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Exhibit A Facts and Findings This matter comes before the Marion County Board of Commissioners at the request of the Oregon Department of Transportation(ODOT) for concurrence in and adoption of an amendment into the Marion County Rural Transportation System Plan(RTSP). ODOT is in the process of adopting the Aurora-Donald Interchange Area Management Plan(IAMP) and has requested for Marion County to adopt the interchange plan into the county transportation plan. Because the RTSP is the Transportation element of the county's comprehensive plan, and Oregon Revised Statute 195.025(1) gives the county responsibility over coordinating all planning activities within the county, the county must consider whether to concur in ODOT's amendment. The Marion County Board of Commissioners adopted the Marion County RTSP as the Transportation Element of the Marion County Comprehensive Plan on February 8, 2006 (Ordinance No. 1220). Marion County may consider the adoption of the Aurora-Donald IAMP if determined that it conforms with applicable Oregon administrative rules and county transportation plan goals and policies. On August 26th, 2020, the Marion County Board of Commissioners approved Order 20-084 initiating the consideration of adopting the Aurora-Donald IAMP into the Marion County RTSP, removing the Aurora-Donald(Fargo) Interchange Area sub-area plan from Chapter 12, and scheduling a hearing for September 30, 2020. Aurora-Donald Interchange Area Management Plan (I-5 Exit 278) To address existing issues at the Aurora-Donald Interchange (I-5 Exit 278) and to plan for growth in the region, ODOT began the planning process to create an Interchange Area Management Plan. An IAMP is a minimum 20 year transportation facility plan that establishes agreements between local government, stakeholders, and ODOT about what transportation projects, solutions, and land use policies and actions are needed in an interchange area to improve and maintain the safety and the operation of the facility. A Public Involvement and Communications Plan for the IAMP project was formally initiated in January 2019. A stakeholder group of interchange area businesses and property owners met periodically during 2019 to review the project's progress and direction, as well as to share comments, questions, and concerns about proposed improvements to the interchange and county roads. Open house style meetings were held to share project direction and to hear comments and concerns from the public about proposed improvements to the interchange and local roadways. ODOT and their consultant team considered several various designs for the Aurora Donald Interchange, initially beginning with 20 design concepts. Based on public and stakeholder feedback and further analysis study, the selections were narrowed down and ultimately the diverging diamond interchange design was selected as the preferred alternative.