EXHIBIT 22-A

RESOLUTION NO. 2010-01

A Resolution of the Board of Directors of the

Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

Expressing support for the proposed

Monterey regional water supply program

WHEREAS, the Monterey Regional Water Supply Program (Regional Project) has been identified by California American Water (Cal-Am) as an alternative to its proposed Coastal Water Project (CWP) to benefit water users within the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District and Monterey County; and

WHEREAS, Phase 1 of the Regional Project consists of a 10 million gallon per day Desalination Facility in the North Marina area, the Seaside Basin Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project, the Regional Urban Water Augmentation Project, the Sand City Desalination Facility, and continued water conservation; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of the Phase 1 Regional Project is to enable Cal-Am to fully comply with the requirements of State Water Resources Control Board Order Nos. WR 95-10 and 2009-0060 and the Seaside Basin Adjudication Decision (California American Water v. City of Seaside, et al., Monterey County Superior Court Case No. M66343).

WHEREAS, the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the CWP has determined that the Phase 1 Regional Project is the environmentally-superior alternative, provided that the mitigation measures set forth in the Final EIR are imposed and fully implemented by all pertinent approval and participant agencies; and

WHEREAS, the information developed to date in the proceedings on Cal-Am’s application before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) has indicated that the Phase 1 Regional Project is the most cost-effective alternative (Application No. 04-09-019); and

WHEREAS, the Phase 1 Regional Project has demonstrated feasibility, acceptability, and the ability to be implemented expeditiously; and

WHEREAS, the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District recognizes that there is an urgent need to identify, plan, and implement a water supply solution to comply with physical, regulatory, and judicial constraints on local water supplies; and

WHEREAS, the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District desires to cooperatively engage in the regional water supply planning process.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District as follows:

1. That the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District supports the Phase 1 Monterey Regional Water Supply Program as a solution to the water supply problems confronting existing water users within the District,

2. That the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District desires to fully engage in the regional water supply planning process to meet existing and future water needs within the District, and

3. That the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District desires to be involved in the operational decision-making of the Regional Project to ensure that the water needs of the citizens and environmental resources within the District are reliably met in a cost-effective manner.

4. That the water users in the Monterey Peninsula area are entitled to full and fair representation in all water supply planning efforts that affect their present and future water resources.

On a motion by Director ______ and seconded by Director ______ the foregoing resolution is duly adopted this __^th day of January 2010 by the following votes:

Ayes:

Nays:

Absent:

I, Darby Fuerst, Secretary to the Board of Directors of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, hereby certify that the foregoing is a resolution duly adopted on the 28^th day of January 2010.

Witness my hand and seal of the Board of Directors this __th day of January 2010.

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Darby Fuerst, Secretary to the Board

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