PARKING

FROM PAGE 1

Mercantile and Future Streets in the Meadows Town Center.

Mayor Pro Tem Kevin Bracken said adding in the planned mixed-use, multifamily development would be the neighborhood’s death knell.

“In my opinion, in light of the last project that added onto the area, I think this area is going to fail from parking,” Bracken said, noting parking spaces in town center are frequently unavailable in his experience.

Council members Laura Cavey, Ryan Hollingshead and Desiree LaFleur also said they have experienced or heard about parking struggles at town center.

e town’s planned development agreement with the Meadows, which was originally approved in 2003, requires one o -street space prevent those in need from falling through the cracks of the mental health system,” the county’s website says.

Today, the county’s mental health initiative includes more than 40 entities.

Some of its programs include: e new funding will allow the expansion of the county’s Care Compact program, evidence-based treatment programs and parent support, stipends for communitybased outpatient mental health and substance use treatment and intensive in-home treatment, and “technology integration” of a webbased case management platform and a faith-based community portal to support access to care and connection to resources for basic needs, like food, transportation and housing, Ciancone said.

• e county’s community response teams of law enforcement o cers and mental health professionals who help people nd mental health support.

• e Care Compact, a program helping adults with complex mental health needs navigate bene ts and overcome barriers to accessing care.

• A peer recovery team that pairs a “case manager” and peer recovery coach to help high-risk and highneed individuals served by the community response teams and Care Compact nd care and avoid treatment gaps. (“Case management” is a term that generally refers to helping manage a person’s situation as it relates to nding resources.)

• And an ongoing, multi-year public outreach e ort that aims to help “eradicate stigma associated with mental health,” the county said in a news release.

Due to recent redistricting, the area Crow represents — Colorado’s 6th Congressional District — now only includes a sliver of Douglas County: a small portion of the far south Aurora area. Before, the district also included Highlands Ranch.