EXHIBIT 5-A

RESOLUTION NO. 2010-03

A Resolution of the Board of Directors

of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

To Apply for Fisheries Restoration Grant Program Funding and Authorize the General Manager to Enter into Contracts with the California Department of Fish and Game

Resolved by the Board of Directors of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, that application be made to the California Department of Fish and Game to obtain Fisheries Restoration Grant Program funds for projects that restore, enhance, or protect the anadromous salmonid habitat in the Carmel River or projects that lead to restoration, enhancement, or protection of the anadromous salmonid habitat. The General Manager of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District is hereby authorized and directed to prepare the necessary data, conduct investigations, file such applications, and enter into an agreement to receive a grant for such Projects and to execute a grant agreement with California Department of Fish and Game.

On a motion by Director ________ and second by Director _______ the foregoing resolution is duly adopted this 15^th day of March 2010 by the following votes.

Ayes: Directors

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 20^th day of June 2005.

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

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