Remarks by Carl Benninger
79 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
- Play at 1:51:52
“Okay, so we had no manufacturing per se.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 1:51:56
“Okay. In their environmental review, what did they look at then?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 1:52:09
“And I guess let me ask the question, is that done by an outside consultant?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 1:52:19
“Okay. And they reported their findings, and we've seen those findings? Yes. All right. One other term I didn't understand. When we talked about calculating number of parking spaces, you used the terminology of the FAR. Could you explain to me what that is?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 2:06:38
“I'm going to answer kind of my own question, but we just approved rezoning the last meeting we had, and in there was changes for developments like this that are next to industrial processes to ensure a balcony is not facing towards the manufacturing, make sure there's a court area in front. So I'm going to ask my own question saying that really isn't in effect until it's approved, correct?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 2:18:51
“Washington Square is pushing for a park in their neighborhood. This is not the park they're talking about, correct?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 2:19:20
“So then how far is this site away from what's being proposed for Washington Square?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 2:19:33
“Is there a neighborhood associated with this park? In the tribal consultation, what happens with that?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 2:20:40
“In my life, I've been involved with one of those in which we actually did a soil x-ray of the soil to make sure it wasn't a burial ground. And we did discover some bones that turned out to be horses. Thank goodness. But I don't know if we have any burial sites in the city we need to be sensitive to.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 2:31:49
“For Commissioner Guzman, when the related project came through, I was able to successfully, with the help of this group, put on the attachment to the approval that we look at an oversight committee for the $2 million that was going to come in that area so the money could be spent in that area. Council turned that down flatly, which is their right. So I answer your question, when's the right time? Anytime's the right time, and we could add it to Our recommendation to council, if they so choose on it. What I want to comment is a couple of things. One, Saturday I was kind of a little surprised.…”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 1:41:03
“Thank you. Again, I'd like to re-echo that there's a lot of work with this. I appreciate all the input. A couple concerns that I have and one that I keep hearing from people. Some people get very concerned when they see going from permit to CPU. Could you explain the difference between the two and the cost of getting one versus the other?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:41:32
“There are some people that when they see the word that I'm gonna have to go from a permit to a CPU, that they're concerned that there's cost, tremendous cost involved, CUP, I'm sorry. There's tremendous cost involved and it's a lot of work that I don't have to do at other cities. I think let's just explain what's the difference between asking for a permit and asking for a CPU, both cause-wise and time.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:45:01
“the conditional use permit because it takes longer of course that's the most expensive of the three options so as you have here some companies going from permits to CUP are they going to those companies are they going to have to now apply for CUP”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:45:36
“Okay. So they're right now existing with permits only. They're allowed to continue to operate. Correct. Not required to go and get a CUP. Correct. Correct. Okay. Go through why the change on laundry and dry cleaning locations. We allowed it before and why are we taking it away?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:46:20
“But is it because of the chemicals that they deal with? What's the bad cheer? Because I have a cleaner's neighbor house that do dry clean on site, right next to the residential.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:47:10
“Thank you for that clarity, because it really wasn't clear to me what we're talking about, so I appreciate that. Also, I do have concern. These revisions were only released Friday night, is that correct? When were they released in public?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:47:26
“Okay. And I became aware of it a couple hours ago, so I spent the last couple hours reading through them. There's a lot of good parts, and I admit there's a lot of it that are just minor changes. There are some significant changes inside here that what we had from the 21st on it. So I'm a little concerned if the public has had time to see what these revisions have been, and been able to fully respond back to them with these latest changes on it, per se. So I do have a concern from that standpoint. Also concerned too, we're going to be adding a buffer zone between residential and industrial.…”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:48:36
“I guess what we're really asking is what do you envision in this buffer zone? That is one area that I end up hearing concerns about expressed to me. Whatever it will be there, it's our property. If it's behind a closed-end fence, what does it matter? So what do you envision in that buffer zone area?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:50:48
“I'm all in favor of that. In fact, every time a white pine is planted, we should celebrate because it does the most as far as removing carbon from the air and putting it inside cellulose. We have people from the staff, both from business as well as environmental. I do have a question for our business development. Are they here?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:51:13
“Economic development. The worst thing that we want to do is hurt the city from economic development. We want to be a place where businesses want to come. Have you reviewed this proposed rezoning and what is your opinion of it?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:52:17
“The worst thing we might do is pass something and push everyone to Irvine or Costa Mesa or Huntington Beach of all places. So right now what you've seen on this plan, you would say this would support economic development in the city and that hurt it?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:52:45
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:54:31
“It's a little bit off target, but it's still, one of the most embarrassing things I saw in the last six months was what happened with the aerospace firm not knowing what they're dealing with and not being able to tell the fire department what they were dealing with. As a woman, I'm a chemical engineer, I worked for Dow Chemical, I've prepared emergency plans and the like. I don't know, God, why they didn't have information on those chemicals there, and I've talked to Phil Passera, say please to get the fire department to start looking at the plans that our industries have. And that's how we…”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:56:03
“If you were to rewrite the plan, give an append and say make a change, what change would you put to this zoning plan?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:57:20
“Thank you. My compliments too, as I have spent two hours looking at all the changes from that came out Friday night and got in my hands today. I do like the approach of the vents or the air filters on buildings next to residential areas next to industrial that they're not aimed in the possession of the industry. Hopefully that means not downwind from them. That was one that we always had to be careful in chemical industry about is downwind intake. I'm glad to see it under consideration. I just didn't have a whole lot of time. It was just two hours to go through all the changes. I know there's…”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026