City and state officials and those involved with the project, stand ready to cut the ribbon in front of the new Donald Dungan Library in Costa Mesa during grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)
A view looking out the second floor windows of the new Donald Dungan Library in Costa Mesa during grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)
Mayor Katrina Foley reads the childrens book “Is Your Mama a Llama” to LEAP pre-school kids flanked by council members Arlis Reynolds, left, and mayor pro-tem John Stephens, during grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Donald Dungan Library in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)
Project architect Steve Johnson makes a few remarks about the new Donald Dungan Library in Costa Mesa during grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)
The new Donald Dungan Library in Costa Mesa during grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)
Costa Mesa artist Gabrielle Carey, right, live paints the new library during grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Donald Dungan Library in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)
Books on the shelf of the new Donald Dungan Library in Costa Mesa during grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)
Mayor Katrina Foley, left, greets Leah Hartanov and her kids Mae, and Pearl, in dark shirt, one of the first families to check books out from the new Donald Dungan Library during grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)
Leah Hartanov walks with her kids Mae, in pink, and Pearl, in dark shirt, after being one of the first to check out books from the new Donald Dungan Library during grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)
Guests walk into the new Donald Dungan Library in Costa Mesa following grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)
Wall paper with Lion art adorns a wall in the new Donald Dungan Library in Costa Mesa following grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)