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Objective 3.2: Adequately provide for the transportation needs of residents, businesses, customers, and visitors. Reconstructing this interchange is a high priority for ODOT, as well as for the Mid- Willamette Valley Area Commission on Transportation and Marion County.The TAMP assessed existing needs as well as projected regional growth (TAMP Chapter 2) to forecast future 2042 traffic volumes at the interchange. The TAMP Preferred Alternative is intended to improve operations and safety at an interchange that serves the access and mobility needs of businesses and residents in the immediate vicinity, visitors to services at the interchange geared towards trucking and the traveling public, and to nearby communities and regional attractions. These transportation Objectives have been met. Objective 3.3: Encourage and support actions that reduce demand on the transportation system. Objective 3.4: Encourage and support actions that maximize the value and efficiency of the existing system. The requested action to amend the RTSP does not directly reduce demand on the transportation system. The Preferred Alternative improvements are intended to improve the operations at the interchange due to existing demand, as well as to serve future transportation needs. The process of evaluating the numerous interchange design alternatives, and the additional "value engineering" process that vetted additional potential improvements to the Preferred Alternative (see TAMP Section 5.2.1), ensures that the proposed Preferred Alternative maximizes the value and efficiency of the transportation system.These Objectives have been met. Goal 5: Work in Partnership with Communities to Address Community Needs and Values To inform the immediate community of the TAMP project, a project information paper was mailed to just over 100 addresses around the interchange, as well as a list of other regional interested parties. Area stakeholders— property owners, residents, agency representatives, and business owners/managers—were invited to three Stakeholder Engagement Meetings during the development of the TAMP, as well as two open houses, to learn about the project and provide local perspective and feedback. Community outreach efforts included communication with the City of Donald and City of Aurora administrators and staff regarding project updates and briefings to the city councils of both jurisdictions. In addition, the ODOT project manager presented the project and described the two alternatives to area business owners at a City of Donald Mayor's Business Leaders Meeting. (See TAMP Section 6, Public Involvement, and Appendix R, Stakeholder and Public Involvement Technical Memorandum.) Objective 5.1: Minimize adverse impact of the transportation system on quality of life in communities. 1-5:Aurora Donald Interchange(Exit 278)TAMP:Supporting Findings for Marion County Adoption 17