12. 20-0236 Receive Update on Gas-Powered Landscape Equipment and Recommendations from the Sustainability Task Force (Community Development Director Tai).
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
Ban leafblowers. Period. The service is unnecessary, loud, blows dust, and there are effective substitutes (brooms/rakes) when really needed. Climate change requires less consumption. Electric insignificantly decreases noise. Blowers add to overall maintenance noise, and different than mowers are used higher & longer. The high pitch & constant volume changes are grating. Very obvious during my 3 mos WFH, where blowers were more grating than construction. Also, increase code enforcement.
Ban leafblowers. Period. The service is unnecessary, loud, blows dust, and there are effective substitutes (brooms/rakes) when really needed. Climate change requires less consumption. Electric insignificantly decreases noise. Blowers add to overall maintenance noise, and different than mowers are used higher & longer. The high pitch & constant volume changes are grating. Very obvious during my 3 mos WFH, where blowers were more grating than construction. Also, increase code enforcement.