Leaf blowers

A 30-year resident and physician said the staff presentation ignored residents' lived experience and the health effects of blower exhaust — carbon monoxide, volatiles and particulates that masks don't filter.

A 30-year resident said blowers run outside his home every single day, the 56-decibel code isn't enforced, and he asked the council to regulate or ban gas blowers and set an example with electric equipment.

A self-described finance professional said the cost-benefit presentation was flawed — wrong weights, wrong battery charging assumptions — and urged the council to weigh health and quality-of-life costs, not just equipment dollars.

A roughly 35-year resident said she and her husband face multiple blowers every morning walk and strongly supported the proposed 12-month transition ordinance by Councilmember Liepmann.

A cul-de-sac resident described daily gas blower teams from multiple neighbors and called for educating landscape companies and homeowners.