To: Menlo Park City Council MembersDate: May 21, 2018Re: Building New LibrariesI am writing to let you know that I support plans
to build a new Main Library in Menlo Park, as well as a new branch library in Belle Haven. Plans to build a new Main Library are
much closer to being a reality and I urge you to accept the recommendations of the Library staff presented at the May 22 Council
meeting. Many Bay Area cities and towns have already built libraries that have become centers not just for books and reading, but
for meeting and collaboration spaces for all segments of the community, places for children, adolescents and teens to meet and be
inspired to learn, as well as large conference centers for all to use. Menlo Park has a chance to bring our libraries into the
current century, and we should take this opportunity to do so. We also have a large private donation that has been offered and
this will give us a boost and help us to achieve our goal of modern libraries. SincerelyWayne and Linda Bonde
