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Exhibit A - Page 9 ORIGINAL EXHIBIT "B" IN THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF LANE COUNTY STATE OF OREGON IN THE MATTER OF THE VACATION OF PORTIONS OF FAIRGROUNDS ENTRANCE ROAD (CO. RD. 2253) AND FAIRGROUNDS WEST ENTRANCE ROAD (CO. RD. 2267), LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST ONE QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE QUARTER (NW1/4SW1/4) AND SOUTHWEST ONE QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE QUARTER (SW1/4SWI/4) OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 17 SOUTH, RANGE 3 WEST AND THE NORTHEAST ONE QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE QUARTER (NE11/4SE11/4) OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 1 T SOUTH, RANGE 4 WEST OF THE WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, IN LANE COUNTY, OREGON, WITH A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT (17-03-31-32,17-03-31-33 & 17- 44 -36-41) FINDINGS OF FACT The Surveyor's Office of the Department of Public Works has received a request by Lane County Management Services Facilities Administration to initiate proceedings for the vacation of portions of Fairgrounds Entrance Road (Co. Rd. 2253) and Fairgrounds Nest Entrance Road (Po.. Rd. 2257). The portions of these roads proposed for vacation are located entirely within the Lane County Fairgrounds property. The purpose of this vacation is to facilitate more strategic gate locations and to more effectively address traffic and pedestrian flow, security and safety issues within the Fairgrounds property and in so doing will be in the public interest. Findings of Fact (Public Interest) The Board takes notice and finds: 1. That, pursuant to ORS 355.325 to 355.355, a county governing body may vacate roads or easements based upon the determination. that the vacation is "in the public interest." 2., - That, pursuant to ORS 1,97.175' (2) (d), after .acknowledgment. of a county's comprehensive plan and implementing ordinances, the. plan and ordinances, not the Statewide Planning Goals, control land use decisions. 3 That, Lane County's Rural Comprehensive Plan and implementing ordinances were originally acknowledged to be in compliance with the Statewide Planning Goals on September 13, 1984, and reacknowledged on February 14, 1992. 4. That, neither the Lane County comprehensive Plan, nor any land use regulation within the Lane Code, establish mandatory standards for the vacation of public easements. Conclusion of Law (Public Interest) Based. upon the above .findings of fact, the Board concludes, as a matter of law, that neither the Statewide Planning Goals nor the Lane County Rural comprehensive Plan and Vacation,- Findings of Fact - Page 1 of 3 Portions of Fairgrounds Entrance Roads (Co. Rds. 2253 & 2267) (17 -03- 31 -32 17 -03 -31 -33 & 17-04 -3641) HA SurvaMGENDAWACATIGN1Falrg round s Roads 2411- fi.doc {err)