City council members and staff used the Super Neighborhood Alliance meeting to preview several policy priorities the council will pursue in 2025, including domestic violence awareness, resiliency hubs, pension funding oversight, large water‑ and wastewater‑infrastructure funding requests and opioid‑settlement grant spending.

Council Member Twyla Carter said domestic violence awareness was a top focus in her first year on the council and that roughly 70% of 911 calls for family incidents involve some form of family violence. “I’m very focused on domestic violence awareness,” Carter said.

Council Member Sally Alcorn, chair of the Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee, reviewed the status of the city’s pension funds and previewed the city’s legislative priorities. Alcorn said recent actuarial audits and investment returns have improved pension funding: municipal pensions have risen from about 48% to roughly 75% funded, police pensions moved from 62% to “We’re now at 95 percent funded,” and fire pension funding improved toward 100%. She said the city faces “a $230,000,000 deficit we’re facing in July” and that Ernst & Young audits of city departments should be available in the coming months.

Alcorn also described the city’s upcoming state legislative asks, saying the city will pursue about $1,600,000,000 in requests for water and wastewater infrastructure to address a small portion of aging pipes and pump‑station needs. She called infrastructure and budget work “a busy, busy budget season” expected in spring.

On public‑health spending, Alcorn said the city is presenting a $250,000 contract this week drawn from opioid‑settlement funds and that she expects ongoing efforts to elevate opioid response work and recovery services.

Council staff and other officials also briefed members on community engagement work and local programs. DJ Barra, director of community engagement for Commissioner Briones (Precinct 4), said a Healthy Parks survey drew more than 35,100 responses and that a job fair will be held at Bayland Community Center. Theresa Host of the Planning and Development Department reiterated planning department services, including community and regional planning, minimum lot size discussions and historic‑preservation options.

Speakers emphasized resiliency work after recent storms and said the city is continuing to develop resiliency hubs and recovery planning. Carter said she is “working with our resiliency and recovery director and department” to equip community centers to serve during emergencies and to operationalize proposed resiliency hubs.

No formal council votes occurred at the meeting, but members said the issues will inform council agendas and committee work this year.