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e that such services represent a growing trend in the industry, but initial costs of providing them are high. Responding to Mr. Boles's further questions, Ms. Weston said the bureau has outgrown its space and relocating to the 1-5 area seems logical. Despite the advantages of a downtown location's proximity to foot traffic, the one-way street grid poses access problems to visitors. Ms. Bascom encouraged the bureau to discuss the issue of location with Ed Smith. Ms. Ehrman asked how tourism in the Eugene-Springfield area compares to the rest of Oregon. Ms. Weston said the Northwest in general, and Oregon in particular, is becoming a more popular destination point. While Ms. Weston expected Portland's new convention facility to have a major short-term impact on Eugene's ability to attract business, she expected that a regular rotation pattern will resume eventually. Ms. Bascom referred to a memorandum she distributed to councilors regarding a motor coach tour that did not stop in Eugene and asked Ms. Weston about this omission. Ms. Weston said the motor coach industry is growing dramatically. Ms. Schue suggested that the area needs a good recreational vehicle camping area/park. IV. WETLANDS AND THE METROPOLITAN POLICY COMMITTEE ACTION PLAN e Assistant City Manager Dave Whitlow introduced the item. Pat Decker, Planning and Development Department, referred to a time line of planning studies attached to councilors' agendas and said this list of special studies illustrates the fact that there are different priorities among the jurisdictions in the metropolitan area. Two metropolitan-level studies are underway (the Metro Natural Resources and the Metro Industrial studies). Closely related is the West Eugene Wetlands Study which will address the impact of wetlands on the industrial lands inventory in the west Eugene area. The City has contracted with L-COG to manage the study, and a $50,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency has been obtained to fund a technical consultant1s work in data collection and analysis. The consultant's work will be completed in November and is being conducted according to a process approved by those State and Federal agencies that will need to accept a regional approach to wetland mitigation and protection in the west Eugene area. Completion of the study is expected to coincide with the completion of the industrial lands study, around July 1990. Ms. Decker said the Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC) has developed an action plan that proposes coordination and a time frame for the variety of studies now being conducted, and that schedules a draft report consolidating results of the various studies to be prepared by August 1990, with an amendment process occurring in the fall of 1990. Lane County Commissioner Rogers has suggested that consideration of Metropolitan Plan amendments arising from the studies should be delayed until newly elected metropolitan area officials begin their terms in January 1991. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 28, 1989 Page 5