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joint elected officials that included amendments to the draft study policy report, and inventory report. Mr. Gordon noted that the two reports and . amendments constituted Exhibit A, Parts 1-4, in the meeting packet. Mr. Gordon said the study concludes that the metro area has an adequate sup- ply of long- and short-term industrial sites, a supply that exceeds projected demand but is necessary to meet market demand and allow for selection in the marketplace among alternative sites. Mr. Gordon said that the study includes an excellent inventory. He said that the Special Studies Advisory Committee (SSAC), Chamber of Commerce, and staff team all contributed to the study with up-to-date, accurate information regarding site characteristics and readiness for the marketplace. Mr. Gordon concluded his presentation by identifying a major policy issue for the joint elected officials' consideration, that of business parks. He said that the study recommends certain industrial zones in Eugene be given extra flexibility to allow location of associated nonindustrial uses outside the downtown core and other designated commercial office areas. Mr. Gordon said that Exhibit A, Part 2, contained alternatives regarding that issue for the elected officials to consider. He said that the officials had the options of modifying, deleting, or retaining implementation strategies 4 and 5 on pages 6 and 7 of that document. Mr. Gordon noted that there were also other imple- mentation strategies recommended for the Metropolitan Plan Diagram requiring certain zoning changes. Were the plan approved, those plan/zone conformance changes would be initiated by the concerned government. Jenny Sirnio, 95 Bradford Court, introduced herself as president of the Eu- . gene Planning Commission and reported that the commission unanimously recom- mended approval of the amended inventory and policy reports. She commended staff for its work on the study, which she termed detailed and up-to-date. Ms. Sirnio said that the commission recommended the adoption of four Metro- politan Plan text amendments concurrent with study approval: 1) an amendment deleting a finding discussing an inadequate supply of industrial land due to the study determination that long- and short-term supply exceeds demand; 2) an amendment adding new Policy 17 to the Economic Element which encourages the allocation of funds to improve transportation access to key industrial sites; 3) an amendment to the Economic Element that discourages amendments changing short-term development-ready industrial land to a nonindustrial designation; and 4) an amendment changing the name of the Special light In- dustrial designation to Campus Industrial, and changing the description to require high-quality development and a selection of development processes. Ms. Sirnio noted that related to that amendment were Implementation Strate- gies 4 and 5, defining a business park and adding it to the list of uses allowed in Eugene's 1-1 and 1-2 districts. Ms. Sirnio said that the commission agreed that business parks were an at- tractive market element missing from the metropolitan area. The commission discussed the issue of competition with the downtown area, concluding that there are certain office users who would choose to locate in a business park even if it meant locating in another community. Ms. Sirnio suggested that MINUTES--Joint Elected Officials July 1, 1992 Page 2 .