The Dalles City Council received an update on work being done on a housing needs analysis and buildable land inventory update required by state land use planning laws.  Councilors did ask consultants working on the update to compile the number of lots over five acres in the City and how many are in different density zones.  Mayor Rich Mays says this update faces the same issues those that were done for commercial and industrial lands a few years ago, most notably that they don’t account for lands not being available for development.  The update will be going back through the municipal planning commission before returning to City Council later in the fall to be adopted.