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LIBRARY BOARD A written communication dated July 27, 1970, <br />SANTIAGO LIBRARY SYSTEM from Dr. Oliver Lawson, on behalf of the <br /> Library Board of Trustees, recommending <br />that the Santa Aha Public Library join the Santiago Library System was considered <br />by the Council. It was moved by Councilman Markel, seconded by Councilman <br />Yamamoto to approve the recommendation, on the following roll call vote: <br /> <br />AYES: <br />NOES: <br />ABSENT: <br /> <br />Evans., Markel, Patterson, Villa, Yamamoto, Griset <br />Herrin <br />None <br /> <br />Councilman Herrin stated that his "No" vote was predicated on the statement in <br />the communication that approval of the recommendation would make the City <br />Library eligible for federal funds under the Library Services and Construction <br />Act, Title II. <br /> <br />"DELHI INCIDENT" <br /> <br />the 'Delhi Park. <br /> <br />Councilman Villa stated thai he had invited <br />Mrs. Connie Rios to the Council meeting to <br />relate an incident which had transpired at <br /> <br />Mrs. Connie Rios, 2411 S. Halladay Street, stated that about a week ago a group <br />of boys under her leadership, had borrowed baseball bases from the Delhi Park <br />Recreation personnel in order to have a game at the nearby school field in view <br />of the fact that the baseball diamond at the park was not ready for use at that <br />time; that when one,o~,the boys returned the bases, a dispute insued between him <br />and the Recreation Leader on duty; that Mrs. Rios had arrived to see the leader <br />strike the boy with a "long stick", causing it to break; that he pushed her back, <br />her glasses fell and she started crying. <br /> <br />Mrs. Rios continued, stating that the Recreation Leader then left, irfforming them ~ <br />that she was goingto call the police; that instead she called two Recreation Leaders <br />from another park; that she then came back and said, "You damn Mexicans; I'm <br />sick and tired of all of you. Next time you come to the park, you won't use any <br />other equipment". <br /> <br />In response to Mayor Griset's questions, Mrs. Rios stated that this Recreation <br />Leader was no longer working at the park. <br /> <br />Mrs. Rios stated that "we" have been talking with Mr. Laumeister regarding <br />hiring someone who could u;~derstand "our" kids and would supervise the park without <br />running them out of ii; that she had been involved in another incident with two <br />of the lifeguards at the park and two other boys from the community; and that <br />"we" would like different people than "we" have there now. She further stated <br />thai she had offered her services to the Recreation Department on three occasions; <br />that she understands and knows all of the kids; and that "if you don't understand <br />them, you can really run into a lot of problems". <br /> <br />Mrs. Rios then described an incident at the swimming pool, where two boys who <br />had been asked to leave the pool had returned with a BB gun and had started shooting <br />at the lifeguard who had requested them to leave. She said that the boys had been <br />questioned by the police but that no one had listened to the boys' side of the story <br />and that the police officers had been "very negative" and "very rude". She stated that <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />-220- August 3, 1970 <br /> <br /> <br />