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Selectmen’s Meeting – March 11, 2013 Lexpress Summer Fun Pass Proposal Ms. Rebecchi, Transportation Coordinator, suggested a Lexpress Summer Fun Pass be created for youth under the age of 18 who want to ride Lexpress to purchase a discounted pass during July and August. The objective is to increase Lexpress ridership during the summer, to reduce the number of vehicle trips by families, to provide youth the opportunity to use local public transit and learn travel skills and to market Lexpress to the Community. The proposal is to charge youths under the age of eighteen $60 for a July/August “Summer Fun Pass”, which is a “buy one month get one free” marketing promotion. The Pass might include small discounts to local businesses. The Pass would be advertised through the Recreation Department summer brochure, the School Department, student newspapers and local media outlets. Lexpress collects less than $2,000 in student cash/ticket revenue and provides approximately 1900 student rides. Best guess cost estimate is that the promotion would be revenue neutral with anticipated increase in student ridership. The Town Manager supports this trial program for 2013. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5-0 to authorize the Human Services Department to sell a Lexpress Summer Fun Pass to youths under the age of 18 for the period of July-August 2013 at a cost of $60. School Transportation and Safety Study Committee Update Ms. Crocker, Chair of the School Transportation and Safety Study Committee (STS), updated the Board on traffic safety on school property, upgrading traffic safety, town resources, Safe Routes to School update and recommendations. Safe Routes to School recommends supporting the January 15, 2013 Lexington Public Schools memo recommending that the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee review: reinstalling “no idling” signage, school property crosswalks, school property curbing, no parking and other traffic management signage and pavement markings and update of GIS mapping. The STS is working on: addressing bus discipline by looking at installing cameras on buses and improving reporting system by C&W Transportation; reviewing a by-law proposal; and attending the School Committee meeting on March 20 to discuss bus registration and marketing and other recommendations. Regarding bus registration, the STS would like to: improve the process by offering online registration; improve site management by including elementary bus captains; improve staff communications; improve community communication; increase buses by 1 for FY2014; review the fee structure for renewals and subsidies and look at available options.