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SEC.2-18-205 Findings. A. The 911 communication system provides immediate access to emergency services for telephone subscribers. The life saving importance of an up to date and modernized emergency response system was acknowledged by the federal September 11 Commission in its investigation fmding that deficiencies that existed resulted in impaired response. Subscribers to telephone service derive significant benefit from ongoing operation of the modernized integrated system installed at the San Leandro Police Department and Alameda County Fire Department. Telephone subscribers will benefit from operating, maintaining, and upgrading the 911 communication system so it continues to operate at a state-of--the-art level. A portion of the costs associated with operating, maintaining and upgrading the 911 communications system and facility should be allocated among all telephone subscribers because telephone subscribers will reap this significant benefit. B. Every telephone access line can provide independent access to the 911 communication system. Therefore, allocating operating costs on a per line basis fairly distributes these costs according to the benefit telephone subscribers derive from availability of a modernized 911 communication system. C. The concentration of a large number of access lines in a single location diminishes the marginal benefit of improved access provided by each additional access line; therefore, it is appropriate to place a cap on the number of access lines per account per service location on which the tax is charged. D. Subscribers who maintain super trunk lines derive more benefit, in terms of access to emergency communication service, from each telephone line than other subscribers and should pay a higher tax. Based on information from the California Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Communications Commission, the City Council fmds that, on average, a super trunk line provides up to twenty (24) times the benefit provided by a single access line, and a trunk line provides up to seven and a half (7 1/a) times the benefit provided by a single access line. E. The portion of operating costs reflecting the benefits estimated to be provided by operation of the 911 communication system to telephone subscribers who are subject to the tax ("Eligible Operating Costs") may be financed from Emergency Communication System Access Tax revenues. The portion of operating costs reflecting the benefits estimated to be provided by operation of the 911 communication system to telephone subscribers who are exempted from the tax may not be financed from Emergency Communication System Access Tax revenues. SEC. 2-18-210 Imposition of Emergency Communication System Access Tax. A. There is hereby imposed an Emergency Communication System Access Tax on every person who maintains access to the 911 communication system by subscribing to local telephone service within the City of San Leandro. For purposes of this Chapter, with ORDINANCE N0.2008-018 5