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army of people to enforce it." Addressing the SKVA members who were present, she con- tinued, "You guys are going to have to behave very much like they do on St. Armands [Circle] and basically enforce it on each other and let Code Enforcement know if people are taking advantage of the system. Otherwise, this is not going to work." Michael Shay, president of the Siesta Key Association (SKA) asked whether businesses on the island are abiding by the proposed restrictions as a show of support of the draft ordinance. He had raised that issue during the March 4 SKVA meeting, too, leading to a discussion about the number of shops at the time that were not in compliance with the proposal. "I think that the Village has actually done a fairly decent job" of complying, Gaddie replied. "I don't think it's 100 percent." Smith noted that Toomey had sent an email to the business owners, encouraging them to voluntarily abide by the proposed restrictions "to ensure public support for when this goes to public hearing." It would be "a slap in the face" if business owners were not willing to abide by the new parameters, he added. "So you're relying in essence on the busi- nesses to kind of enforce themselves," Shay responded. "This obviously hasn't been easily done up to this point." Patterson said she felt Code Enforcement Officer Lally "sort of gave up [citing busi- nesses] on the key" while work was under way to craft the new ordinance. Lally told SKA members last year that he had been instructed by his boss not to write any citations of businesses while the committee was developing the proposed ordinance. Smith emphasized that the way the ordinance has been crafted should make enforcement Rental equipment stands outside Robin Hood Rentals in Siesta Village. File photo Sarasota News Leader April 4, 2014 Page 65