My name is Pat Miklia. For the past 50 years I have owned and operated an unfinished furniture business from my land near the corner of Center and Lancaster Drive NE. It was known as “Miklia’s Furniture” (remember the big rocking chair?).

My property is located in a unique part of Salem, where most of the land surrounding my property is within the city limits; my property is not. The property is zoned Commercial and is also designated on the City of Salem’s Comprehensive Plan as Commercial. My land is already connected to city water, city sewer and has all the necessary city utilities and infrastructure installed to continue commercial use. So, annexation really costs the city little if anything; but the property will generate large tax revenues for the city to help pay for library, police and fire services throughout the city.

The reason for my request to annex this property at this time is to develop another retail commercial use.

This is not “new growth” as some would argue, rather it is simply a redrawing of the City’s boundary around an existing commercial property that is currently connected to city services and has been so for over thirty years. This is a good annexation and I would urge your support in voting “YES” for C-546.

Thank you!

Pat Miklia

(This information provided by Pat Miklia)