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Sarasota News Leader March 8, 2013 Page 50 News Leader, is "something that's just both- sulted in the effort stretching out as long as ered me for a while." it has. She is appreciative and supportive of tourism on Siesta, she pointed out, but with more and more people visiting the island, the parking spillover has grown worse. Just the previous day, she noted, "I was kind of shocked when I came home from work" because of the number of cars parked along Avenida de Mayo. She plans to attend the TAC meeting on Monday, she added, hoping its members will recommend the parking restriction to the County Commission. Although she first contacted County Commissioner Nora Patterson more than a year ago to seek help in resolving the problems, Merkle said personal circumstances and the fact that the TAC meets only four times a year had re- The Traffic Advisory Council will meet at 2 p.m. Monday, March 11, in the Commission Chambers of the Robert L. Anderson Building, 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, in Venice. Merkle's request is Item 3 on the agenda. % "If they don't," she told the News Leader, "I did the best I could." A photo with Marlene Merkle's notes shows vehicles parked in the street on the south side of Avenida de Mayo. Contributed photo