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Sarasota News Leader March 29, 2013 Page 40 there are several other areas in the city that could be eligible for privileged parking. STREETS YOU NEVER HEARD OF One situation similar to the needs of Kingston residents could put the Hotel Ranola in the limelight. Never heard of it? How about Indian Place or Bamboo Lane? They are all downtown and you have cruised by them a thousand times or more. Think of the block between the Rivo at Ringling condominium complex and the U.S. Post Office. The north border is Bamboo Lane, where the Star Keeper Café is located. Indian Place is the north-south street on the eastern side of the block. The streets are narrow but do allow parking on one side. Residents of the Ranola — actually an apartment building — have less than one parking spot per unit, so enforcement of restricted parking with permits would give them some civic mobility with guaranteed parking on Bamboo Lane and Indian Place. Burns Court is another area with tight parking. Two small streets in that section of the city are on Lyon's list for possible use of permits. They are Selby Lane, the single-block, eastwest strip south of Owen's Fish Camp; and a single-block stretch of Oak Street, which is one block south. Both of these stretches are on Lyons' map. Two more proposed sites are not so obscure. Both the Palm Avenue parking garage and the parking structure at Whole Foods are in consideration. "They could serve at certain times of the year to meet the needs of visitors," he said. Map courtesy of Google ways to satisfy residential and commercial needs for parking. "We are not giving away prime spots," said Lyons. "There is not a standard way to set this up." The board urged a cautious approach. "You'll have to work with the neighborhoods and the businesses to get a consensus on this," said member Marty Rappaport, chairman of the St. Armands Business Improvement District. Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce President Steve Queior added, "This is a 'go slow' [issue]." "We will not be making this decision in a vacNone of this is happening soon. Lyons and the uum," said Lyons. "This would have to go to Parking Advisory Board are simply exploring the City Commission." %