This document is the winning submission for the Strategic Leadership & Governance Program Excellence Award (populations 50,000 and greater).  The Local Government Excellence Awards honors creative contributions to professional local government management and increasing public awareness of the value of professional management to the quality of life in our communities. Recipients of 2015 Local Government Excellence Awards were recognized during ICMA's 101st Annual Conference in Seatlle/King County, Washington, September 27-30, 2015, as well as through the awards program booklet in a Fall Issue of PM Magazine.