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Show Lindon upgrades harbor property owner in the Naase Subdivision, Sub-division, appeared before council requesting aid in getting in improvements im-provements around his property in that subdivision. Development of the subdivision began some four years ago by Detlef Naase but economic conditions have hindered progress on the improvements. im-provements. Now property owner Slater is desirous to sell but the buyer has stipulated improvements must be in. IP Lindon City Council is taking l expeditious steps to get the old Orem Boat Harbor ready for the coming summer boating season and also to I insure the safety of the area against further accidents following the drowning of a 19-year-old youth 'Here two weeks ago. I In attempting to get a lease on the I marina following Orem City's ! decision to terminate their long- I term lease to the property, Lindon City first applied to the State Land Board, but later found out that the I bottom of the lake actually belongs to the federal government. I .. The Bureau of Reclamation has, S subsequently, written the city a I ter of authorization informing em that their application to lease the property has been appro ved . The city, in turn, has agreed to sublease the property to Norman Castle, owner of Sports Specialties in Orem. Mr. Castle, in addition to providing slag to rebuild the water-eroded water-eroded dike, has agreed to put in a number of improvements on the lakefront such as lights, parking area, restroom facilities, a boating dock, rental docks, and sale of food and boating supplies. City Administrator Wendyl Jarvis said he expects the entrance fee to the launching site will be approximately ap-proximately $3 per car and the city will receive a substantial percentage per-centage of the revenue from that fee besides a portion from concession sales. The city then plans to apply that revenue to further im provements in the area. Plans are to have the facility ready at least by June. The city will be installing a gate to the area within that time. Public hearings on the fiscal budget for 1983-84 will be held during the next two regularly scheduled council meetings May 18 and June 1. Anyone is invited to come and offer suggestions for budget expenditures. ex-penditures. The budget is scheduled for final approval on June 15. City Administrator Jarvis said the budget looks in pretty good shape so far. "We won't be raising the mill levy, as far as I can see, and, in fact, we may be able to lower it again this year," he said. In further business before city council last week, Tom Slater, |