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"Guess staff should go look again. Thought they had corrected issues." Late on the morning of March 10, Harriott replied to Merkle and the commissioners. "Traffic Operations staff coordinated the installation [of the signs] with the Sheriff's Department," he wrote. "The signs are installed consistent with standards and the needs of the Sheriff's Department for proper enforce- ment. The current sign spacing is closer than recommended in standard practice." However, he continued, as a result of Merkle's email, he had asked staff to contact the Sheriff's Office for another review of the signs' placement. "There are two things we are considering," he added. "A key to suc- cessful no-parking zones is enforcement and the understanding of the drivers that there is a financial repercussion for violating the restriction. Another key is to successfully convey the restriction through signage. There is a balance between adding signs and creat- ing a 'sign polluted' area. If the messaging is not successful with the current placement, we can continue to add signs, even to the point of one or two signs per yard. However," Harriott continued, "we did not want to do this as a first step, because we were already receiving complaints from some residents" about the excessive number of signs. Merkle told the News Leader on March 10 that during one period the previous day, she counted 11 cars parked illegally in the first block of Avenida de Mayo, north of the Canal Road intersection. While people had advised her to call the Sheriff 's Office to report Two 'No Parking' signs (highlighted in yellow) stand in the block between Canal Road and Avenida de Cortez on the south side of Avenida de Mayo. Photo by Rachel Hackney Sarasota News Leader March 14, 2014 Page 66