Emily Rangel, who owns Moms and Mini near the Mill and Main intersection, urged the City Council to take immediate steps to reduce pedestrian danger at the lower crosswalk. In a voicemail read into the record she said she had repeatedly warned city staff about the intersection and described two collisions that followed: one in which a small girl was hit and 'fortunately ... physically okay' but traumatized, and another on Nov. 12 in which 'an elderly disabled man using a scooter was hit ... that man is now dead.'

Rangel asked the council to either close the lower crosswalk or install a stop sign in each direction "before someone else loses their life," and said she will participate in public comment at every possible council meeting until the issue is addressed.

Council did not take immediate action during the meeting but the mayor reminded residents how to follow up with staff and that public-works urgency contact information is available on the city website. The comment was recorded under the meeting's general public-comment period; no staff report or vote followed this item at the meeting.