Town Councilors last week approved the low bid of $8,670 by Crossman Engineering Inc. (CEI) of Warwick for an aerial survey of the Jamestown school campus and surrounding neighborhood, bounded by Narragansett, Melrose and Arnold Avenues and North Main Road. The survey is part of the Rolling Agenda plan to encourage youngsters to ride bikes to school, the library, ball fields and other locations in town and to coordinate the plan with work to create a bikeway to connect the island's north end with the school area.

Town Councilors early last month approved $5,000 as the town's share for the Rolling Agenda plan. The funds came from $5,000 donated by Disney Films as its courtesy fee to the town for unrestricted town use and cooperation in filming of the movie "Dan in Real Life" in Jamestown last fall. The town's share is to be supplemented by fund-raising by the Rolling Agenda workers.

Rolling Agenda has been underway for two years, initiated by Carol Nelson-Lee and others to brainstorm a bike program. The effort is growing into a broader project to ensure safe bike routes, and to coordinate other uses of school property.

Rolling Agenda is also seeking contributions from school, organizational, state, federal, and private sources.