EXHIBIT 2-A

RESOLUTION NO. 2010-12

A Resolution of the Board of Directors

of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

Congratulating the Association of California Water Agencies

on its Centennial Anniversary

WHEREAS, the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) is celebrating its centennial anniversary in May 2010; and

WHEREAS, the theme for this 100^th anniversary celebration is “A Century of Leadership, Vision for the Future”; and

WHEREAS, ACWA was formed in 1910 when a group of five irrigation districts came together to create one voice and lay the groundwork for developing California’s water supply and delivery system; and

WHEREAS, their work would be reflected over the next 100 years in scores of local, regional and statewide water projects that together have allowed California to grow and prosper; and

WHEREAS, ACWA today is the largest coalition of public water agencies in the country and is a leader on California water issues and a respected voice for its members in the legislative and regulatory arenas in both Sacramento and Washington, D.C.; and

WHEREAS, the association was established to assist its members in promoting the development, management and reasonable beneficial use of good quality water at the lowest practical cost in an environmentally balanced manner; and

WHEREAS, to achieve this goal, the association represents the interests of its pubic water agency members at the state and federal levels and keeps its members and other key audiences informed on water issues of interest to them; and

WHEREAS, for a century ACWA has been a guiding force in California water policy and continues to help shape the laws, policy and regulations that affect the state’s urban and agricultural water users.

WHEREAS, ACWA and its public agency members will continue to seek a vision for California’s water future.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District hereby recognizes and commends the Association of California Water Agencies for a century of leadership on California water issues and for its role in developing the policies and regulations that have helped shape the state’s growth and development; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Board congratulates the association on its 100^th anniversary.

On a motion by Director _________ and second by Director _________ the foregoing resolution is duly adopted this 16^th day of August 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 16^th day of August 2010.

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

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Darby Fuerst, Secretary to the Board

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