The City Code, specific ordinances, approved minutes, and other City documents can all be found in the City's online archive directory, powered by Laserfiche Weblink.
Laserfiche Weblink allows you to browse through folders or search by word or phrase to find the document(s) you're looking for. You can view the documents as an image, as text (allowing you to copy and paste), or as a PDF to download and print from.
A sample view of the Laserfiche Weblink window, looking at the 2007 City Council Minutes.
To browse documents by folder, much like you would on a personal computer, click on the Browse tab in the upper left. You may have to click through several folders to find the one you need.
To search for a document by a specific word or phrase, click on Search. A few options appear. (If these options do not appear, choose "Text" from the dropdown menu.)
The Customize Search dropdown allows you to limit the archives folders that you want to search in. For more help with advanced searching, click "Help" at the top right of the Laserfiche Weblink screen.
To do a Basic Text Search, enter the word or phrase you are searching for into the box under "Phrase."
The radio buttons give you the following options:
- Phrase: Search for a single word or phrase.
- And: Search for all documents that contain both words or phrases entered. Another text box will appear for you to enter your second word or phrase.
- Or: Search for documents that contain one of two specified words or phrases. Another text box will appear for you to enter your second word or phrase.
- Not: Search for all documents that contain the first specified word or phrase, but not the second one. Another text box will appear for you to enter your second word or phrase.
- Within: Search for two words or phrases within a specified distance of each other. A box will appear for you to specify this information.
By checking Fuzzy Search, you will allow Laserfiche to find words similar to those you typed. This allows you to find documents about your topic that may have been misspelled. Fuzzy Searches take significantly more time to complete, so only check this option when necessary.
Press the Search button at the bottom of the search pane to perform the search.
To Reset your search options, press the Reset bottom.
Searching with "Wildcards"
Wildcards are used to represent one or more characters in a word. This is useful when you would like to retrieve all documents containing variations of a word or when you are not sure of the characters contained by your search word.
- An * (asterick) represents any number of missing characters (including zero). For example, govern*s would find "governors", "governments", and "governs".
- A ? (question mark) represents any single character. For example, gr?y would find "gray" and "grey", but not "gravy".
After you've located the document you need, open it with a single click. A toolbar will appear above the document.
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Navigate to the previous and next pages using the arrow icons. Type in a page number and press "Go" to jump to that page. |
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The document views in an image mode by default. To view it as text (which will allow you to copy and paste from the document), choose the icon with the "A". |
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The image view in black-and-white mode by default. The grayscale view gives you a higher quality image, but also takes more time to load. |
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Zoom in and out by clicking on the magnifying glasses, or select the magnification from the drop-down menu. |
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Select the pages of the document you would like to download into a PDF file. Click the PDF icon to download the pages. |
To print a document, select the PDF
icon from the toolbar along the top. Once the PDF has downloaded, choose File - Print, or click the printer icon at the top of your screen.