[CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM IS PRESENT] [00:00:09] EVENING EVERYONE. IT IS 6:30 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH, 2026. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. I'M ANNOUNCING A CALL TO ORDER OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR SESSION FOR JULY 8TH, 2026. WE ARE MEETING HERE IN OUR CITY HALL AT 301 EAST EGGLESTON STREET. NO. PARDON ME, 105 EAST. I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M SAYING 301. THAT'S A DIFFERENT CITY. THAT'S AUSTIN, [PUBLIC COMMENTS] 105 EAST EGGLESTON STREET IN MANER. I WILL CALL UP. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT FOR COMBINED TIME OF FIVE MINUTES. MR. ROBERT BATTLE, YOU ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE LAWSUIT AND TOKEN P AND Z CARDS AND CUTOUTS, I BELIEVE IS WHAT IT SAYS. SORRY, WERE YOU READING AT THE END THERE? YOU KIND OF TRAILED OFF. WHAT DID YOU SAY AT THE END? PNC CARDS AND CUTOUTS. CARDBOARD CUTOUTS. OH. CARDBOARD CUTOUTS. ALL RIGHT. YOUR TIME STARTS WHEN YOU BEGIN. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. AND, BOY, WE HAVE QUITE A CROWD HERE TONIGHT, DON'T WE? YOU GUYS REALLY KNOW HOW TO ENERGIZE THE CITY? YEAH. YOU GUYS BASICALLY ARE A BUNCH OF CARDBOARD CUTOUTS. YOU CAN'T EVEN GET AN EMAIL ADDRESS FOR YOURSELVES. I THINK SCOTT DUNLOP HAS NOW REMOVED THE PC COMMISSION@MANATEE.GOV. SO YOU HAVE NO WAY FOR PEOPLE TO TALK TO YOU, AND YOU HAVE NO WAY FOR YOU TO TALK TO THEM. YOU GUYS GOT COMPLETELY PLAYED FOR CHUMPS ON THE MANOR DOWNS TM. I OWN THAT NAME THING. AND NOW PERCH, YOU KNOW THE THEY NEVER EVEN TOLD YOU THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO FIX UP HILL LANE. YOU GOT PLAYED FOR CHUMPS COMPLETELY. YEAH. THEY NEVER QUITE TOLD YOU THAT THE SOUTH OF HILL LANE WAS GOING TO BE A SUBDIVISION. AND GUESS WHAT THEY CALL THEMSELVES PERCH MANOR DOWNS. I SENT HIM A LETTER TODAY TO STOP USING THAT NAME. GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE GIVING 13 ACRES OF GILLELAND CREEK BACK TO TRAVIS COUNTY. HOW CAN YOU GUYS LET THAT GO ON? IS IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE BRAIN POWER TO MANAGE A WILDLIFE PRESERVE? YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND YOU KEEP CALLING WOODLANDS PARK, SHADOW GLEN OPEN SPACE. GOOD GOD. OKAY, I DID ANOTHER DING LIST BECAUSE I'M GOING TO I HAVE A JURY TRIAL COMING AND I'M GOING TO ALL THE TIMES YOU GUYS SCREW UP, I'M GOING TO ASK THE JURY TO AWARD ME AND BOBBY REESE AND THE CITY OF MANOR MONEY. THESE THINGS ADD UP QUICK. OKAY. YOU'RE STILL PUBLIC. COMMENTS ARE STILL RESTRICTED. THAT'S $200. DING. EVERY TIME. OKAY, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NOT RESCINDED, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMPLETELY FULL OF LIES, AND IT'S BEEN USED AS A CUDGEL TO BEAT US DOWN. THAT'S ANOTHER BUNCH OF STUFF. NOW, IF YOU HAD AN EMAIL ADDRESS, YOU COULD GET THESE. YOU GUYS CAN'T EVEN GET AN EMAIL ADDRESS. NOW, THIS CRACKS ME UP. THIS GUY ON THE END, HE'S AN ENGINEER. HE'S EVERYTHING THAT WE DON'T WANT UP HERE. SOMEBODY'S TAKING UP SPACE PRETENDING THAT THEY'RE LIKE AN INTELLIGENT PERSON. HE CALLS HIMSELF AN ENGINEER, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T EVEN PUT IN A DOG RUN. YOU CAN'T EVEN PUT IN A FREE DISC GOLF COURSE. FOUR YEARS AGO, I HAD ONE READY TO PUT ME AND TWO OTHER DISC GOLF MANUFACTURERS THAT ARE LOCAL, AND YOU GUYS COULDN'T EVEN DO THAT. SO IN TERMS OF YOUR CHILDREN, YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE PARENTS, YOU'VE DONE NOTHING FOR THEM. DO YOU LIKE PUBLIC ART? YOU WOULDN'T EVEN PUT IN THE HARRIET TUBMAN MURAL. SO IN TERMS OF THAT, YOU'VE DONE NOTHING FOR CULTURE. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A POLICY. YOU'VE DONE NOTHING FOR PLAZAS. YOU'RE PUTTING TOWNHOMES ON TOP OF BLACK GRAVES. SO YOU'VE DONE NOTHING FOR BLACK PEOPLE. YOU DO NOTHING FOR ANYBODY. YOU'RE A CHARADE. NOW, I ALSO SENT OUT A WAY TO CURE THIS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU'RE ALL ASSIGNED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE ONLY REASON THEY PUT YOU IN HERE IS BECAUSE YOU'RE CHUMPS THAT WILL VOTE FOR THE WAY THEY ARE. YOU'RE HIS LACKEY. YOU NEED TO. YOU'RE HIS LAP BOY. YOU NEED TO GO SIT OVER ON HIS LAP. PLEASE. THIS IS WHEN I TURNED TO THE AUDIENCE. WHY IS HE UP HERE? HE'S NOT EVEN THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT. IS IT BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE EIGHT PEOPLE UP HERE? SIR, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES LEFT, SO YOU NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT AGENDA RELATED ITEMS. AND WHAT IS THE AGENDA? THIS IS THE SKIMPIEST AGENDA IN THE EIGHT YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE. WHY? IT'S BECAUSE THE CITY IS IN A DYSFUNCTIONAL. THEY'RE ON A CRISIS. I'M SORRY. I DON'T HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF ME. CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE AGENDA ITEM IS? I'M SURE IT'S RIVETING. I TAKE IT THAT'S A NO STANDBY. IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE EVER KNOWN WHAT ACTUALLY THE TWO MINUTES AND THREE MINUTES WERE FOR. USUALLY IT'S JUST FIVE MINUTES. SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT. SO GOOD. I'M HAVING SOME IMPACT. PLUS, NOW WE KNOW HOW TO PUT THE NUMBER. OKAY. COORDINATED [00:05:05] SIGN FOR THE LEX. YEAH, EXACTLY. WHAT A BUNCH OF BALONEY. WE DON'T WANT A BUNCH OF WAREHOUSES DOWN ACROSS FROM OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DO WE? I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE TEACHERS. WHY IS THAT A GOOD IMAGE? YOU WALK OUT OF CLASS AND YOU'RE FACING A WAREHOUSE. THIS IS THE TOURIST PROJECT THAT YOU GET YOUR GIVEAWAY TO PETE DWYER. PETE DWYER'S BEEN RUNNING THE CITY FOR 30 YEARS. THERE'S NOTHING BLIGHTED ABOUT TOURS NUMBER TWO. AND THERE'S EVERYTHING CORRUPT ABOUT TOURIST BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TOURS TWO BEING THE CITY COUNCIL REPORTING TO THEMSELVES. BUT YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE THE BRAIN POWER TO UNDERSTAND THIS. THE CHARTER COMMISSION IS A JOKE. BUT YOU GUYS NEED TO UNDERSTAND WE DON'T WANT WAREHOUSE DOORS FACING ANY ROADS, AND WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER WAREHOUSE BY DOLLAR GENERAL. WE HAVE A WAREHOUSE PARK. IT'S MAYNARD BUSINESS CENTER. IT'S OUT TO ELGIN. THAT'S WHERE THE WAREHOUSES GO. YOU GUYS DID THAT? ACTUALLY, YOUR PREDECESSORS, WE USED TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT DID GOOD THINGS. YOU GUYS HAVEN'T DONE THE DAMN THING. YOU HAVEN'T PUT ONE AGENDA ITEM ON, EVER. YOU DON'T HAVE THE BRAIN POWER TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA. YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS FOCUSED ON MATTERS AND NOT TOWARD PERSONALITIES OR PEOPLE. WHAT PERSONALITY YOU ATTACK PEOPLE'S INTELLECT, WHICH IS NOT. PARDON ME. YOU CAN LISTEN NOW, SIR. YOUR TIME. I'M TRYING TO LISTEN. IF YOU LISTEN, SIR, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. YOU ARE NOT TO EVER ATTACK ANYONE ON THE DAIS FOR THE COUNCIL OR THE COMMISSION. WHAT ATTACK? WHAT WAS THE. I'M TALKING. PLEASE DO NOT SPEAK. YOU SAID SOMETHING AND YOU DID NOT. IT'S KILLING YOURSELF. CAN WE CUT HIS MIC? OH, CAN WE CUT MR. BATTLE? YOU ARE NOT TO ATTACK THE INTELLECT, MR. BATTLE, YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER. YOU ARE NOT TO ATTACK THE INTELLECT OF ANYONE ON THIS DAIS, OF THIS COMMISSION OR THE COUNCIL. DO YOU HEAR ME? I'M AFRAID YOU'RE INCORRECT THERE. BECAUSE I HAVE REMONSTRANCE. I HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. IF I WANT TO CALL YOU A MENTAL, I CAN. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO. YOU WERE. YOU WERE. WHAT HAPPENED TO TURNING THE MIC OFF? SIR, WE ARE NOT HAVING A BACK AND FORTH ON THIS. YOU WERE EJECTED FROM THAT COUNCIL MEETING FOR DOING THAT EXACT COMMENT. WELL, THAT THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE IS NOT ACCEPTED HERE. THANK YOU. YOU CAN BE SEATED. I DON'T WANT TO BE SEATED. YOU CAN BE SEATED, SIR. I DON'T WANT TO BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. ALL THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE [CONSENT AGENDA] CONSIDERED TO BE SELF-EXPLANATORY BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND WILL BE ENACTED UPON WITH ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS REQUESTED BY THE CHAIR OR COMMISSIONER, IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT ARE THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 10TH, 2026 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR SESSION. THESE WERE ALSO SENT OUT AND HAVE BEEN IN THE BACKUP POSTED ONLINE SINCE LAST WEEK. COMMISSIONERS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PIES TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HAVE A SECOND, A SECOND, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MENDOZA. ANY DISCUSSION TO CONSIDER? DISCUSSION TO THE MOTION. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 0. COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A VERY LIGHT AGENDA, THE LIGHTEST I'VE SEEN IN THE THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN ON HERE. YEAH. HAS IT BEEN? I'M STARTING MY THIRD YEAR. I JUST STARTED IT. ITEM [REGULAR AGENDA] ONE. NO. ITEM TWO. WE'RE ALREADY ON ITEM TWO. CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A COORDINATED SIGN PLAN FOR THE LEX BEING LOCATED AT 11830 NORTH FM 973 IN MAYNARD, TEXAS. THIS IS THE APPLICANT BEING SANDY SIGNS. COMMISSION STAFF, PLEASE ENLIGHTEN US ON THIS COORDINATED SIGN PLAN FOR THE LEX. SURE. SO THIS IS FOR THE NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS SOUTHBOUND FM 973 ACROSS FROM LAGOS ELEMENTARY. THERE'S ONE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW. IT'S GOING TO BE A TOTAL OF EIGHT BUILDINGS. IT'S A COMMERCIAL FLEX DEVELOPMENT THAT ZONED C1 LIGHT COMMERCIAL. SO IT'S PRIMARILY A RETAIL RESTAURANT TYPE USES THERE. SO THIS COORDINATED SIGN PLAN WILL BE FOR ALL EIGHT BUILDINGS. IT INCLUDES A NINE FOOT MONUMENT ON FM 973 AND A SIX FOOT MONUMENT ON MURCHISON, WHICH IS THEIR SECONDARY ENTRANCE. THEY HAVE TWO ENTRANCE POINTS, ONE ON 973 AND THEN ONE ON MURCHISON, AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE SMALL ADDRESS MONUMENT, AND THEN THEY HAVE THEIR TENANT SIGNAGE, WHICH ARE FRONT LIT CHANNEL LETTERS. SO THE SIGNAGE THAT WOULD BE ON THE FRONT, REAR AND SIDES OF THESE BUILDINGS WILL ALL BE CHANNEL LETTERS. BUT THE KIND OF COLOR STYLING WILL BE UP TO THE TENANTS, BUT THEY WILL ALL HAVE TO BE CHANNEL LETTERS. AND THEN THEY HAVE MAXIMUM SIZES, LET'S SAY THE ONES ON THE FRONT BEING LARGER THAN THE ONES ON THE SIDES OF THE REAR, AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR THIS ONE. AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, [00:10:01] BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COORDINATED SIGN PLAN FOR THE LEX? OR THE ANVILS? JUST A CORE PARDON THE ANVILS ON THIS. OH YEAH. CAN YOU I TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH YOU GUYS LAST WEEK. CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE ANVILS AND WHAT THEY MEAN. I BELIEVE THEY'RE RELATED TO MR. DWYER'S, THE DWYER COMPANIES. YES. YEAH. THEY'RE SORT OF A PLACEMAKING FEATURE, SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY CONSIDERED SIGNAGE. THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN WHICH HELPS TO GIVE THE SPECIFICATIONS AS THEY'RE BEING PLACED. AND THEY KIND OF HAVE THEIR OPTIONAL LOCATIONS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THERE'S 3 OR 4 OF THEM THROUGHOUT. IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE STUDIOS AT SHADOW GLEN, TRACE, KIND OF WHISKEY GIRLS OR JALISCO, THEY HAVE ONE OF THE ANVILS THERE KIND OF WHEN YOU COME IN. AND SO THIS DEVELOPMENT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT ONE SAME DEVELOPER. SO IT'LL BE THE SAME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. THIS ONE'S, YOU KNOW, TWICE THE SIZE OF IT. THE LEXUS IS TWICE THE SIZE OF THE STUDIOS, BUT THEY'RE CONTINUING THE SORT OF ANVIL BRANDING SIMILAR, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE LIKE THREE BARS IN A, IN A WELL, WE USED TO HAVE A PIZZA SHOP IN IT. NO, NO TENANTS YET. WELL SEE THAT WE KNOW. SO OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ON A SCAVENGER HUNT FOR THESE ANVILS AROUND TOWN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? IS THIS SOMETHING LIKE THE HIPPOS AND. FOR THIS DEVELOPER? YES, IN A WAY. I MEAN, YOU WON'T FIND THE ANVILS AROUND TOWN LIKE YOU'LL FIND THE HIPPOS. AND BUT FOR FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENTS AND MAYBE A, A SIGNATURE FEATURE, ALTHOUGH NOT ALL OF THEM JUST HAPPENS TO BE THEIR COMMERCIAL FLEX ONES HAVE THE ANVILS. IN THERE FOR COMMUNITY USE. I MEAN, ONE COULD USE AN ANVIL IF THEY SO NEEDED. LIKE, I GUESS THEY'RE LIKE FUNCTIONAL. IT'S ART, BUT YEAH. I LIKE THE BLACKSMITH TOUCH, WHICH THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR EMOTION. I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS MEETING LAST AS LONG AS WE CAN, BUT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PIES TO APPROVE THE COORDINATED DESIGN PLAN. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND. BY VICE CHAIR NIKLA. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? NO DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 0. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. THAT COMPLETES THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING OF THE I GOTTA YEAH, GOTTA STRETCH IT OUT. MAKE IT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. THAT THAT COMPLETES THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF MANER. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PIES IN A SECOND. A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MEYER. EVERYBODY'S GETTING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.