A task force composed of five neighbors and three representatives of Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church met March 5 to discuss to potential SHARE homeless shelter to be located in the vacant Calvary Lutheran Church building.

This first meeting was an opportunity for the neighbors to present their concerns, said Rebecca Butler of Our Redeemer. The concerns they brought forward were mostly related to questions of accountability and safety surrounding the 20-man shelter, she said.

The neighbors also gathered information from the shelter's current neighbors in West Seattle with positive results, Butler said.

She said Our Redeemer used this meeting to listen to neighbors' concerns. The task force will meet again March 11 with representatives from SHARE in order to hopefully come to an agreement that will allow the shelter to move into the Calvary building by the end of the month.

"It's our hope that we will be able to work out an agreement that will allow [the shelter] to come here," Butler said.

Butler said there will be another full community meeting following the task force meetings before the shelter moves in.

The shelter was originally meant to relocate to Ballard Feb. 28, but that date was postponed by four weeks by Our Redeemer Pastor Steve Grumm after a heated Feb. 26 community meeting.