EXHIBIT 16-A

RESOLUTION 2012-09

A Resolution of the Board of Directors of the

Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

Establishing an Appropriations Limit

for Fiscal Year 2012-13

WHEREAS, Article XIII (B) of the California Constitution requires that each local government agency annually establish an appropriations limit; and

WHEREAS, the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District desires to establish its appropriations limit for the purpose of setting its budget;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District hereby determines that the 2012-13 appropriations limit for the District is $1,350,255 based on a 2012-13 multiplier of 1.0471, as shown on Attachment 1.

On motion of Director ___________, and second by Director ________, the foregoing resolution is duly adopted this 12^th day of June 2012 by the following votes:

AYES:

NAYS:

ABSENT:

I, David J. Stoldt, 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 12^th day of June 2012.

Witness my hand and seal of the Board of Directors this ____ day of June 2012.

_____________________________________

David J. Stoldt,

Secretary to the Board

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