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27 <br /> <br /> <br />Who monitors and makes sure campers follow rest stop rules? <br />The City enters into an agreement with a non-profit organization or entity to supervise an <br />individual rest stop site. This non-profit is responsible for providing or arranging for the <br />supervision of the site at all times. Each site has one or more site managers who make sure all rules <br />are followed. Both the City and non-profit work with neighbors to address any issues that may <br />arise. <br /> <br />When campers aren’t there, will they be roaming around my neighborhood? <br />Residents are expected to use their time at rest stops to stabilize and connect with social service <br />providers who can help them get into housing. While residents are expected to be off the site during <br />the day in order to carry out this work, they are expected to leave the area around the rest stop <br />unless accessing a service nearby and to take a path into and out of the rest stop that is least <br />invasive to the neighborhood. Rest stop operators, managers, and residents work hard to minimize <br />impacts to the neighborhood and be good neighbors. <br /> <br />Won’t a rest stop make more people come into my neighborhood? <br />Rest stops can often have the opposite effect. While the residents of the rest stop will be there, the <br />success of the site depends upon the peace, health and safety of the area and the rest stops being <br />good neighbors, so site managers and residents work hard to maintain and promote these qualities <br />in the site and surrounding area. In addition, rest stop rules limit the number of visitors to the site <br />and prohibit overnight visitors. <br /> <br />Won’t crime go up in my neighborhood? <br />Police reports indicate that neighborhoods where rest stops have been located have experienced no <br />noticeable increase in crime in those neighborhoods. A study by a University of Oregon Community <br />Planning Workshop found that the majority of nearby residents and businesses were generally <br />supportive of the program, experienced little to no negative impacts from it and continued to feel <br />that their neighborhoods were safe. <br /> <br />Won’t my property value go down? <br />We cannot speculate on whether a property’s value will increase or decrease in the future or the <br />reasons that that may happen, and we have no data or reports of property values increasing or <br />decreasing due to the siting of a rest stop nearby. <br /> <br />What are the costs of operating a rest stop? <br /> The costs for operating a rest stop vary, but an estimate that includes two portable toilets, <br />trash service, water, fuel, and program oversight and counseling is about $900/month, or <br />$10,800/year for one rest stop. This does not include office supplies or shop space, <br />transportation expenses, additional program coordination costs, or insurance costs. In <br />addition, site set up can cost over $8,000. <br /> The Eugene City Council approved $25,000 to the Rest Stop Program in the Fiscal Year 2017 <br />Supplemental Budget 1 process. This is the first time the City has designated funding to the <br />program. <br /> The non-profit organizations who run the rest stops are responsible for the costs of their <br />operations. <br /> <br />January 23, 2019, Work Session - Item 2