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ORAL STATUS REPORT With the aid of a large TREE WELL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM map of the City, Director of Recreation and Parks Robert E. Gresham indi- cated the targeted completion dates for the various sections of the City to have all tree wells weeded, treated with a herbi- cide and covered with wood chips. He stated that with nine employees working on the project, there is a possibility that the entire City may be completed by Thanksgiving 1977. CA 52 SANTIAGO LIBRARY SYSTEM The payment of $5,000 for OUTREACH BOOKMOBILE PROGRAM contract service for $5,000 PAYMENT APPROVED Santiago Library System's Outreach Bookmobile Service to nine City of Santa Ana locations for the year 1977-78, was approved on the motion of Councilman Garthe, seconded by Councilman Bricken and carried 6:1, with Councilman Ward dissent- ing. Howard Samuelson, Library Director, in answer to questions from Councilman Ward stated that the service to be provided the citi- zens at the nine Santa Ana stops is the continuation of a program that has been in operation for six years; that the program was for the two first years a federally funded demonstration oro~ram to trv to reach minoritv and disadvantaged oeoole in Orange Countv who do not normally use libraries and do not do a lot of reading: that durin~ the second two years it was funded by Revenue Sharin~ fOran~e County] and a contribution from the Orange County Library system: that this year the two year Revenue Sharin~ Dro~ram has not been continued, and the only fundin£ is a contribution from the Orange County Public Library System, $5,000 from Santa Ana and contributions from the other member libraries; that the City is not able to provide this specialized service because the City's bookmobile is already operating at capacity, six days a week, morning afternoon and evening; that the book collection on the City bookmobile is not geared to serve primarily Spanish-speaking people; that the Santiago service not only has 3/4 of its books in Spanish, but also employs a Spanish-speaking library assistant; and that the outreach stops are not heavily used, usually circulating approximately 10 to 25 books per hour, and would therefore, be a costly operation for the City. CA 56 ORAL COM~FONICATION Fire Chief B. J. Thompson BID FOR TUSTIN FIRE SERVICE informed Council that by FILED making some modifications to the fire protection service proposal to the City of Tustin, it was possible to reduce the bid price from $699,000 to $550,000 for the calendar year 1978. The Chief further outlined the main points of a letter he sent to the City Administrator of the City of Tustin dated October 17, 1977 and his report was received and filed on the motion of Councilman Ward, seconded by Councilman Yamamoto, and carried 7:0 unanimously. CA 64 ORAL COMMUNICATION Councilman Yamamoto OUTSTANDING POLICE OFFICER suggested that the City JOE VARGAS - RESOLUTION REQUESTED pay tribute to Police Officer Joe Vargas, who was recognized at the recent Police Convention in Los Angeles as an outstanding Police Officer. Councilman Bricken's motion to instruct Staff to prepare a resolution of recognition for Officer Vargas was seconded by Councilman Yamamoto, and carried 7:0 unanimously. CA 73B CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 375 OCTOBER 17, 1977