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Objective 8.1: Improve coordination with all affected jurisdictions to meet future transportation needs. Objective 8.2: Facilitate development of coordinated transportation design standards. Public outreach efforts undertaken in the development of the TAMP focused on keeping Marion County Board of Commissioners, as well as the local elected officials representing the cities of Donald and Aurora, updated on the review of interchange concepts and alternatives and the process for selection of a preferred alternative, design refinements of the full interchange, and definition of Phase 1. County staff has been consulted and has provided information and valuable input into the development of the Preferred Alternative. These Goal 8 objectives have been met. Objective 8.3:Emphasize facilitation, rather than restriction/regulation, of business. The implementation of the Preferred Alternative will benefit the traveling public by improving safety and relieving congestion within the interchange, as well as by reducing or eliminating back-ups from off-ramps onto the freeway, thereby improving safety and operations for through-travelers on 1-5. Improvements to the interchange and the County roadway system will facilitate safe access to businesses at the interchange.The proposed signalized intersection of Ehlen Road at the relocated Bents Road, which will provide access to the two travel centers on the west side of the interchange, and the relocated Dolores Way, which will provide access to businesses east of the interchange, will result in slightly longer travel distance between the interchange and existing business access. These increased travel distances are modest and should not restrict business activity at the interchange.This Objective has been met. Objective 8.4: Ensure cost-effective investment in transportation. Improvements should be fiscally responsible, economically efficient and realistic. The TAMP conceives of a phased approach to realizing the DDI Preferred Alternative, one that makes the most of Keep Oregon Moving Act funding and addresses immediate safety needs at the interchange in Phase 1 of the project. The "value engineering" process that evaluated modifications and additional potential improvements to the Preferred Alternative (see TAMP Section 5.2.1) ensures that the proposed Preferred Alternative is cost-effective and realistic. This Objective has been met. Objective 8.5: Comply with applicable Transportation Planning Rule requirements for rural transportation system planning. As documented in findings under Statewide Planning Goal 12, Transportation Planning Rule requirements have been met. Objective 8.6: Maintain an ongoing public involvement process. As detailed in the Public Stakeholder Involvement section of this memorandum, and in the findings under Statewide Planning Goal 1, the development of the TAMP and the 1-5:Aurora Donald Interchange(Exit 278)TAMP:Supporting Findings for Marion County Adoption 21