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Parks committee identifies updates, clearer wayfinding for Troutdale park web pages
Summary
The Troutdale Parks Advisory Committee reviewed individual park pages on the city website, asked staff to standardize key info (hours, dog rules, amenities), and asked digital specialist Kevin Mooney to update photos and maps to match the city GIS.
The Parks Advisory Committee on Feb. 19 reviewed a committee-compiled spreadsheet of Troutdale park web pages and asked the city’s digital specialist to update photos, clarify rules and make key information easier to find.
Committee member Tiffany Long compiled the spreadsheet of park pages and links and presented common themes including outdated photos, hidden rules about pets and alcohol, and maps that do not display internal trails shown in the city’s GIS layer. Kevin Mooney, Troutdale’s digital specialist, told the committee he will prioritize fresh photos "on the next nice day" and can make layout changes once the committee specifies what to highlight.
The committee pressed for a consistent, at-a-glance set of items on every park page — for example, hours, whether dogs are allowed, alcohol rules and notable amenities. "If you told me exactly what you wanted, I could probably do it within, you know, a minute," Mooney said, adding that some pages have not been updated in years.
Members identified specific technical and content issues: the amenities table on the main parks page is hard to scan (columns scroll and hide park names), some park pages show old playground photos or signs that no longer reflect current rules, and GIS displays trail details not visible on individual park pages. Committee members asked staff to align park pages with the GIS trail layer where trails are publicly available and to freeze the name column on the amenities table so visitors can see park names while scrolling.
Committee discussion also flagged a handful of site-specific items: confirming and locking in the posted hours at Glen Otto Community Park (the city representative said the posted hours are the correct hours and caretaker signage from last summer was not), adding pet-waste station locations to mapping layers, and supplementing pages with short “brag” blurbs listing amenities (play structures, picnic tables, shade, parking) so residents can choose a park for specific needs.
The committee did not take a formal vote. Members agreed to send the spreadsheet compiled by Tiffany Long to Kevin Mooney and to follow up via email with prioritized layout changes and any photos the public or committee members can provide. Mooney said he will start collecting new images and implementing the formatting changes once content and priorities are delivered.
The discussion ended with staff confirming no formal motion was required; the committee will continue the work by providing prioritized edits and images to staff.
