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Members of the Board:

Please ban fossil-fuel powered lawnmowers, leaf blowers, and
similar equipment. We cannot continue to tolerate air & noise
pollution, and associated health and social impacts, that come from
use of this equipment. Fossil Fuel powered lawncare appliances
produce inordinate amounts of pollution that can send users and
their neighbors to the hospital, or worse. They also generate noise
and dust that impact everyone and really impact neighborhoods. 

We don't need fossil fuel powered lawn maintenance equipment. I
grew up on the east coast in the 1970's and 1980's, with a yard
that was large by northern California standards. We mowed our lawn
with an electric mower and managed the leaves with rakes or
electric leaf blowers. Electric mowers and blowers are more
advanced and powerful now than they were decades ago -- and yards
are smaller. There's really no need for fossil fuel engines for
residential, corporate, or municipal yard maintenance. 

Please ban fossil fuel powered yard maintenance equipment
completely and quickly as possible. 

Thank you
Jon Rosenfield