Outgoing Mayor Javier Figueroa used the meeting’s State of the City presentation to summarize what he called a productive 2025 and to lay out priorities for 2026.

Figueroa said the city kept a focus on "livability, safety, fiscal responsibility, and community engagement," and cited both small and large improvements across the city. He pointed to parks upgrades including the new inclusive playground at SIRK Park and accessibility work at Sunset Terrace Park, a busy year of community events (including a 30th-year city celebration that he said drew about 6,500 people), and new residential and commercial projects in the town center and along Bridgeport Way and 27th Street.

On public safety, Figueroa credited a voter-approved public safety levy with allowing the city to add several personnel, including a Community Outreach Officer, three patrol officers and a dedicated Traffic Safety Officer; he said those officers' work produced more than 1,000 traffic stops and helped neighborhood safety. He told the chamber the city "issued nearly 375 new business licenses" in 2025 and described the city’s financial position as maintaining healthy reserves and planning responsibly for the future.

Figueroa closed by thanking residents, staff and business partners for the year’s accomplishments and asking council and community members to keep building on that momentum in 2026.

What happens next: City staff and the newly seated council will proceed to implement council priorities for 2026 and advance projects noted in the State of the City remarks.