EXHIBIT 12-A

RESOLUTION NO. 2010‑15

A Resolution of the Board of Directors of the

Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

AMENDING RULE 24 - Table 1

Residential fixture unit count values and table 2: Non-Residential Water Use Factors

WHEREAS District Rule 24-A.1.b Residential Calculation of Water Use Capacity, allows changes to Table 1: Residential Fixture Unit Count Values through Resolution of the Board of Directors, and;

WHEREAS District Rule 24-B Non-Residential Calculation of Water Use Capacity, allows changes to Table 2: Non-Residential Water Use Factors through Resolution of the Board of Directors, and;

WHEREAS the District has amended the exterior water use calculations for Residential and Non-Residential uses to use the Estimated Total Water Use (ETWU) as the appropriate outdoor water demand estimate. The ETWU is a more accurate reflection of water use and is required under the State Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance in Ordinance No 145 that amends Rule 24, Table 1: Residential Fixture Unit Count Values and Table 2: Non-Residential Water Use Factors and that were effective on December 1, 2010; and

WHEREAS amendment of Table 1: Residential Fixture Unit County Values and Table 2: Non-Residential Water Use Factors to reflect the new criteria is in compliance with the direction of Ordinance No. 145.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District resolves that Table 1: Residential Fixture Unit Count Values and Table 2: Non-Residential Water Use Factors shall be amended to reflect the amendment to the exterior water use calculations made in Ordinance No. 145, as shown in bold/italics and strikethrough on Attachments 1 and 2.

On motion of Director _____________, and second by Director __________, the foregoing resolution is duly adopted this ____^th day of ______, 2010, by the following vote:

AYES:

NAYS:

ABSENT:

I, Darby W. 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 ____^th day of ______ 2010.

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

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Darby W. Fuerst, Secretary to the Board of Directors

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