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merchants and rental firm operators have been working with SKVA board members, the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce and the Siesta Key Association (SKA) in an effort to reach a compromise that would allow some displays without creating what SKVA members have referred to as a "flea market" atmosphere in Siesta Village. His email blast, Toomey told the News Leader, would urge business owners to do exactly what SKVA members advocated that morn- ing: "pull back to the parameters [of the draft ordinance] that we've sent to the county." He added, "Hopefully, there won't be any issues." During the SKVA meeting, architect Mark Smith, a past SKVA president, said of business owners, "They really should be adhering to what's being proposed, so that folks out here Mark Toomey is one of the leaders of a group of business owners seeking a change in county regulations to allow some outdoor displays in Siesta Key. Photo by Rachel Hackney Robin Hood Rentals owner Mark Toomey tells the News Leader he has been careful to keep his outdoor display items within the confines of space proposed in a new outdoor display measure for Siesta Key. Photo by Rachel Hackney Sarasota News Leader March 7, 2014 Page 83