Despite local outrage, Draper could house homeless shelter

FILE - People gather near a shelter in Salt Lake City Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, in Salt Lake City. Legislative leaders and the mayors of Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County announced they're abandoning two of four planned homeless resource centers for the city. Officials said they'll still build two other 200-bed shelters and will select a site for a third shelter in Salt Lake County by March 30. House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper, says officials have also decided they'll close the 1,000-plus bed downtown homeless shelter by June 30, 2019.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

DRAPER, Utah (AP) — Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams says two locations in Draper will still be considered for a new homeless shelter even though the city’s mayor withdrew his offer to house the facility after fierce opposition from residents.

About 1,000 people in Draper packed a Wednesday night meeting, where attendees shouted down the idea of a shelter in their city, booed a homeless man who asked for understanding and threatened to impeach Mayor Troy Walker.

Walker then said he was no longer volunteering his city for the shelter, but the county mayor said at a Thursday meeting of a homeless site committee that Draper would still be considered.

The committee will deliberate a total of nine possible Salt Lake County locations Thursday and recommend one to state officials.

The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/2njRb3N) the recommendation will be announced Friday.

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