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To encourage students to walk and /or bike to school students will receive a "Safe Routes to School Passport — Walk, Ride and Roll Travel Diary ". Students will keep track of the days they walk or ride bicycles to school in their passport which is serves as a travel diary. At the end of each month the • passports are collected. All students receive a certificate of commendation for the commitment to the program, discount passes to local theme parks and are eligible to for a contest drawing for bicycles and helmets to be given away. This incentive program will be promoted to parents so they can be motivated to support their child's choice to walk, ride and roll to school. In addition treadmills and stationery bikes will be set up for students so they can see how far they can walk or ride in a given amount of time. For example if a child lives 1 mile from school the student can walk on the treadmill to determine how long that would take them. This interactive exercise enables the student to realize "Wow! I can walk a mile in fifteen minutes." Part 3: Walk and Bike Clubs The Walk and Bike Clubs are a version of the walk and bike pools and will be coordinated by school officials, PTAs and Safe Moves to organized student lead clubs to walk and /or ride to and from school. The clubs will meet on a designated weekday to walk and /or ride to school. All club members receive a certificate of commendation and additional points toward the "Safe Routes to School Passport" bicycle giveaway. Part 4: Parent Workshops Data found that parents were most concerned about the traffic speed and traffic volume around schools. In addition parents were also concerned about the social environment around schools — especially the likelihood of crime. These two factors strongly affected their perception of how safe it is for their child to walk or ride to school. A successful program needs to address the social and physical factors that influence a parent's likelihood to let their children walk or ride to school. A successful program for children and teens needs to focus on a strong incentive program that encourages kids to want to walk or bike to school. An effective safety element needs to be included in the program so that kids can navigate the sidewalk, streets, bike lanes and bike paths around their schools as well as understanding the environment in and around the entrances and exits to the school for the cars, buses and for them as pedestrians and bicyclists. Workshops will be conducted to fully engage parents in the importance and the benefits of the program. Workshops will be a part of existing school meetings so as to ensure the maximum number of parent participation. These workshops will address parental concerns of traffic speed and traffic volume around schools as well as the social environment around schools including the concerns about crime. The workshop will also address the benefits of walking and bicycling to their child's health. The workshops are structured to encourage the parent to "buy into" the program and to allow their children to walk or ride a bicycle to school as well as support their children's effort to do so. A secondary issue to be communicated to parent is the need for their children's activity level to increase. According to the CDC, rates of overweight and obesity among youngsters have tripled since the late 1970s and now run as high as 14% among US children. Walking or biking to school is one way children can increase their activity levels, but just one in seven trips to school P re made under a child's own power. Part 5: School Family Safety Rodeos Considering that schools often don't have full attendance at school meetings, another method of reaching parents will be implemented to involve the entire family. The School Family Safety Rodeos would serve as "family outreach events" for the Safe Routes to School program and would be conducted on Saturdays in order the parents and their children can attend. The event will include the pedestrian and bicycle safety rodeo course that allows students to learn about safety by walking and bicycling through a miniature city. Consulting Services Agreement between Project No. 150 -38 -330 City of San Leandro and Safe Moves -- Exhibit A Page 2 of -15