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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO STAFF REPORT Date: February 26, 1997 To: City Council Via: John Jermanis, City Manager From: Wandzia Grycz, s st i anager Subject: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL RIT11 � u Sam= It is recommended that at the City Council's March 3, 1997 Council meeting the City Council approve resolutions and conduct a public hearing as are needed to place a special tax for paramedic and emergency medical services on the June 3, 1997 ballot. It is also recommended that the City Council at that same meeting, approve a motion supporting Alameda County's Emergency Medical Services District special tax measure for county -wide trauma centers and emergency medical services. BACKGROUND I. History of County Service Area for EMS 1982 Alameda County voters approved advisory Measure C, which proposed creating a county- wide service area to provide and fund paramedic emergency medical services through a benefit assessment levied on property owners. The County Service Area, also known as the EMS District, was actually established in 1983 with the consent of all cities in the County, except the City of Alameda. At that time, the District levied an annual benefit charge of $10.00 per benefit unit on property to finance emergency medical services. This charge was based on a weighted land use classification system developed in 1983 by the Alameda County Emergency Medical Services District and the Alameda County Assessor. Under this classification system, "benefit units" were assigned to various land use types based on a County -wide survey of the demand for service generated by the land use. For example, a single family home is one benefit unit; a heavy industrial land use is six benefit units.