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EXHIBIT A IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE N0.2008 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 2 OF THE SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 19 ENTITLED POLICE SERVICES TAX BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE Title 2 of the San Leandro Municipal Code is hereby amended to add a new Chapter 2- 19 and shall read as follows: "CHAPTER 19" POLICE SERVICES TAX Sec. 2-19-100 PURPOSE, INTENT AND AUTHORITY. (a) It is the purpose and intent of this Ordinance to authorize the levy of a tax on owners of real property that are within the city limits of the City of San Leandro ("City") in order to provide funding for police protection services to serve the property and persons within the City. (b) This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to Government Code section 53978. The tax proposed herein shall be effective only if approved by two-thirds of the voters, as further specified herein. (c) The tax is a special tax within the meaning of Section 4 of Article XIIIA and Article XIIIC of the California Constitution because it will be used for specific purposes. (d) Because the burden of this tax falls upon property owners who have developed their property, or whose non-development of property necessitates municipal services, this tax is an excise tax. This tax is not determined according to nor in any manner based upon the value of property. Rather, it is based on the privilege of using and the use of police services by developed and some undeveloped properties and on the availability of police and fire services to developed properties within the City. (e) The revenues raised by this tax are to be used solely for the purposes of obtaining, furnishing, operating, and maintaining police protection equipment or apparatus, for paying the salaries and benefits of police protection personnel, and for such other police protection service expenses as are deemed necessary for the benefit of the residents of the City.