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Committee declines full switch to Passport; endorses keeping current beach-parking operations while phasing out cash handling
Summary
After staff summarized vendor evaluations and costs, the finance committee voted unanimously to support option A: continue current operations, phase out cash handling where possible, and not pursue a full transition to the Passport automated parking system at this time.
Nick and Nicole briefed the committee on a months-long evaluation of automated parking vendors and implementation options. Nicole said the review narrowed the options to Passport and ParkMobile (Arrive), and described Passport as the "all in" platform with enforcement tools staff found valuable.
Nicole summarized expected vendor charges and operational costs: Passport's payment-processing fee was described as 2.95% plus $0.30 per payment session, which staff estimated would have meant roughly $14,000 of vendor fees on 2025 transaction volumes; citation-paper and related citation-processing costs were estimated in the order of $2,000 for 2025 ticket levels. Staff emphasized that automation does not eliminate enforcement and customer-service staffing: "you still need staff for enforcement," Nicole said, noting the system would shift duties rather than remove them.
Committee members raised connectivity, learning-curve, resident-priority and equity questions, and asked for modeling of revenue and usage under variable-rate scenarios. After discussion, speaker 5 moved to support option A (keep current operations, pursue removal of cash handling where feasible, and not pursue a full Passport rollout); speaker 2 seconded the motion and the committee approved it unanimously. Members directed staff to bring the matter to the Recreation Advisory Board (CSAB) for further review of resident-pass policy and potential rate/usage options.
The committee's formal decision was procedural and limited: staff will continue to study cash-handling alternatives and consider phased or hybrid approaches rather than a full, immediate vendor rollout.
