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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1988 Council unanimously concurred with both Mayor Oakes' proposal and City Manager Brown's recommendations and agreed to begin immediately with consideration of nominees for appointment to such a committee. By reports to City Manager Brown from Mr. Leon E. Towarnicki, Director of Public Works, and from Mr. Joel Baker, Assistant Director of Public Works/ Building Official, current procedures were described for the enforcingof City Code Sections 13-37 and 18-2, which deal with excessive growth of grass, weeds, etc., on vacant properties and with removal or screening of accumulations on private properties, respectively, with Mr. Brown and Mr. Towarnicki concluding that the City's requirements (i.e., ordinances cited) are adequate to accomplish the objectives. Mrs. Nancy Henderson, Chairman of the City/County Clean Community Commission, present for this presentation, concurred with these conclusions. Councilman Cole, however, referred to instances in which, in his opinion, the code requirements were not enforced and, in so doing, he posed the question of how do we go about enforcing and/or applying the code provisions. Vice-Mayor Williams expressed concurrence with Mr. Cole's opinion; however, City Manager Brown pointed to the necessity of exercising discretion in the enforcing of these regulations in order to avoid being in an indefensible position if any charge or action by the City is contested in court. City Manager Brown also recommended against the adopting of more stringent regulations for the control of weeds and debris. In an updated status report on wastewater color removal, the City administration informed Councilthat, as a result o~ recent tests and studies (with more testing scheduled for chlorination vs. chlorination-ozone methods), that" .... chemical oxidation at the City's plant is the most practical approach