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Sarasota News Leader December 20, 2013 Page 92 Siesta Seen Village, but only 48 were needed to comply with a revised parking ordinance crafted for the Village in 2009. The plan noted that all of the businesses utilizing those spaces in the daytime close at 5 p.m., and the restaurant does not open until after they close. However, the Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate office on the corner of Avenida Madera and Ocean Boulevard actually stays open until 8:30 p.m. seven nights a week. After months of trying to work out a solution, Smith told me this week he feels he has one. He and Brad Bailey, the county zoning administrator, are scheduled to meet on Dec. 20 to go over the details. "I'm hopeful that this will finally be resolved," Smith said on Dec. 17. Although he has discussed the proposal with Bailey over the phone, Smith pointed out, Friday will mark the first time the two men can review them in person. REPLACING KEVIN People who know Mark Smith also know he wears many figurative hats in Siesta Village. While I had him on the phone talking about Eat Here Siesta Key, he also gave me an update on the effort to hire a new executive director of the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce. Eat Here Siesta Key's lack of compliance with the Siesta Village zoning code because of its parking plan could be resolved this week. File photo