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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />ORDINANCE NO. 97 - 07 (2822 ) <br />AN URGENCY ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 13, <br />TITLE II TO THE SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE <br />IMPOSING A TAX FOR EMERGENCY <br />MEDICAL SERVICES SUBJECT TO VOTER APPROVAL <br />The City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows: <br />Section 1. Chapter 13, Title II of the San Leandro Municipal Code is hereby <br />added to read as follows: <br />"Section 2-13-100. Title <br />This Chapter shall be known as the "EMS Tax Ordinance" of the City of <br />San Leandro. <br />Section 2-13-110. Findings <br />A. The City Council of the City of San Leandro does hereby <br />determine that the cost to provide emergency medical services at a level required to <br />provide for the health, safety and general welfare of its residents exceeds the amount <br />of funds and revenues generated from all other sources of income available for such <br />purpose. The City Council does further determine that the imposition of an <br />emergency medical services tax on occupants of real property throughout the City as <br />set forth below is necessary to maintain an adequate level of emergency medical <br />services. <br />B. The imposition of an Emergency Medical Services tax will allow <br />the City to continue to provide paramedic level of service. The County of Alameda, <br />in an effort to deal with the rising costs of maintaining the transport ambulance <br />system throughout Alameda County, has had to increase the response times for the <br />paramedic transport ambulances. The City of San Leandro established the paramedic <br />engine company program in an effort to ensure that the residents of San Leandro <br />would receive a timely response of paramedics to all medical emergencies within the <br />City. The Emergency Medical Services tax will also enable the City to continue <br />funding the following programs which support the paramedic program: <br />