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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO. 2004-015 (1051/1413) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 2 OF THE SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE, BY ADDING CHAPTER 16 ENTITLED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ACCESS FEE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL 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 16 and shall read as follows: "CHAPTER 16 EMERGENCY CONIlVIUNICATION SYSTEM ACCESS FEE SEC.2-16-200 Title/Purpose A. In order to ensure and improve the performance of the City's 911 communication system, the City must impose a fee. This Chapter shall be known as the "Emergency Communication System Access Fee Ordinance" and the fee imposed herein shall be known as the "Emergency Communication System Access Fee." B. The purpose of this Chapter is to require subscribers to telephone service in the incorporated area of the City to pay a fee which is directly related to the benefit subscribers derive from the improvements to and operation of the 911 communication system that will be financed by fee revenues. C. The Emergency Communication System Access Fee is the most practical and equitable revenue mechanism to finance the acquisition and construction of equipment, software, and facilities and other resources that are needed to provide an adequate and reliable 911 communication system. The fee is intended to recover the majority of the costs related to the benefits the 911 system will provide to nonexempt telephone subscribers. D. The fee imposed by the provisions of this Chapter is intended solely to provide revenue for eligible project costs and eligible operating costs, as defined in this Chapter. Fee revenues shall be deposited by the Finance Director in the Emergency Communication System Access Fund established pursuant to Section 2-16-235 of this 1