couldn’t meet in person during COVID-19. Councilwoman Arkin: Thanks for your continuous support during your tenure. We were especially thrilled with your upfront leadership to establish the gas leaf blower ban. Electrifying landscaping equipment improves our air quality by dramatically reducing local emissions. Over the years both of you supported the Energy and Environment Committee’s work on updating the Climate Action Plan to reduce long-term greenhouse gas emissions. E&E’s work will help Pleasanton do its part to address air pollution and climate change. We often have residents tell us they are happy that the Council passed the gas leaf blower ban. Our surveys also show a desire for other Tri-Valley cities to do the same. Your actions fostered cleaner air while reducing direct toxic exposure to users of gas leaf blowers. This initiative is among the many that you both help actualize. We will miss your presence while looking forward to seeing you down the road, no doubt continuing to have positive impacts on our community. We extend our deepest appreciation to you both. Sincerely, Laurene Green, Ron Baskett, Ann Brown, Van Rainey, Terry Chang, Phil Bowman, JuNelle Harris, Tom Edmunds, and our original chair, Bruce Daggy TVAQCA Oversight Committee Cc: Elinor Mattern, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, TVAQCA grant coordinator Kathy Young, CEO, Tri-Valley Nonprofit Alliance, TVAQCA 501(c)(3) manager