The Dalles City Council received a downtown parking assessment showing it has plenty of supply available, with peak occupancy rates only at 45% of available spots being used.  The study defined the downtown area as from Mill Creek to the Highway 30 traffic circle and from East 1^st to West 4^th & 5^th Streets.  It showed only 12 of 138 “parkable” block faces are considered constrained, and clustered in a nine-block area from East 1^st to East 4^th between Federal and Madison.  Much of the reason to have the assessment done was to determine parking issues that might need to be addressed as new development occurs downtown.  Consultant Rick Williams says the City is in a good place to move forward with parking strategies.  Williams went on to say The Dalles has the opportunity to get a basic parking management system in place, because it has time and supply.