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DESCRIPTION REC~ow-~ SuMn~r The subject is located in the Salem/Keizer metropolitan qrea. Salem is the capital city of Oregon, and is strategically located midway between Portland and Eugene on Interstate 5 in the hearf of the Willamette Valley. Keizer; incorporated in the 1982 general election, is located adjacent to the northern Salem City limits. According to the Portland State University Center for Population Research, the cities of Salem and Keizer have 1999 populations of approximately 128.595 and 30,260, respecfively, within their corporate limits. This represents a 1.55~ increase for Salem and a 3.51 ~ increase for Keizer over the previous year. Salem has experienced steady growth over the past nine years, and is currently the state's third most populous city. So far in the 1990s, the Salem- Keizer area has grown at an annual compounded rate of 2.45%. The following table shows the historic growth rates for both Oregon and the Salem MSA components: of Oregon 2,847,000 3,217;000 3,267,550 3,299,600 Marion Cou~y ?29,500 Polk County 49,541 City of Salem 108.200 City of Keizer 21,950 267.700 271.900 275.250 57.400 59.500 60.100 124,190 126,635 128,595 28.340 29,235 30.260 Source: PSU, Center for Population Research 1999 (`PreGminary Estimates) 1.77% 2.22% 2.37~ 2.0996 4.21 % Oregon is one of the few remaining ~states in the country without a sales tax. There have been many efforts over the past decade to pass such a tax, but these efforts have been defeated by popular vote. The primary source of revenue for the state comes from properfy taxes and an income tax with a maximum rate of nine percent. The dominant sectors of the Salem-Keizer economy have historically been govemment, food processing and wood products. Being the state's capital and Marion County seat, a large pofion of the local population is employed in govemment. Manufacturing has. confinued to show steady growth away from the trdditional lumber and wood products, toward a more diverse group of industries, including manufactured homes, silicon wafers, metal products, and electronic equipment. October 1999 figures showed a 5.1 % unemployment rate for the Salem MSA area. Historic annual unemployment rates are summarized in the following table: ~alem MSA 4.7 5.7 6.9 6.7 5.4 4.9 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.1 ~regon 5.4 6.0 7.3 6.6 5.4 4.7 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.5 National 5.5 6.7 7.4 6.4 6.1 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.1 4.1 Source: Oregon Employment Department Labor Trends, Data as of October of 1999. PALMER. G~to7~t 8~ Pi~xn, INC. 9 P99239