Monterey County supervisor considers prohibiting RV parking along Railroad Ave
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PAJARO, Calif (KION-TV) — Monterey County Supervisor Glenn Church is looking to address vehicle abatement along Pajaro’s Railroad Avenue. Many of the people currently living there feel concerned about this potential change. People in Pajaro are making their voices heard.
“I don’t know where to put them or what, but I don’t think they should be there,” says Randy Borges, who lives in Pajaro.
Supervisor Church is proposing a recreation vehicle parking prohibition along Railroad Avenue in Tuesday’s supervisor meeting.
“It’s become an issue. There’s a business. There are residents there,” says Supervisor for District 2 Glenn Church. “They, you know, they want to be able to freely access their street and what’s going on right there, and I understand people are trying to find places to live.”
Many people around the area understand the complexity of the issue.
“It would make a big mess, you know what I mean? We already got a lot of stuff out there,” said Borges. “We’re always running off, people from Salinas, when they run off of Soledad Street, they come out there and they park in front of our yard. Then we gotta have the people come out and have them removed, cleaned up after.”
“Está bien por una parte porque hacen un cochinero ahi,” others like Adrian Medrano, in favor of doing something to move these RVs, as he says they cause large amounts of trash and bad smell around the area. His concern has to do with businesses and homes around that street.
Despite mixed opinions from the general public, those who live along Railroad Avenue feel concerned for these potential changes, as that would mean they would have to move from the street they currently call home.
“Tengo que moverme de aquí,” Carlos Hernandez and his dad have both lived in their own RV along this street for the past year. He says he tries to move along the Watsonville and Santa Cruz areas to avoid penalties, something he is more concerned about now.
“Porque pues es mi es mi casa en la cual vivo,” this is my home, he says, adding that he has tried to keep the street clean, working with his dad to shovel debris off the street. Glenn Church’s proposal is the first step in making a change. He says this will return to the board of supervisors in a month with potential options.