The elected leadership and City Manager Harold Dominguez set out to better coordinate the relationship and service delivery of the City’s economic development and community development operations.

 Historically these functions were divided into two organizational departments having distinct cultures and questionable communication.  It was determined that the, at times, conflicting regulatory and development goals of the departments could best be addressed though merger of their operations.  In January 2011, the departments were combined into one under the direction of Shawn Lewis.  The new Community and Economic Development Department consists of six divisions (Engineering Services, Fire Prevention, Geographic Information System, Permits and Inspections, Planning, and Economic Development).