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Proposed Use of All Terrain Vehicles (A TV's) by the City of Roseville Since the early 1990's the police department has explored the possibility of utilizing all terrain vehicles as an additional tool, giving us better access to remote off-street and pathway areas of the current park system. At this time it is difficult to make law enforcement contacts in the parks since we are confined to utilizing existing paved pathways, realizing many areas of our parks are not easily accessible by motor vehicle. Our experience has shown illegal activity normally occurs in areas of the parks far off the paved pathways. By using the A TV's we would be able to gain access to those areas, making pro-active citizen and enforcement contact. In discussions with other city supervisors, they too have agreed the A TV's could also benefit their departments. The following is a short list of ideas on how A TV's could be utilized by City of Roseville employees and personnel. POLICE DEPARTMENT . A TV's would be utilized to transport personnel, equipment and/or supplies to a remote/wooded crime scene not easily accessible by motor vehicle. . A TV's could be used in emergency disaster situations. The A TV would allow officers to access areas not accessible (due to debris, fallen trees, etc.) by our larger profile vehicles. . A TV's are more fuel efficient then regular vehicles and can traverse areas where squad cars, trucks and other vehicles cannot. They are adaptable at moving on both paved and unpaved areas. They can easily drive from pavement to ground when traveling on pathways congested with foot, bicycle and rollerblade traffic. . A TV's would work well for traffic and crowd control at the several annual events such as Family Night Out, Rosefest, Run for the Roses, 623 Run/VValk, the 4th of July Fireworks, etc. . An A TV could be used for the Crime Impact Team Auto Theft Details and for better surveillance in the Roseville park system. The police department would take a pro-active stance by utilizing this type of vehicle, since it allows us to patrol and take enforcement action in areas well off the current pathway system. Also, the use of the A TV's in larger parks such as Acorn Park, Central Park, Reservoir Woods, etc. would improve overall patrol coverage.