leaf blowers
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Appearances (40 most notable of 75)
I'm sure Oktoberfest or ribbon cutting and all those things have been rescheduled. So I'm glad that we... The last week's storm will not, you know, will... Would... Are not making it so those things can happen. And I just also... I'm sure trustee Sim…
It's important to note too, as Tony has told me, that he received village approval before he built his coop. And Tony doesn't live in his house full time because he is renovating it, but he will be moving into the house and living there full time wit…
Hi. Dave from Farrington Road. I just wanna say that this is number 10 for me in non agenda. Comments. Here we go again. Rabbit season. Duck season. No. Pollution season. Unnecessary hearing damage season. Clouds of unburned fossil fuels into my open…
I do sort of question the number of summonses that are being written. I mean, know that the that we're out of the quiet period or whatever you call it. But it's hard for me to believe there are only four since the last meeting because like I hear a l…
Hi. Dave from Farrington. Thank you for this time to speak. First, I'd like to say thank you to whomever is responsible for the yellow markers in the no parking spots on Riverside at in at Farrington And High Streets. This is a big help trying to nav…
For the next four months, every time you see, hear, or smell a gas leaf blower right on through the day of New Year's Eve, I want you to remember that someone, a whole lot of someone's including you is in harm's way. Hearing damage, emphysema, asthma…
Just off topic, I'd like to say that, I've done my lawn for seventy seven years, and my wife insisted that an outside guy do it. Part of the landscaping industry, you know. Guy makes about $65,000 a year, and he's the manager as opposed to the other …
Hi. Ned Rust. Morningside Drive. My my second consecutive appearance. I wrote a letter about ye old leaf blowers to the editor at the Gazette last week, which, while a marvel of logic and and generally excellent craftsmanship, I'm not gonna recite he…
Gas leaf blowers are so inefficient that 30% of the gasoline and oil that goes into them comes right back out in the combustion process or nonprocess. So if you put a gallon of gas into one of these things, you're gonna get more than two pints of fue…
Hi. Dave Farrington Road. First good news is DPW chooses less pollution for Croton. All of our lungs, especially our kids' lungs. Thank you. Now let's have some fun, a little thought experiment. How many gas leaf blowers do you think are working in a…
I'll call them what they are, delay tactics. For example, why are you asking cost for landscapers versus quality of life? The landscaping industry's profit margin is not more important than our kids' health, our health, our right to cancer free air, …
I don't hear the leaf blowers right now because my windows are closed, But they are and I know that there has been enforcement, but there still are I'm witnessing with my own eyeballs on your street, gas leaf blowers. So, it's going on, but I do thin…
Yeah. So Right. All I'm saying is this felt like when we got this presentation, it's not this wasn't like, you know, if the if another it just feels like a very well developed concept to be this early on in the process, and that's what's causing me c…
Onto the leaf blowers, in terms of our current current law, engineering has been addressing complaints as they've been coming in. Since June 1, eight violations have been issued. So, you know, feel free to if you if you wanna report a violation durin…
Not every single leaf and particle needs to be blown off a property, but for some reason, many landscapers feel this is necessary, causing increasingly prolonged use of gas blowers. Rakes and tarps then using electric battery is the most efficient me…
John Sasso, Morningside Drive. I'm not gonna remind you that we have the only dog park that closes at 04:00 on weekends in Westchester County, and explanation of that is beyond. I live on Morningside Drive. Houses are close together, and we talk abou…
DISCUSSIONS ON GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS
● The Board of Trustees has asked the Committee to gather more information on gas leaf
blower impact and on public opinion on their use. ● The BOT will shortly send a memo to the CCAC with further information…
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that a copy of this home rule request be sent to State
Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg and State Senator Peter Harckham.
On a motion by TRUSTEE SIMON, seconded by TRUSTEE NICHOLSON, the Village Board
voted 4-0 (TRUSTEE SLIPPEN…
And that cracks open the door into a larger question that we may or may not want them to look into. But, I mean, then, you know, one of the things that makes the argument for, you know, special regulations on leaf blowers in particular is because mos…
The Croton Conservation Advisory Council heard a detailed pitch from the advocacy group Quiet Clean Croton for a year-round ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, reviewed a mixed Earth Day debrief, and voted to recommend a village engineering review of th…
QUIET, CLEAN, CROTON ● Dave Daly and Tom Smith of Quiet Clean Croton gave a second, more in depth
presentation on the goals of and motives for founding Quiet Clean Croton. They also
handed out materials and resources explaining their …
Mayor Pugh advised that Croton’s Police camera data is hosted by the Westchester
County Police Department and is not cloud based. Mayor Pugh stated that approving
this action tonight does not mean it will be passed by the State Legislature and if it
…
Dave of Farrington Road delivered a detailed case for a year-round ban on gasoline-powered leaf blowers, rebutting what he called myths about electric alternatives, impacts on landscapers, and the adequacy of seasonal restrictions. He noted that Slee…
The towns whose code officers are still drowning in disputes are the towns that tried to live with hour by hour rules. I've heard this is government overreach. To that I would say, if this town can pass a noise ordinance against barking dogs, crowing…
And, speaking of Eva Thaddeus and her great work, the Garden Club, did a planting around it. So that, I appreciate all of those. It's great that so many of the committees that I'm a liaison to did such great work that we're gonna celebrate this week.…
Thank you. So thank you to everyone. Everyone's really said a lot that I was about to say, but I will just do a quick quick shout out to the CAC and Eva Thaddeus. The Earth Day celebration was wonderful. You know, great partnership between the DPW, m…
Hi. Dave from Farrington. Dave Lowell from Farrington Road. I'm happy to be here today, April 22, Earth Day. Happy Earth Day. Mhmm. I'd just like to read for you read to you from your own website, if I may, Croton on Hudson, why Croton banned gas pow…
Stereocelia in the inner ear, which are responsible for our hearing and balance, do not regenerate once damaged, meaning hearing impacts from lawn equipment noise is permanent. Noise pollution also adds to stress, which is one reason why communities …
It's still a security, it's a safety as far as I'm concerned. It's a safety situation here, as well as an inconvenience. So, but I think that letting people know what that update is is important. So I don't know how we move that forward if we need to…
QUIET, CLEAN, CROTON
● David Lowell of Quiet Clean Croton gave an introduction to his group and its mission to
ban gasoline powered leaf blowers and expressed his hopes for cooperation in the
future.
NRI UPDATE
● Madalyn reported …
David Lowell of the group Quiet Clean Croton introduced his organization's mission to ban gasoline-powered leaf blowers in the village and expressed hope for future cooperation with the council. Lowell has appeared before the Board of Trustees multip…
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Village Manager is hereby authorized to
award the contract for screened sportswear to Empire Printing, LLC of Springfield,
Missouri, for the period of April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2028.
12.PUBLIC COMMENT – N…
Thank you. My name is Dave. I live on Farrington. Thank you for this time to speak. Have you noticed the increase in noise and air pollution since I was last here? Yeah. We all have. Trustees, mayor, it does not have to be like this. Every time I'm h…
Thank you, trustee Nicholson. First of I wish, to I wanna make sure that, or I hope, I should say, that everyone had a good Easter and Passover in Ramadan since Ramadan was just ending, I think, when we had our last meeting. So I hope everyone had a …
The mayor has said that it's too expensive to require town landscapers to use battery equipment. Sure. It will be more money, but such is progress. How does it work in White Plains, Larchmont, Irvington, Mamaroneck? You're adding more noise pollution…
Thank you. So I just have a couple of things. I was able to to attend the trash conversation last night and, unfortunately, needed to duck out a little bit early before they kind of got to the main event, which is conversation around composting in sc…
and trustee Nixon, good good thoughts on, I think, on the on the leaf blowers as well as from from our participants. And it's it's it's on our list. We know it's on our list, and it's just a question of of of addressing it at some point. But soon, I …
Ie: pollinator gardens /property maintenance
c. John will work on getting data related to code violations issued in various categories
( leaf blowers, idling- police department, property maintenance, tree law
7. Repair Café
a. Library in interes…
b. We agreed to display and discuss with public at the CAC table during Earth
Day. c. We discussed the theme of enforcement across conservation laws in our
community. Trees, Leaf Blowers, Idling – a consistent complaint is
inconsistent, or seeming…
Croton-on-Hudson Police Department blotter, week of 2021-06-14 to 2021-06-20 (village-published selection of incidents; source: https://www.crotononhudson-ny.gov/police-department/news/weekly-police-blotter-june-14-june-20).
6/19/21 3:15 p.m. — Prope…