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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION <br />AGENDA ITEM III <br />SUBJECT: DISCUSSION – BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT TRIP <br />TRACKER <br /> <br />DATE: MAY 14, 2013 <br /> <br />PRESENTED BY: MALCOLM FLEMING, CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />SUMMARY: <br />Please see the attached request from Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) to bring <br />Trip Tracker to Louisville schools beginning this August. Trip Tracker is an <br />encouragement program that rewards students for walking, biking, carpooling or riding <br />the bus (either RTD or the school bus) to school. The two year old program is currently <br />running in 11 BVSD schools in Boulder and has over 1,000 participants. Mechanics of <br />the program are as follows: <br /> <br /> BVSD asks parents if they would like to have their kids rewarded for walking, etc. <br />and if so, directs then to register for the program at www.bvsd.org/tracker. <br /> Each month BVSD sends participants a calendar to help them keep track of trips. <br /> On the last day of the month participants receive an email with a survey link that <br />collects information about trips for that month. Rewards are computed and <br />usually handed out by parent volunteers in the cafeteria during lunch one day the <br />following month. <br /> Students earn one Trip Tracker Dollar for every four trips and walkers and bikers <br />earn an additional dollar for each mile of active transportation. <br /> The average award is $8 per month. The dollars can be spent like “real money” <br />at 20 kid-friendly, local businesses (for a list of businesses and currently <br />participating schools see the link above or the packet materials). <br /> The dollars are bought back from the businesses at 50 cents on the dollar. <br /> <br />Additional detail on the program is provided in the packet materials along with parent <br />comments from participating schools. <br /> <br />Program costs to date were initially funded by a federal grant. When the grant ended, <br />funding was provided by the City of Boulder Climate Action Program and fundraising <br />from parents. Louisville Elementary and Monarch K-8 have specifically asked BVSD to <br />bring Trip Tracker to their schools in August. The projected cost of the program is <br />below for each of the schools based on an average $5 per enrolled student. <br /> <br /> School Enrollment 2013-2013 Cost at $5/enrolled student <br />Monarch K-8 844 $4,220 <br />Louisville Elementary 572 $2,860 <br />Coal Creek Elementary 453 $2,265 <br />Fireside Elementary 470 $2,350 <br />10