Bozo Texino Wrote:
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> Tuesday, July 28, 2020
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> Report on the Desert Line
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> Ms. Landers revisited the status of the progress
> on building a new Customs facility near the
> border. During the site visit with California
> Border Patrol (CBP) and its NII equipment vendors,
> NII determined that it was feasible to build an
> NII machine at the proposed location at the border
> tunnel, which is CBP’s preferred location. Two
> vendors submitted rough budget estimates to Baja
> Railroad (BJRR) in September 2019. The next steps
> are for BJRR to select a vendor and submit plans
> to CBP. So far to date, there has not been any
> work done by BJRR.
>
> Ms. Landers informed the Board that BJRR did not
> make its January 1 payment to MTS; therefore, MTS
> sent BJRR a 10-day notice to cure letter by
> January 13. BJRR then requested an extension to
> January 31, which was granted by MTS. This issue
> is going as a closed session agenda item to the
> MTS Board of Directors at its January 16 meeting.
> BJRR has been informed that permission is being
> requested for the CEO to have the discretion to
> terminate the contract if payment is not received
> by January 31. Ms. Landers stated that the goal is
> to see this project happen and not to prematurely
> default; however, BJRR will need to start work on
> the project.
Based on BJRR's permormance over the last few years, looks like we have a big JOKE of an operation running the show now...