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Regular Council Meeting July 26, 2021 Page 4 Subdivision single family lots were advertised as a new hearing and a second round of notices were mailed out. He also said the new hearing would be conducted by the P&Z on August 2nd. Mayor Portugal opened the public hearing and asked anyone wishing to speak in support or opposition of this zoning change, to please come forward. Angie Gifford — 3765 Eagle Bend Drive in Brownwood, presented the Council with a petition of over 80 signatures of people asking that Brownwood, plus the Davenwick parcel be zoned as single family only. Vickey Hilliard — 3760 Woodland Lane, she stated she was very disappointed that the Planning and Zoning Committee did not support the request of the director and approved the zoning change. She stated that homeowners adjacent to the potential two or three story homes would lose their privacy. Ms. Hilliard also stated this could also cause potential drainage issues, traffic problems, as well as more noise, trash, and crime that tenants would bring in. James O'Bryan, 3150 Bonham — he said this was confusing, and questioned if the City was withdrawing its request to rezone the Davenwick parcel. Mr. Mack said the Planning & Zoning Commission denied the City's request and the City was withdrawing its request for rezoning the Davenwick parcel. Council Member Pilgrim said the City Council had three options which were to allow the withdrawal, deny the request or approve the request. Roy Henderson, 3751 Eagle Bend — he said they already had problems with water draining on the backside of the property and that the ditches were not wide enough to handle more water. Bill Madding — he said the roads were already a problem and runs across the road. He encouraged to change everything to single family. Cody Sexton — spoke in favor to change the area to single family dwelling, and encouraged City Council to overturn the P&Z's decision because of privacy issues and more traffic. Cleonne Drake, 2501 Simpson — she spoke in support of single family dwelling for her sister who recently moved to Brownwood. Tuesday Smallwood Chadwick, 1040 Canon —'she said they purchased the property five years ago as currently zoned. She said they were not planning to put up four story apartment buildings. She said she was a doctor, and had lived in nice rental property and they planned to build nice rental properties. Beth Gilbert, 3735 Eagle Bend — she spoke in favor of rezoning the area to single family and said drainage was already an issue.