The JLI transition is a pain in the butt, especially considering the accuracy of the VOR's in that area. They seem to be very affected by the mountainous terrain around and the needles are swinging like having a rock party! Flying a little twin so the approach is doable. ATC normally vectors you (albeit quite crappy at times, normally G/S from above..).
Regarding the NOTAM, I can see the controlling obstacle has been removed, just don't understand why it affected only the circling MDA and not the straight in. On the previous chart there was a MKR (DEASY) about where CIDRU is on the new chart, and after that you could drop to 1000 ft MDA, but for circling NOTAMed to 940 ft.