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Siesta Seen have to put up with everything but get none of the benefits?" she asked. Perhaps the County Commission could approve the issuance of special stickers to full-time islanders to give them parking priority in the Village, she sug- gested, adding that Avenida de Mayo "used to be one of my secret places [to park]. Now it's been taken away." Commissioner Nora Patterson, who was a guest at the meeting, responded, "So what we would have to do is take this parking that's scarce for tourists, for part-time residents, and block it off so that other people couldn't park there but the residents could. And what do you suppose the businesses would say to that?!" The woman told Patterson the merchants and restaurateurs would be getting the business of residents using those designated park- ing spaces. That would be true, if residents kept those spaces filled, Patterson said, "but I suspect that wouldn't be the case." Then resident Katherine Zimmerman pointed out that people usually can find places to park in Davidson Plaza. She often parks there or in front of Siesta Market, Zimmerman added. The Sarasota County Commission approved Option 3 for a parking plan on North Shell Road, with the elimination of the solitary space to the east of Solymar Drive. Image courtesy Sarasota County Sarasota News Leader May 9, 2014 Page 76