Remarks by Carl Benninger
79 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“Thank you. Can everyone stand for the Pledge of Allegiance? Commissioner Gomez, would you like to lead us in, please? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice. Thank you. Before we begin, I'd like to remind my fellow commissioners to turn off your microphones when speaking and on when you are. And also, while speaking, make sure you're four inches away from the microphone. Thank you. And truly also, when speaking tonight, please make sure that bike's close to you, within…”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. Moving on to public comments on non-agenda or non-public hearing items. Secretary, does anyone wish to speak?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. Okay. Calypso, can I have you speak for three minutes, please? Gail, there you go. I'm sorry. And thank you for bicycling in. I saw it.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. Secretary, we don't have any TVs here or the clock. Thank you. There you go. Do we have any other speakers online or in person?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Moving on to the consent calendar. Is there a motion to approve item A, minutes from August 24th meeting and from adjourned regular meeting on August 31st? And B, excused absences?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yes, I'm looking for A and B. We'll talk about C right afterwards. So right now it's A and B is what we're voting on.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I didn't notice until after I read A and B. So I say let's vote on A and B and then we'll do C separate.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay. So I guess the motion's been changed to include C with A and B.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“So it's been first and second. We're ready to vote.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Right now, the rain of numbers, is that January 1st to December 31st or June 30th to July 1st?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“okay so it is is uh january to december basically basically that's correct okay great um one issue a couple issues one i'm glad that uh commissioner fan brought up the uh the gate i actually like the location i'm glad we're not involving fourth street in entrance and egress but it also tells me is is this a developer planning to developed a lot next to this is that why it says future Future use next to the gate area down there in the small print.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“similar type of connectivity would be required to allow that breaking up of the large blocks and to allow pedestrian access through okay so those 18 parking spaces on that street are not going to be signed or that entrance roadway because it isn't cut off by public everybody gives public parking for anyone correct those would serve as the guest spaces for the development okay but if there's no blocking them off and the develops next to them It could be used by anyone, not just the development.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay. Also, on the numbers we saw for parking, and I get a little confused just looking at two and a half cars, each one of these units have a two-car garage attached to it. So I don't know where that half a car comes up, especially on the four-bedroom units. How is the half a car developed?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Because also one sub 1.8 for the less than four for bedroom also. Really what we have is we have 80 80 parking spaces in the garages and 18 outside. That's basically what the parking spaces are for this project, correct?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I counted 18, but my math was wrong. Okay. One question has been brought up that we had someone talk to us a couple years ago about is trash collection and getting a trash truck around this facility. Where are the trash pickups in this project?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“And they're going to be required to store them on site?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay. All right. That's the question. That's the question I have right now. Thank you.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I do like you designed it on the first floor. It looks like a little storage area. I assume it's for bikes and wagons and all that good stuff and keep it out of the garage.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, that's nice. Nice to include it. Also, Ali, and you may not be able to answer this, but I've had the unfortunate pleasure of replacing a four ton unit in my house and a two ton unit in my condo. And I'm amazed how quiet they are right now to answer your question, the compressors. And that's a good question. Do you have an idea what decimal levels these compressors are?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I'm only smiling because I had to run a crane in order to get the compressor off the roof. Sorry, I don't know exactly what you're talking about.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Well, actually, the fun part was keeping the parking space open so I could get the crane in there. That's all my questions. Thank you.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you for that. Appreciate it. Is that the last of the online questions?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay. Okay. I'm sorry. Public testimony portion of the public hearing is now closed. Is there approval? Is there a motion on this matter?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay. I have a motion with a first and a second. Commissioner Liu made a motion, and Commissioner Wu has seconded. Any discussion?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Could you please put up again the zoning? Good. Looks like a lot of time was spent on the environmental issue or review. And I don't understand what ISMND stands for, but I can relate to phase one, phase two of environmental standards or reviews that I had to do. In a phase one, basically, you look over the past information and what's been there, any history of any spills, any contamination. If there was some, you could go to phase two, which means you actually end up having to drill to test the soil. This is an M1 area, means it was industrial. Do we know what kind of M1 industrial was on…”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026