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Troutdale launches pay-to-park pilot at Glenn Otto Park; citations to begin Aug. 9
Summary
The city began a pilot pay-to-park system at Glenn Otto Park on July 10, 2025. For the first 30 days enforcement will be warnings only; citations are scheduled to start Aug. 9. The program initially focuses on the busiest days and includes resident exemptions.
Troutdale Parks staff launched a pilot pay-to-park system at Glenn Otto Park on July 10, 2025, and will issue warnings for unpaid vehicles for the first 30 days before beginning citations on Aug. 9, City staff said.
Jonah Jacobson, Troutdale Parks staff, said the city narrowed the initial enforcement days "to focus on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays" to manage peak demand and promote turnover in the parking lot rather than to "extract the maximum amount of money." He told the committee the program is intended to make parking turnover easier at the busiest times.
Jacobson said a new payment kiosk is scheduled to arrive and be installed before the end of summer and that residents may register license plates for a fee exemption; he said 231 residents had entered their license-plate numbers into the system in the first weeks. Jacobson also said the system logged about 520 active sessions over the launch weekend.
Enforcement is being carried out by the city's contract security firm, Oregon Patrol Service (OPS). Jacobson said OPS has been issuing about "25 warnings a day, give or take" during the opening days, and that the contract firm — not Multnomah County Sheriff's Office — is Troutdale's enforcement mechanism for the pilot. He said OPS performs randomized checks and is not continuously scanning every plate.
Committee member Paul Wilcox asked for more detail about how many people paid and how many warnings were written; Jacobson offered to share screenshots and data with interested committee members after the meeting. Jacobson also said the number of "active sessions" is not the same as cars present because not everybody using the park necessarily pays.
Jacobson said the total number of public parking spaces in Glenn Otto Park that are not under lease to an adjacent business is 107. He described the pilot as a data-driven experiment and promised a post-season report to the committee.
Public questions during the meeting included where resident confirmations are mailed or emailed; Jacobson indicated the public-works administrative assistant is handling data entry and that staff would follow up on confirmation timing.
No formal change to city code or fee structure was adopted at the July 16 meeting; the committee received the staff update and asked for follow-up data and a post-season report.
