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Regular Council Meeting July 26, 2021 Page 5 Mayor Portugal asked for everyone who was in favor of rezoning the Davenwick property to single family to please stand. Mayor Portugal asked for everyone who was in opposition of rezoning Davenwick to single family to please stand. Bill Sanders, 3375 Eagle Bend — he said he understood the property owners' positions but it was not right. He said it should all be single family and expressed his concern about rental property decreasing the value of their homes. Bret Ables — he said he was sure Bobby Smallwood would build something nice, but this was their community and urged them to look at the faces of the people who were attendance and realize these are their homes. John Chadwick, Powderly — he said he purchased the property as an investment and their name spoke for itself. He said he and his brother spent a lot of time looking at maps and property. He said it was zoned MF2 when they purchased the property. He said there will not be more criminal activity and there will not be more trash. He said there were no facts to support that. He said when they develop the property they will put in property drainage. Richard Thompson — he supported rezoning of single family dwelling to all of the property. With no one else speaking, Mayor Portugal closed the public hearing. Council Member Stone inquired of Mayor Portugal if she was going to recuse herself since she lived in the neighborhood, and said in her opinion it was a conflict for Mayor Portugal. Mayor Portugal said no, she was not going to recuse herself and it was not a conflict. City Attorney Stephanie Harris said the ordinance did not rise to create a conflict of interest for Mayor Portugal. Council Member Pankaj said he would like to send this back to Planning & Zoning so that the citizens could be heard by the Commission because the citizens did not appear before the Commission. Council Member Knox supported the idea of staff meeting with developers to find out about their plans. Mayor Portugal said she was pleased to see they were considering patio homes in the brochure Mr. Chadwick passed out at this meeting. Council Member Savage said he was not going to suggest what people should build on their lots. He inquired how this zoning request came about. Ms. Harris said the City could initiate on its own a zoning change. Council Member Pilgrim said he understood everyone's opinion and was against changing the Davenwick property because they bought it as a MF -2. He also said that Mr. Mack would see that the codes are followed. He said he was fine with changing Brownwood to multi -family. Mayor Pro -Tem Hughes said he was concerned about the comments made suggesting with rental properties their property values would decrease, they would have more crime and trash. Mayor Pro -Tem Hughes questioned if there were facts to support these comments, and agreed this needed to be discussed further. Mayor Portugal favored Council Member Knox's comments about the neighbors sitting down with Mr. Chadwick to learn about the development they were proposing for the property.