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Troutdale to introduce pay‑to‑park at Glen Auto; residents to get exemptions, city to seek council approval
Summary
Parks staff outlined a phased rollout of paid parking at Glen Auto Park that will use the Passport app, a physical kiosk later this summer, resident placards to exempt Troutdale residents from fees, and enforcement contracted to a patrol service; a council resolution to amend fees is scheduled for June 10.
Troutdale parks staff told the Parks Advisory Committee on May 21 that the city will roll out a pay‑to‑park system at Glen Auto Park this summer using the Passport mobile payment platform and a later-installed payment kiosk.
The program will open as an app‑based system with a kiosk ordered for later installation; parking will cost $2 per hour with a $10 daily maximum. Troutdale residents will be able to register license plates at City Hall for an exemption placard, and the city plans to absorb nominal transaction fees rather than add them to the user price. The City Council is scheduled to consider a resolution amending fees and charges on June 10, Jonah Jacobson, parks superintendent, said.
Jacobson described a phased rollout: app first, kiosk later after about a 10–12 week lead time. He said the vendor is Passport (the system is similar to Portland’s ParkingKitty but uses…
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