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Christina Casha From: Ellen Holmgren Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 1:29 PM To: Dana Hatch Cc: Pleasanton City Clerk; Ellen Clark; Diego Mora Subject: RE: Gas leaf blower ban - NO THANK YOU Dear Dana Hatch, Thank you for your email to the Mayor and City Council. This email acknowledges receipt of your message. If this comment relates to an item on the current City Council agenda and you would like to submit written public comment, please visit https://forms.cityofpleasantonca.gov/f/written pub Iiccomment. Please note that the public comment link will close at 12 p.m. on the Council meeting date, and no comments will be accepted after that time. Thank you for your interest in the City of Pleasanton. Regards, Ellen Holmgren,Administrative Assistant City of Pleasanton -----Original Message----- From: Dana Hatch < _ Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 12:00 PM To: Mayor and City Council <citycouncil@cityofpleasantonca.gov> Subject: Gas leaf blower ban - NO THANK YOU *** [EXTERNAL]This message comes from an external organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. *** To whom it may concern, After finding notice that gas powered blowers were attempting to be banned, I really began to be disheartened by the city, this council, and the path forward toward our future. The one fact of not having much notice of this issue and then after finding not much info out out on it from the city leads me to believe that this council it's wanting to pass it's own wants and needs through without taking into account who you actually represent and everyone else's thoughts on the matter. What council that is here for everyone best interest does that?As a council as a whole I would implore you to do better, not worse than what's been done before you. As for the possible ban - I am against this for multiple reasons.The first being that I am against needless waste.Switching to battery operated machinery is not only wasteful in passing costs on to your constituents, but also wasteful in regards to the overall care of this city. The overall duration of battery powered blowers is far less efficient than gas only(4 strokes) blowers.This is not just a cost waste to acquire, but a cost waste in regards to time, downtime, and environmental issues when batteries have to be continuously changed out. We don't need anymore waste here in Pleasanton. We have more than enough and I don't see it getting better so please don't add on to the already precarious situation. Please find something else that is more important in the council's time and effort to make better, because this is not it. i