Troy "TJ" Welch Jr
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Capitola
Welch served on the Capitola Planning Commission for eight years and on the city's finance committee. He is a founding member of Concerned Citizens of Capitola, a civic group focused on transparency in city government.
Positions in brief
Welch opposes routing the Coastal Rail Trail through Capitola's streets, arguing it violates the city's Measure L and is less safe for cyclists than the original coastal alignment, while supporting the rail trail project itself.
As a founding member of Concerned Citizens of Capitola, Welch argued the city's Measure L bars the rail trail from running on city streets, and said the proposed Park Avenue routing would violate that law. His central objection is cyclist safety: he contends the original coastal alignment would be safer than the Park Avenue option's bike lane, even though it isn't as safe as the coastal side would have been. He has said he supports the rail-trail project itself, just not this routing through the city.
On the issues
Opposes routing the Coastal Rail Trail through Capitola's streets on Park Avenue, arguing the alignment violates Measure L and is less safe for cyclists than the original coastal route, while still supporting the rail trail project itself.
“We're saying that the municipal code applies to all of the city limits of Capitola, and that they can't violate it.”
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