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Francisco, CA 9 EPrice: william.kissinger Siemens Flender morganlewis HB series gearbox Re: Information Requests in Advance of Informal Resolution Meeting Malburg Generating Station Power Purchase Tolling Agreement Dear Bill, write in response to your December 1, 2 letter. Despite your repeated promises to provide the City of Vernons substantive response to Bicent (California) Malburg LLCs (Bicent) November 1, 2 Notice of Default (Notice of Default) against the City of Vernon (the city) and subsequent correspondence, your letter does nothing of the sort. In particular, the letter doe not answer many of the questions posed in the Notice of Default and misstates many of the facts and the timeline relevant to Ms. Nguyens bad faith conduct on behalf of the City. Your letter also contains host of inconsistencies and takes positions on behalf of the City that contradict Ms. Nguyens prior correspondence and subsequent actions . While we address some of those matters below, there is little benefit in repeating the facts detailed in the Notice of Default . We believe that back and forth may need to be fleshed out in another forum. Given the contents of your December 1 letter, we continue to be concerned by the Citys long delay of the initial meeting required under Section 1.2 of the Power Purchase Tolling Agreement (PPTA) . As you know, Bicent first requested meeting between the parties designated representatives, Messrs. Prager and Fandino , on November 1 . The City did not respond to Bicents request