A large gathering assembled to give their views during The Dalles City Council’s town hall meeting on tourism.  Topics brought up ranged from keeping downtown clean, to marketing tactics, to transportation services, with several people recommending a tourism advisory committee involving people who are involved in the industry.  Mayor Steve Lawrence says the Council wanted to gather information toward developing a direction during goal setting and budget planning in 2018.  Lawrence noted input on the lack of RV parks in the area, saying local visitor information centers continually get requests for information on that kind of facility, but there isn’t one available.  The City currently has a contract with The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce for that organization to provide tourism services, but it expires after the 2018-19 fiscal year.