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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #184976

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Other: While visiting Bryan Park on 8/9, I observed mowing with a gas engine lawn mower of grass already at a very low height. Greenhouse gas emissions are a concern from unnecessary mowing, and the area being mowed was very large. For a city with a sustainability office, one would expect either the use of electric lawn equipment and/or mowing only when necessary. Please consider training staff to mow using environmentally friendly practices.

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8/11/2023 10:34:31 Closed by Tim Street

Thanks for the concern. We do have a battery mower at Bryan Park that does most of the mowing (new this year). However, we're not entirely off of gas equipment yet -- the battery mowers don't work as well when it's wet, and on the day you mentioned the battery mower from Bryan was actually assisting with mowing the B-Line. We are committed to electrification of equipment but are not yet able to be free of gas equipment.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=184976 Closed by Tim Street Thanks for the concern. We do have a battery mower at Bryan Park that does most of the mowing (new this year). However, we're not entirely off of gas equipment yet -- the battery mowers don't work as well when it's wet, and on the day you mentioned the battery mower from Bryan was actually assisting with mowing the B-Line. We are committed to electrification of equipment but are not yet able to be free of gas equipment.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=184976 Anonymous assigned this case to Paula McDevitt You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

8/10/2023 14:02:04 Opened by Anonymous

1000 S Henderson ST

CityBloomington
StateIN
Zip47401
Latitude39.155429840088
Longitude-86.527267456055
Neighborhood AssociationBryan Park
TownshipPerry

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