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Regular Council Meeting <br />September 8, 2014 <br />Page 6 <br />Council Member Lancaster said she would like to make a motion to go ahead and help <br />these people. She said Oncor had given them a $13,000 price tag and as unsafe as it is, by Mr. <br />Collier's own admission, that the City was due that money back. Council Member Lancaster <br />also said they have people with permits to do the work, the people have limited time, they are <br />ready to go, they are doing what the City asked them to do and the City ought to help remove an <br />obstacle that keeps it from happening. Council Member Pickle said it would be just a temporary <br />fix. Council Member Lancaster said she was trying to address the problem, so they could move <br />forward. Mr. Dux said he thought there were two possible solutions, and one was to install taller <br />poles and get the temporary lines and their connection to the transformers above the buildings <br />sufficient. Council Member Lancaster said they did that on Bonham Street. Mr. Collier said if <br />the Bank takes the service from their existing point of delivery, which is behind the bank now, <br />they would have several options. Council Member Lancaster said doing that would remove the <br />danger. Council Member Pickle inquired about the expense and Mayor Frierson said it was his <br />understanding that the bank was willing to share the expense. Council Member Hashmi said he <br />thought they should move forward with sharing the expense and get this done. Mayor Frierson <br />said they did not really know the price tag or all of the options. He said he did not want to <br />downplay safety or the need to help property owners but felt they should explore several <br />different avenues. Council Member Pickle said the banks was interested in cost sharing and <br />were going to put some numbers together on maybe a three way split. Council Member <br />Lancaster pointed out there were still two other buildings that had the same problem. Council <br />Member Lancaster said she did not want to let Oncor off the hook. Mayor Frierson asked if the <br />property owners would get with Mr. Collier and Mr. Godwin and then maybe meet with Peoples <br />Bank to reach a conclusion. Council Member Lancaster said she was certainly for moving on it <br />as fast as they could, as a lot of time had already been lost. <br />Mayor Frierson asked Council Member Lancaster if she wanted to withdraw her motion <br />as they were going to be discussing a program under item 20. Council Member Lancaster said <br />she wanted to move forward in making repairs and if this was the only way they could get any <br />money. Mr. Godwin said this was a council decision and if they appropriated the money, then <br />the money would be provided. Mr. Godwin said item 20 allowed for a matching grant, so that <br />would be a lesser amount of money. Council Member Hashmi asked Council Member Lancaster <br />if she would be satisfied if they put this item on an upcoming agenda. She said she wanted it <br />done pretty quickly. Council Member Hashmi asked her if it would be okay to delay it for a <br />week allowing time to get an answer from the bank. City Council discussed the expense of <br />$13,000 and splitting it three ways. Mayor Frierson said Mr. Godwin reminded him of the <br />special meeting next week and they would place this item back on the agenda. Council Member <br />Lancaster said she could work with that. Council Member Hashmi asked Mr. McIlyar to <br />research to see if they could create an ordinance. Council Member Hashmi asked if this item <br />