Last night at the Laguna Beach City Council meeting there was an outpouring of support for the Public Library, for the services that it provides, for the people who provide those services, and for its location at the heart of our town. It was a long-overdue "Thanks" to the library for what it has done for several generations of residents here. A special Thank You to each person who has participated in this project. Due to the outpouring of support, several important and positive moves were made for the library's future. By a 4 to 1 vote of City Council, the City will provide the County Library System with a 25-year lease on the property. It will also remove any language about finding another place to move the library to. That is all good news. There was also talk of working with the County, or even the City, to augment the breadth of programs that our library offers. Thanks, again, to each of you for participating. We also want to thank Mayor Sue Kempf and Council Members Toni Iseman, Bob Whalen, and George Weiss for their complete, unreserved, support of the library. Councilperson Peter Blake was the lone dissenting vote on this very positive step for Laguna Beach residents and the Laguna Beach Library. Thank you, Sue, Toni, Bob, and George for your support!