A deal between union gospel mission and the city of spokane has stalled, in part because of concerns over the groups lgbt stance.

That deal would have allowed the city to build a stormwater treatment facility....on ugm property.... in exchange they would have given ugm a number of other land parcels in the area.

Our hawk hammer working for you with more on this issue and why its become contentious.

So the contention comes from the terms of the deal.... giving land to ugm... an organzation which helps the homeless.

That land would be given to ugm includes extra property acquired for the mlk roundabout.... dead end streets such as erie and denver between trent and mlk blvd....and others in order to get access to ugm property the city needs.

1:01:45 beggs"i don't begrudge anyone being upset about it, because what they are really upset about is the exclusionary principles"a city deal......with union gospel mission.....temporarily derailed.1:08:05 atlmeyer "frankly i'm not sure whats going on, its a little disappointing, hopefully we can move forward"that deal, getting access to ugm land to build a stormwater treatment facility.

In exchange.... ugm would get city owned land around their building.

Good deal or no?5422 beggs"in return we seemed to be giving quite a bit more actual land than the square footage of the land we were getting"beggs, and other council members having concern over the equity.... and they weren't alone.

1:13:54 outspokane smith "this is flying in the face of everything that would be right and human rights and acceptance, we've come so far" ugm as a religious entity that operates without city funding, can set its own policies.

One of them, their hiring.

1:09:16 altmeyer"we have a biblical platform from which we hire and we hnor those biblical priciples, we don't hate the lgbt community we just have policies that anyone practicing homosexuality, we don't hire em"altmeyer, who heads the organization .... says they do serve the gay crowd...when it comes to trans folks he says though its not a black and white issue.

1:10:34 atlmeyer"i have 300 people staying in my shleter, i have to keep it safe for them and the transgender person"so as all this simmers, having been sent back to committee for additional review.

Everyone wants answers.

Can we sign the dotted line?

Draft up a new one?56:38 beggs"if we give an unde benefit to a group that runs counter to city law, that would be an issue"or scrap it all together.

1:15:11"any time we are giving them money or land we are complicit in their descrimination" and adding to the pressure of the deal... there is a clock on it.

City council member beggs, says the stormwater facility needed to improve river health, can only be built in august, during low water.

Additioanlly, the city has a million dollar grant to build it, which expires in september.

The full council will revisit this in the coming weeks.

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