Lakes Entertainment recently reported their 1st quarter results. Here is an excerpt:
From Lakes 10-Q 9-May-2008 Quarterly Report
We have contracts to develop and finance a casino to be built on the reservation of the Jamul Indian Village (the "Jamul Tribe") located on Interstate 94, approximately 20 miles east of San Diego, California (the "Jamul Casino"). The Jamul Casino project has been delayed due to issues with road access to the proposed Jamul Casino site. The Jamul Tribe has submitted an encroachment permit application to CalTrans, which will result in a project study report to determine the optimal access point for traffic to the Jamul Casino without disruption of traffic on the state highway.The Jamul Tribe has continued construction on their reservation of the driveway road leading to the Jamul Casino site. In addition to its work with CalTrans, the Jamul Tribe has submitted an application to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (the "BIA") for recognition of an access drive across its land to create a second means of access to the site over an Indian reservation road. We and the leaders of the Jamul Tribe are currently evaluating plans for the Jamul Casino facility to determine when construction of the facility will start and when casino operations will begin. We continue to believe that adequate financing will be obtained and the project will be successfully completed. |
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Clarification of the above statements:
The encroachment permit "application" was returned to the tribe months ago because it was incomplete. They have not submitted a revised and completed driveway encroachment permit "application" since.
The tribe has submitted an encroachment permit application for water access to Caltrans and that requires an environmental review.
The tribe has stopped construction of the driveway because Caltrans has stated many times before that the current access point in unacceptable. The land they are speaking about is not trust land. The land is under county jurisdiction and the access point is only 500 feet from the current driveway. Caltrans has stated this access point is also not acceptable. The BIA does not have jurisdiction over a state highway. |
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