Remarks by Carl Benninger
79 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“Thank you. Mayor Mrakas, I can attest to the fact is give Syria called and she'll answer and I appreciate the hour that I had with both you Ricardo very helpful. Mayor Mrakas, And again hats off is a heck of a large project ahead of an undertaking and there are people are going to feel that they win and others feel as they lose, but. Mayor Mrakas, As long as we are keeping in mind with Chris was talking as Commissioner Leo was talking about. where are we going long term and what are what are we doing to the city and we do have a lot of advantages i've i've heard an awful lot in the last six…”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay. And was Margarita's group, Environmental Justice, involved? Absolutely. Good. And they both have given a blessing to the plan as is? I'm sorry, what was that? Have they given a blessing to your plan as being proposed?”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay. But they've reviewed it, yes. Did they have any concerns? No concerns. Okay. Very appreciative of the information we've got from various people today. And the one I'm going to refer to is the NAIOP letter that was coming up. And the one concern, so we'll just kind of take it apart. They talk about equipment rental, light rental. And I have my favorite place, United Rental, right on Seeders Room, actually Dyer Road and and mean. Are small operations like that going to be affected by this change?”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay. Some of it I see good reason for because there's two rental places that I've used. United Rental there on Dyer does a good job of will fence keep things low. But if I read this, they'll be affected by keeping equipment outside, right?”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, well, you've been responding to the letter from the NAIOP.”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Because the other one that they're concerned about is no heavy rentals. And if I read their letter correct, they're assuming that that'd be nowhere in Santa Ana, even in the midst of an M1 zone. And of course, businesses do need cranes, and they do need some of the heavier equipment from time to time. When I worked for Dow, we were constantly renting stuff like that out. They're concerned about no heavy rental equipment in the city. Is that correct by the way our present plan is written?”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“They're concerned that this plan will eliminate any heavy rental equipment, cranes and such, even if it's in the midst of the M1 zone.”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Angela's gonna be building a lot of drones.”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Say the Home Depot near my house that is actually, I don't think it's a residential area. I have to look the map again. But Home Depot, Lowe's both have outdoor storage of their rental equipment. Are they going to be affected by this?”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay. So they would have to cover it over or do something of that nature?”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay. Okay. You can tell all the favorite places I visit in the city. Okay. Um, They also are concerned about limitations, and there is a project that you and I discussed possible with an EV company that wants to put a training center as well as be able to repair. And based on the fact that if they do their repair indoors and not outdoors, they would fit into an M1 without a problem, correct?”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Well, yes, they wanted to repair indoors, not out.”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Which is a reason for that limitation, just like we went through Lacey neighborhood, and he limited all the out auto repair that was out outdoors. And that's really for just exposure purposes. People had seen it. So okay, I see their concerns there.”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. Very good. At Dow, we used to periodically say that we earn our pay this week. And again, I can say to the staff is you guys definitely earned your pay over the last few months putting this together. So very much, very much appreciate it. Thank you.”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“You made some very good points, Commissioner. I agree with them. I would encourage staff to go ahead and respond to the NAIOP letter. i think they deserve they brought up a number of items that i think we should we should address i also continue the work of letting people know and anyone out there who has a question of not clear what's going to happen long term to your property give siri a call she'll gladly answer it she'll gladly explain it and put in writing if you don't want to call but seek the answers on it the only thing i would like to know if at our next meeting two things one i'd…”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Unfortunately, Commissioner Leo, we are not controlled with the school board. I just recently was at the Rob Richardson Welcoming Center. Beautiful building, and they're revising it to include We Share, but I looked at the hunk of land that it sits on close to Monterey High School. Unbelievable. If we convert that to a park in the city, what wonderful. But it's really for the city officials to work with the school board. And I don't know what the secret is either because L.A. has the same problem. They've kept the same staff, but they have half the number of kids. Somewhere along the way,…”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 1:01:42
“Thank you. Mayor Mrakas, I can attest to the fact is give Syria called and she'll answer and I appreciate the hour that I had with both you Ricardo very helpful. Mayor Mrakas, Again hats off is a heck of a large project ahead of an undertaking and our people are going to feel that they win and others feel that they lose, but. Mayor Mrakas, As long as we are keeping in mind with Chris was talking as Commissioner Leo was talking about. Where are we going long term? And what are we doing to the city? And we do have a lot of advantages. I've heard an awful lot in the last six months as this…”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 1:02:38
“Okay. And was Margarita's group, Environmental Justice, involved? Absolutely. Good. And they both have given a blessing to the plan as is? I'm sorry, what was that? Have they given a blessing to your plan as being proposed?”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 1:02:52
“Okay. But they've reviewed it, yes. Did they have any concerns? No concerns. Okay. Very appreciative of the information we got from various people today. And the one I'm going to refer to is the NAIOP letter that was coming up. And the one concern, so we'll just kind of take it apart. They talk about equipment rental, light rental. And I have my favorite place, United Rental, right on Seeders Room, actually Dyer Road and”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 1:04:24
“Because the other one that they're concerned about is no heavy rentals. And if I read their letter correct, they're assuming that that'd be nowhere in Santa Ana, even in the midst of an M1 zone. And of course, businesses do need cranes, and they do need some of the heavier equipment from time to time. When I worked for Dow, we were constantly renting stuff like that out. They're concerned about no heavy rental equipment in the city. Is that correct by the way our present plan is written?”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 1:04:57
“They're concerned that this plan will eliminate any heavy rental equipment, cranes and such, even if it's in the midst of the M1 zone.”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 1:07:13
“Would that apply to Say the Home Depot near my house that is actually, I don't think it's a residential area. I have to look the map again. But Home Depot, Lowe's both have outdoor storage of their rental equipment. Are they going to be affected by this?”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 1:07:28
“Okay. So they would have to cover it over or do something of that nature?”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 1:07:59
“Okay. Okay. You can tell all the favorite places I visit in the city. Okay. Um, also are concerned about limitations and there is a project that you and i discussed possible with a eb company that wants to put a training center as well as be able to repair and based on the fact that if they do their repair indoors and then outdoors they would fit into an m1 without a problem correct Mayor Mrakas, You said repair was yes, they wanted to repair indoors not out yes, as long as in indoors, yes, which is a reason for that limitations, just like we went through lacing neighborhood. Mayor Mrakas,…”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026