* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] ALL RIGHT. [1. Call meeting to order.] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. EVENING. TODAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH, 2026. I HAVE 7:00 PM I WANT TO OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THIS IS AN OPEN MEETING. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. UH, WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT ITEM IS THE INVOCATION, UH, AND THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR VERY OWN COUNCIL MEMBER, ALLEN SIMS. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR COUNCIL COUNCILMAN HAYDEN TO DO A LITTLE WORK TODAY. SO IF HE COULD LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF, UH, EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND. AND MR. SIMS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR, TO OUR HONOREE TONIGHT. UM, LET US ALL BOW OUR HEADS IN PRAYER. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR MANY BLESSINGS. IT'S RECORDED IN YOUR WORD THAT THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE. WE WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY. WE THANK YOU FOR CEDAR HILL. WE THANK YOU FOR IT BEING A SPECIAL PLACE. WE THANK YOU. IT'S A CITY ON A HILL. WE THANK YOU. IT'S THE HIGHEST ELEVATION IN THE METROPLEX. WE THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED THIS CITY WITH INCREDIBLE, ABUNDANT, NATURAL RESOURCES. AND FATHER, WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN A CITY, LORD, THAT WE, WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO COME TOGETHER FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, TO WORK, TO IMPROVE THINGS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY. WE THANK YOU, LORD FOR THIS SPECIAL NIGHT THAT WE HONOR ONE OF YOUR SPECIAL SERVANTS, DANIEL HAVEN. WE THANK YOU FOR HIS LIFE. WE THANK YOU FOR HIS DEDICATION. WE THANK YOU FOR HIS SACRIFICE, FOR HIS TIME AWAY FROM FAMILY, FOR ALL THE THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF REPORTS AND BUDGETS THAT HE'S BEEN A PART OF. WE THANK YOU THAT HE HAS GIVEN AND GIVEN AND GIVEN. AND TONIGHT WE THANK YOU FOR WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK INTO HIM. WE THANK YOU FOR HIM BEING A TRUE EXAMPLE OF A PUBLIC SERVANT, AND WE HONOR HIM TONIGHT AS A GREAT MAN FOR IT'S RECORDED IN YOUR WORD THAT WHOSOEVER WOULD BE GREAT. LET HIM BE YOUR SERVANT. AND WITHOUT QUESTION, DAN IS THE EPITOME OF A PUBLIC SERVANT. AND SO TONIGHT I ASK THAT YOU WOULD JUST, UH, POUR OUT YOUR BLESSINGS UPON DANIEL. WE PRAY FOR YOUR FAVORITE UPON HIS LIFE. UH, WE PRAY FOR CONTINUED HEALTH. WE PRAY THAT, UM, MORE THAN ANYTHING, HE WOULD KNOW THAT YOU LOVE HIM AND THAT THIS CITY LOVES HIM. AND WE PRAY TONIGHT THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE AND EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID WOULD GLORIFY YOU FOR WE ASK IT IN CHRIST'S NAME. AMEN AND AMEN. AMEN. OKAY, IF Y'ALL JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG, AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW WITH THE TEXAS FLAG, PGI FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. STRONG. NOW THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG P PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU TO THE WORK OF OUR CEDAR HILL COLOR GUARD. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN SIMS. COUNCILMAN HAYDEN FOR THE INVOCATION, THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. UM, IT'S SO GOOD TO BE AROUND AMONGST FAMILY. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO BE ABLE TO, TO CELEBRATE THE GREAT SERVICE OF OUR VERY OWN COUNCIL MEMBER, DAN HAYDEN. [00:05:01] UH, WE DO HAVE A FEW BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF. AND, UH, IF WE COULD JUST DIVE RIGHT INTO IT. NEXT ITEM [4. Citizens Forum/Public Comments. Citizens wishing to speak during this time should submit a Speaker Request Form to the City Secretary before the meeting begins. Public comments may also be submitted online at: cedarhilltx.com/publiccomment. All public comments submitted online by 3pm on City Council meeting dates will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ] ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITIZENS FORUM. THIS GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT WHATEVER THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT. UM, THINGS THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL CANNOT DELIBERATE AND DISCUSS. UH, SO WE DO HAVE, UH, A CITIZEN WHO SUBMITTED A FORM, AND I LIKE TO CALL PHILIP LEWI TO PLEASE COME UP. HIS TOPIC IS PUBLIC MEETING AND WHAT CEDAR HILL HAS, AND BILL MAY I BELIEVE IS WHAT HE WROTE DOWN. PLEASE COME ON DOWN, PHIL. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. UM, I'M PHILLIP BAAM WITH 1130 NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS. TODAY, WHEN I WENT VOTE, I LEFT THE HOUSE. I LEFT THAT ADDRESS, AND I WALKED ALL THE WAY TO THE ALLEN SIMS, UM, RECREATION CENTER. AND IT WAS REALLY AN ENLIGHTENING ITEM BECAUSE Y'ALL HAD A MEETING IN MISSOURI AND I WENT THROUGH THE ROSTER OF THINGS THAT Y'ALL WENT TO SEE. AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE TOURED CEDAR HILL BECAUSE I FOUND ALMOST EVERYTHING ON THERE THAT Y'ALL TOURED. AND THERE WAS EVEN A GOLF COURSE THAT'S IN ANOTHER CITY THAT I'D SAY IT'S IN PROXIMITY OF WHAT THE GOLF COURSE WAS. AND, UH, IT WAS JUST THE MOST ENLIGHTENING ITEM THAT I'VE EVER HAD. AND JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET ON THE GROUND AND SEE THAT, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE DAN HAYDEN. MR. HAYDEN COUNCILMAN, I TOLD HIM BEFORE THE MEETING THAT I ALWAYS THINK WHEN PEOPLE ARE RETIRING, I THINK OF BILL MACK, THE MIDNIGHT COWBOY. AND HE, I THINK HE CELEBRATED 50 YEARS OF BEING A DJ. THEY GAVE HIM A BIG BLOWOUT. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY BLEW, THEY FIRED HIM THAT HE SAID THEY GAVE HIM A, THEY BLEW HIM OUT. MM-HMM . BUT MR. HAYDEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IT'S, IT'S, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT GOES OFF AND THERE IS LIFE AFTERWARDS. AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS YOU ENJOYED THIS. AND, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT ONE THING THAT DOES CONCERN ME, Y'ALL SAID, JUST SAID IT WAS AN OPEN MEETING AT WHEN IN MISSOURI, I WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF A, UM, HOTEL CONFERENCE CENTER, AND THAT WASN'T LISTED ON THE, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT THAT Y'ALL WERE GOING FOR A TOUR. AND THAT DOES CONCERN ME BECAUSE WHEN YOU READ AND TAKE THE ONE HOUR CLASS THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS, HE COVERS A LOT OF THESE ITEMS. AND I THINK IT'S COVERED IN THERE WHERE Y'ALL MAY HAVE HAD A CLOSED MEETING BECAUSE IT WASN'T ANNOUNCED OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT. AND EVEN THE MEETING THAT Y'ALL HAD LAST NIGHT, I THINK THERE WAS A BROCHURE THAT WAS HANDED OUT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN APPROPRIATE THAT Y'ALL WOULD'VE PUBLISHED AND POSTED THAT WITH THE MEETING. AND IT SAID THERE, THE LADY PRESENTING THE PROGRAM ON OPEN MEETINGS SAYS IT'S ALWAYS TO ERROR IN DOING TOO MUCH AS OPPOSED TO NOT. AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING MEETINGS OUTSIDE THE CITY, AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE DISCUSSED, AND THAT'S LIKE, I HEARD ONE COUNCILMAN SAY THAT THIS DOESN'T NEED TO GET OUT. BUT AGAIN, MR. HAYDEN, I WANT TO TELL YOU THANK YOU AGAIN. IT'S, IT'S A PLEASURE KNOWING YOU AND, AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU PHIL. UM, THAT, UH, CONCLUDES OUR PORTION OF THE ASSISTANCE FORUM. NEXT ITEM ON [5. Consent Agenda: The Consent Agenda includes routine items that may be acted upon with a single vote. Any council member may remove items from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and consideration.] THE AGENDA IS CONSENT IS CONSENT AGENDA. UH, CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE. UH, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION. UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT TO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT? NOT HERE. NONE. I WILL CONTINUE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 14TH, 2026, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ITEM B, CASE NUMBER SP 7 63 DASH 2026. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A SITE PLAN, PROPERTY ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES NS DISTRICT AND WITHIN THE UPTOWN UT OVERLAY, LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF SJ ELMER WEAVER FREEWAY, APPROXIMATELY 370 FEET NORTHEAST FROM THE INTERSECTION OF ROBINSON STREET AND THE SERVICE ROAD OF SJ ELMER WEAVER FREEWAY. WHERE THE ADDRESS BEING? 5 4 1 SJ ELMER WEAVER FREEWAY. APPLICANT ROSA KNIGHT BOLDEN, PROPERTY OWNER PROPERTIES BY BOLDEN. LLC. DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? OH, ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY. THIS IS A CONSENT. SORRY, . SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. COUNSEL, UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? IF NOT, UH, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION. UH, COUNCILOR HAYDEN? YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE, UH, I HAVEN'T USED THIS IN A WHILE. AGENDA ITEMS A AND [00:10:01] B IS READ. WE DO HAVE A ITEM FOR APPROVAL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE DO HAVE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. MOVED ANIMUS. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON [a. Present Daniel C. Haydin, Jr. with the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award. ] TO THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER PRESENTATION ITEM A PRESENT DANIEL C. HAYDEN JR. WITH THE 2026 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. WOO. CAN WE GIVE AN APPLAUSE? ALL RIGHT. COME DOWN. HERE WE AM. I LIVE. OKAY, PERFECT. SO ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM. IT'S CALLED LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. WE ACTUALLY STARTED THIS PROBABLY ABOUT, I'M GONNA SAY 10 YEARS AGO. AND IT JUST GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ACTUALLY MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WITHIN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. THIS HAVE RANGED FROM NOT JUST ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT JUST ANYONE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT THESE ARE SELECTED AMONGST, UH, INDIVIDUALS JUST LIKE YOURSELF. SOMETIMES Y'ALL SEND INFORMATION IN AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS PERSON IS JUST AWESOME. THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ULTIMATE AMOUNT OF YEARS AND NEVER LOOK FOR ANY TYPE OF CREDIT OR ANY TYPE OF RECOGNITION. WELL, IN THIS CASE, UM, THE COUNCIL TO THE CITY, WE DECIDED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS YEAR 2026 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ABOUT ONE OF OUR VERY OWN HERE ON THE COUNCIL, UH, DANIEL C. HAYDEN, JR. SO, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL PROGRAM HERE, UH, FOR US TODAY, WHICH Y'ALL KNOW, I ALREADY KNOW THAT. UH, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY BEGIN WITH A FEW REMARKS. AND I THINK MAYBE I'M THE FIRST ONE. SO, , YOU ARE. YES, YOUR HONOR. UM, AWESOME. THANK YOU, MADAME SECRETARY. I HAVE A MICROPHONE. Y'ALL . ALRIGHT, I WANNA MAKE SURE I STAY ON AGENDA. HOLD ON. OKAY. YES. SO I HAVE A PROCLAMATION, AND I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PROCLAMATIONS, BUT I WANNA BE FIRST, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH Y'ALL. SO I HAVE A PROCLAMATION. IT'S FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, WHEREAS DANIEL C. HAYDEN JR. HAS SERVED 26 YEARS ON THE CITY HILL CEDAR COUNCIL, INCLUDING THREE YEARS AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM. AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER, DANIEL HAS SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE FINANCIAL AUDIT COMMITTEE, BEST SOUTHWEST TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, AND AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE CEDAR HILL MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION PARK MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE, WINDING HOLLOW, UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND RED OAK CREEK TRAIL DEVELOPMENT. AND DANIEL HAS ALSO SERVED AS THE COUNCIL LIAISON TO THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND IS PROUD OF THE CITY. CITY COUNCIL'S FOCUS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE COMMUNITY POLICING. DURING HIS TENURE, THE CITY COUNCIL CEDAR HILL'S CRIME RATE HAS DECREASED BY 16%. THAT'S SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WE ALREADY ARE A SAFE COMMUNITY. SO TO CONTINUE TO KEEP GOING DOWN 16% IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT. Y'ALL, UH, IN ADDITION TO PUBLIC SAFETY, DANIEL'S PRIORITIES INCLUDE IMPROVING CODE COMPLIANCE, INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE, PURSUING BALANCE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOODS AND CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT, AND PRESERVING THE CITY'S GREEN AND OPEN SPACE. PRIOR TO HIS SERVICE ON CITY COUNCIL, DANIEL HAS SERVED ON THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. CEDAR HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL, CEDAR HILL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BEST SOUTHWEST COALITION COUNTRY DAY ON THE HILL COMMITTEE AMONGST OTHERS. HE HAS BEEN A BOARD MEMBER AND COACH FOR THE CEDAR HILL GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION, PRESIDENT OF THE DRILL TEAM, BOOSTER CLUB . HE CHEERED THE BEST SOUTHWEST SCHOLARS AND THE CEDAR HILL BEST SOUTHWEST SCHOLAR PROGRAM. DANIEL WAS NAMED THE CEDAR HILL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MAN OF THE YEAR IN 2002, AND IS A GRADUATE OF LEADERSHIP SOUTHWEST, A PROGRAM THAT DEVELOPS REGIONAL LEADERS IN THE SOUTHWEST DALLAS COUNTY. DANIEL IS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE CEDAR HILL LIONS CLUB [00:15:01] AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT IN 2003. WHERE ARE LIONS AT? THERE THEY ARE DANIEL OWNS TWO BUSINESSES IN CEDAR HILL. THE HAYDEN INSURANCE GROUP. LLC IS A HEALTH INSURANCE AGENCY SPECIALIZING IN LIFE AND HEALTH BENEFITS FOR BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS WITH HIS WIFE, DARLA. HE OPERATES SPLIT ENDS, SPLIT ENDINGS, A FAMILY HAIR SALON. DANIEL HOLDS A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY. AND DANIEL AND DARLA HAVE BEEN MARRIED. NO? YES. THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, Y'ALL. SORRY, I WAS TRYING TO BE SMOOTH. DANIEL AND DARLA WERE MARRIED ON APRIL 26TH, 1980. CAN WE GIVE THAT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? SO, UM, TODAY IS LIKE APRIL 27TH, 28TH. I'M SORRY. TODAY IS APRIL 28TH. SO HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. YES. AND THEY MOVED TO CEDAR HILL IN 1981. THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, AMBER AND HEATHER, AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN, PAXTON AND TATUM, WHOM IS VERY PROUD OF AND HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN A STEADY PRESENCE OF LOVE AND SUPPORT OF NUMEROUS SOCCER AND HOCKEY GAMES AND CHEERLEADING EVENTS. DANIEL IS LOVED AND ADMIRED AND APPRECIATED BY THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. HIS FAMILY AND HIS MANY DEAR FRIENDS. HIS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF BEING KIND, CARING, KNOWLEDGEABLE, CONNECTED, AND A GREAT SERVANT LEADER IS A TRUE CREDIT TO HIS COMMUNITY AND ALL WHO KNOWN HIM. NOW, I THEREFORE STEVE MASON, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM DANIEL C. HAYDEN JR. WITH DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. THIS IS SIGNED BY STEVE MASON MAYOR, AND IT HAS THE SEAL OF THE CEDAR HILL, TEXAS. SO I HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT I WANT TO SAY, BUT I'M JUST GONNA WAIT TOWARDS THE END BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS. UM, SO IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY, 'CAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PRESENTATIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THAT. AND I SEE OUR GOOD FRIEND, KENDALL LOCKE HERE FROM CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT'S OFFICE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS? GOOD EVENING, MY FRIEND MAYOR. HE'S GOING DOWN. UM, I DON'T KNOW. DO WE WANT HIM TO COME DOWN? OKAY. I GUESS, I GUESS THIS SEAT'S FOR YOU. SORRY. IT, IT WASN'T WRITTEN DOWN. SO I I DID THAT . THAT'S NOT MY SEAT. . I WAS THINKING I WAS GONNA GET OUT . HERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, MR. MAYOR TO THE COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS. UM, THE CONGRESSWOMAN, UNFORTUNATELY, COULD NOT BE HERE. WE ARE IN SESSION THIS WEEK. UH, BUT WE WANTED TO JUST RECOGNIZE YOU, RIGHT? UM, I THINK ONE, TO BE ELECTED AND IN ELECTED OFFICE IS, UM, AN ACCOMPLISHMENT OR A CURSE AT TIMES, UH, BUT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN ITSELF. UH, BUT TO HAVE LONGEVITY AND TO DO IT, UH, FOR AS LONG AS YOU'VE DONE, UH, DONE. SO, IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH ALL THE RECOGNITION. UM, AND ALSO AS SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED FOR A MUNICIPALITY, OF COURSE, I HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL. I KNOW, UH, WHAT ALL GOES INTO THIS WORK, BECAUSE YOU ARE SEEN IN THE GROCERY STORES, YOU ARE SEEN AT, UH, THE PARK, YOU ARE SEEN AT THE RESTAURANTS, YOU ARE SEEN EVERYWHERE. UM, AND PEOPLE BRING THOSE, THOSE ISSUES TO YOU. SO I HAVE SOMETHING FROM THE CONGRESSWOMAN, UM, AND I WILL NOT READ IT AS THE MAYOR READ HIS PROCLAMATION. UH, BUT THIS IS FOR YOU, UM, CAME DOWN FROM DC. IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE ALSO HAVE AN OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, UH, THAT WILL BE SENT TO YOU DIRECTLY THAT WAS SUBMITTED, UM, IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE, UM, IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL, UM, OF COURSE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR SERVICE, BUT SOMETHING THAT WILL STAY IN THE RECORD, UH, FOR THE DURATION OF OUR LIFETIME. SO, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CONGRESSWOMAN, ON BEHALF OF OUR OFFICE, AND WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM, THANK YOU, UH, KENDALL. APPRECIATE THAT. AND, UH, PLEASE SEND OUR REGARDS TO THE CONGRESSWOMAN. UM, SO ABOUT A MONTH AGO, [00:20:01] UM, I I BELIEVE IT WAS ACTUALLY DURING SPRING BREAK, AS A MATTER OF FACT. UM, WE ACTUALLY WAS INVITED TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND, UH, I DON'T SEE COMMISSIONER PRICE HERE, BUT, UM, HE, HE, HE HAD EVERY INTENTION OF BEING HERE. BUT, UM, HE DID SEND, YOU KNOW, HIS, UH, REGARDS TO YOU. AND, UH, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT WE HAD A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, THAT ATTENDED ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER. AND, UH, COMMISSIONER COURT ACTUALLY ALLOWED US TO BE ABLE TO SAY A FEW THINGS. SO DANIEL WITNESSED THAT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HE SENT HIS, UH, HIS REGARDS TO YOU AS WELL. SO YOU, YOU HEARD FROM HIM DIRECTLY, BUT HE DID HAVE EVERY INTENTIONS OF BEING HERE. UH, ALONG WITH THAT, UH, YOU, YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE PROCLAMATION FROM, UH, SENATOR WEST AND ALSO STATE REPRESENTATIVE AISHA DAVIS, AND ALSO STATE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, YVONNE DAVIS. SO THEY ALL HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU AND AT, AT YOUR LEISURE, YOU CAN BE ABLE TO COME AND READ THOSE. ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, INVITE OUR CHAMBER PRESIDENT, MS. VANESSA LONZO, TO PLEASE COME UP FOR HER TIME. THE MAYOR'S ALWAYS STEALING MY THUNDER. UH, NO, JUST SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU HEARD AND THE PROCLAMATION WITH YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE CHAMBER WILL ALSO BE REPEATED TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE SUCH A GREAT AMOUNT OF SERVICE. SO THANK YOU. UM, SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. UM, AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHAMBER, IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT AS WE CELEBRATE DANIEL HAYDEN AND HIS INCREDIBLE 26 YEARS OF SERVICE TO CEDAR HILL. MR. HAYDEN HAS BEEN A DEDICATED AND LONG STANDING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND A VALUED MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER FOR MANY YEARS, INCLUDING SERVING ON OUR BOARD. UH, HIS COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY HAS MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF CEDAR HILL AND ITS BUSINESSES. UM, IN 2002, UH, HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS OUR MAN OF THE YEAR. AND TONIGHT WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP, SERVICE, AND GENUINE CARE FOR THE PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES OF THIS CITY. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MR. HAYDEN, FROM THE MOMENT I JOINED, YOU HAVE BEEN, UM, WELCOMING AND SUPPORTIVE AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, IT'S MEANT THE WORLD, AND I JUST TRULY AM HONORED TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE YOU TONIGHT. UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND I WISH YOU THE ABSOLUTE BEST ON THIS NEXT CHAPTER FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WHO HAVE BEEN SO GRACIOUS IN SHARING YOU WITH US. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATION AND FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR CEDAR HILL. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO GET A PHOTO WITH YOU THERE. , STILL GOOD. THANK YOU. UM, MADAM PRESIDENT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE CARL SHERMAN IN THE AUDIENCE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IF YOU ALSO SERVED AS A FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL, OR IF YOU ARE A CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIAL, IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE STAND AND, AND BE RECOGNIZED BY THE AUDIENCE. STAND ON UP. STAND ON UP. ANY CURRENT OFFICIALS, MADAM PRESIDENT? UH, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND. JUST RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT, . ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. UM, I THINK I GOT EVERYBODY COVERED. ALRIGHT, SO NEXT, UM, WE HAVE NEIL BOLTON HERE FROM, UH, CEDAR HILL LIONS CLUB. THE LIONS COME RIGHT, COME ON DOWN. LIONS . ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE HAVE A THEME TONIGHT OF SERVICE. SO THANK YOU LION DANIEL FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 29 YEARS AS A MEMBER OF THE LIONS CLUB. WE APPRECIATE YOUR VITAL SERVICE. NOT ONLY HAVE YOU BEEN A DEDICATED MEMBER SERVING AT THE ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFASTS AND THE COUNTRY AND THE HILL FISH FRIES, BUT ALSO YOU'VE BEEN A CONSISTENT MEMBER OF OUR BOARD SERVING AS PRESIDENT AND SERVING ON CHARITIES BOARD. I SPEAK FOR ALL THE LIONS IN HOPE THAT YOU REMAIN LIONS CLUB, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE STEPPING DOWN FROM THE THE COUNCIL. UM, AND ON BEHALF OF THE LIONS CLUB, WE PRESENT YOU WITH THIS AWARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DECADES OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AS THE PLACE TWO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, AND AS A VALUED CEDAR HILL LION. THANK YOU. 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1. [00:25:04] THANK YOU. THANKS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU LIONS. I TAKE THAT PARTNER. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE PARK AND REC DIRECTOR, SEAN RAY. THERE YOU COME. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS RECREATION TEAM AND THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UH, WE KNOW YOU AS AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL OF CEDAR HILL. UM, PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU'RE FAIR, HONEST, DEDICATED, AND HARDWORKING, BUT WHAT STICKS OUT TO THE PARKS AND REC TEAM THE MOST IS IN 2012. AND WHEN YOU SERVED AS PRO TEAM, YOU ALSO SERVED ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR OUR MASTER PLAN. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE CITY HAD MY POLICY, SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO BE WHEN WE GROW UP. AND THEY, UH, DESIGNATED 20% OF ALL IN SERIAL HILL BE GREEN SPACE INTO PERPETUITY. SO WITH THAT, THAT IS YOUR LEGACY TO US AND ALL OF THE CITY. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT BEHALF OF THE PARKS REC TEAM. WE ARE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU LIFETIME MEMBERSHIPS TO THE LAGOON FOR YOU AND THE GRANDKIDS . SO Y'ALL GET TO GO SWIMMING, UH, THIS YEAR, UH, RECREATION CENTER. SO YOU CAN STILL GET UP THERE. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE PICKLE OUR, UH, UH, RACKETBALL, BUT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, COME JOIN US FOR SOME PICKLEBALL AND THEN THE BENCH OUT, UH, IN THE LOBBY IS GOING ON WITH YOU. AND THERE WILL BE A BENCH WITH THE SAME PLAQUE AT KINGSWOOD PARK INTO PERPETUITY TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR SERVICE. AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I GOTTA GIVE IT BACK TO THE MAYOR. SORRY. , WANNA TAKE A PICTURE? OH, DESIRE. YOU WANT A PHOTO? YES. . YES. DAN, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? ? I WANNA GET THAT EMOTION IN REAL TIME. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SAVE IT. YOU SAVE IT. WOW. UM, WHOEVER'S NEXT, GOTTA TOP THAT. UM, STACEY GRAVES, YOU'RE UP OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, PRESSURE AFTER THE LIBRARY. HI, GOOD EVENING. I'M STACY GRAY'S, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. IT'S TRULY AN HONOR, UH, TO STAND HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE 26 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. 26 YEARS IS NO SMALL FEAT. THAT'S A LOT OF MEETINGS, IT'S A LOT OF DECISIONS AND PROBABLY MORE AGENDAS THAN ANYONE SHOULD HAVE TO READ IN A LIFETIME. I ALSO WANNA SHARE A PERSONAL NOTE THAT I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING FOR THE CITY DURING YOUR ENTIRE TERM HERE. UM, IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL TO ME. AND IT'S, UH, FIRSTHAND VIEW OF THE CONSISTENCY, LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THIS ROLE YEAR AFTER YEAR FROM A PUBLIC WORKS CODE ENFORCEMENT AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS PERSPECTIVE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE WORK WE DO EVERY DAY HAS BEEN SHAPED BY STEADY LEADERSHIP LIKE YOURS. YOU'VE SUPPORTED THE BEHIND THE SCENES WORK THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS GET THE SPOTLIGHT. MAKING SURE DEVELOPMENTS ARE BUILT RIGHT, THAT STANDARDS ARE UPHELD, AND THAT OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW IN A SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE WAY. THAT KIND OF SUPPORT MATTERS AND IT SHOWS IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE OUR RESIDENTS ENJOY EVERY DAY. AND SPEAKING OF STREETS, WE THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY FITTING THAT PUBLIC WORKS BRING A LITTLE SOMETHING SPECIAL TONIGHT. NOW, WE CAN'T PROMISE WE'LL NAME AN ENTIRE ROAD AFTER YOU, BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU OFFICIALLY HAVE A STREET SIGN WITH YOUR NAME ON IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S GOT A MOTORCYCLE ON THE BACK. ARE YOU, YOU THERE? THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S COOL. SO ALLOW ME TO KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN. UM, 26 YEARS. WE DID NOT HAVE IPADS BACK THEN. [00:30:01] AM I RIGHT DAN? SO IF YOU HAD TO LOOK AT A COUNCIL PACKET, THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SPOILED. THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. RIGHT? IF YOU HAD TO LOOK AT LINDA KNOWS WHERE'S LINDA? I SAW HER, I SAW HER SMILES. SHE KNOWS IF YOU HAD TO GET A COUNCIL PACKET, I MEAN, YOU'RE COMING HOME WITH ABOUT THIS MUCH OF PAPER, RIGHT? AND YOU GOT A THUMB THROUGH THAT TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR COUNCIL AGENDA. THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THAT, RIGHT? 26 YEARS PARTNER. WE HAVE REALLY GROWN, HAVEN'T WE? IT IS A LOT MORE EASIER NOW. UM, NEXT MARIA PENA FROM THE, THE ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR, MARIA COUNCILMAN HAYDEN. UH, YOU HAVE BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CEDAR HILL. ON BEHALF OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU A SMALL TOKEN THAT DOCUMENTS ALL THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THROUGHOUT YOUR TENURE. WOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU. OH, OH, DID WE GET A PICTURE, MARIA? OKAY. THANK YOU. 67 OF WOW. WOW. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING. THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY COOL THERE. YEAH. THAT'S PRETTY COOL. UM, OUR SUPERINTENDENT JUST WALKED IN. HELLO, DR. . ALRIGHT, CAN WE GIVE IT A FOUR FRIENDS AT TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER? MARY WHITE. THERE SHE IS. GOOD EVENING. AS YOU WALK DOWN, YOU JUST BROUGHT A LOT OF SUNSHINE INTO THE ROOM. . WELL, YOU KNOW, I DID NOT BRING ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE BROUGHT ALL THESE GOOD THINGS, ALL THOSE ANIMALS YOU HAVE ADOPTED, ALL THOSE ANIMALS YOU HAVE HELPED BECAUSE OF YOUR COMPASSION AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. THEY CHOSE TO STAY AT THE KENNEL AND OTHER PLACES INSTEAD OF ALL COMING DOWN THE HALL EYE HERE AND COMING AND LOVING ON YOU AND KISSING YOU AND GOING, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, IT'S OFTEN SAID THAT, UH, HOW PEOPLE TREAT ANIMALS IS A MEASURE OF THE QUALITY OF THE PERSON. AND THIS MAN HERE HAS BEEN A FRIEND TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER, A FRIEND TO A GAZILLION ANIMALS, MANY MORE THAN I WOULD EVER KNOW, AND A COMPASSIONATE AND PASSIONATE SUPPORTER OF EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND THE FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER. AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY SO GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, BECAUSE WITHOUT SUPPORT WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE? SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND CONSIDER THIS, UM, ALL THE DOGGY KISSES AND KITTY PERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE POSSIBLE WITHOUT ACTUALLY GETTING THEM. OKAY? , THIS WAS THE SAME ERA I GOT. SHE WAS WOMAN . THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN I CALL THE NEXT PERSON UP HERE FROM THE LIBRARY. MR. RAN BELL. . OH, OKAY. SO NO, NO INTRO MUSIC TODAY, . WELL, YOU, YOU, YOU ARE, LOOK, YOU ARE READING OUR MINDS MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMAN HAYDEN. GOOD EVENING, COMMUNITY. CAN WE ALL STAND TO OUR FEET? WE ARE CELEBRATING AN AMAZING MAN TONIGHT. AND I NEED EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CLAP WITH ME. SO COME ON [00:35:08] TONIGHT. WE'RE HONORED TO CELEBRATE AN AMAZING SERVANT LEADER. AND ALL NIGHT, I KEEP HEARING SERVANT SERVE HERE, SERVE THERE, SERVE FOR THIS MANY YEARS. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE SOMETHING WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN, BECAUSE WE ARE CELEBRATING YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH AN INSTRUMENTAL PART OF NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY'S JOURNEY, BUT THE LIBRARY'S JOURNEY, AND EVEN PERSONALLY, MY JOURNEY. AND I WANT TO SAY I HAVE LEARNED WHAT SERVICE MEANS BY NOT BY WHAT YOU SAY, BY WHY, BY WHAT YOU DO. SO WE LOVE YOU. THE LIBRARY LOVES YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME BECOME A VOLUNTEER WITH US IF YOU WANT TO, NOW THAT YOU HAVE ALL THIS EXTRA TIME ON YOUR HANDS, BUT WE DO HAVE A POEM WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU. H IS FOR HARDWORKING LEADER. A IS FOR ALWAYS SERVING OTHERS, Y IS FOR YES. HE ALWAYS HAS A CAN DO ATTITUDE. D IS FOR DEDICATED TO THE MISSION OF OUR CITY. I IS FOR INSPIRING TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND N IS FOR NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS DURING HIS 26 YEARS OF SERVICE. WE CELEBRATE YOU TONIGHT AND WE WANNA GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS RIGHT NOW WHILE WE CAN . SO THESE ARE FOR YOU. ON BEHALF OF OUR LIBRARY AND OUR ENTIRE LIBRARY TEAM, WE ALSO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CARD THAT'S BEEN SIGNED BY OUR LIBRARY TEAM. THEY ARE ALL HERE IN SPIRIT, BUT WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. WE LOVE YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON 26 AMAZING YEARS. CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES. COME ON, . YOU SHOULD BE IN BEAUTIFUL POEM. MIRANDA THREE, TWO. THANK YOU, MIRANDA. YOU GOOD? ALL. ALL RIGHT. UH, DAN HAYDEN WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVOCATES FOR, FOR OUR MUSEUMS. YOU WANNA GO FIRST? CHIEF. OH, OKAY. . WE GOT ONE MORE BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY. YES. ALL RIGHT. HE JUST DOING A TOUR. . HE WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR POLICE TOO, BY THE WAY. IS FRANKIE LEE HERE. FRANKIE LEE. THERE SHE IS. YES, HE'S A LION. THAT'S RIGHT. UH, SO YEAH. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, THE PRESIDENT, FRANKIE LEE, CEDAR HILL MUSEUM OF HISTORY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ALWAYS HAVE TO FOLLOW ORAND AND THAT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW , SO I'M NOT GONNA SING FOR YOU, WHICH YOU WILL APPRECIATE VERY MUCH. , WHEN THE MUSEUM FLOATED THE IDEAL THAT THE MUSEUM SHOULD BE IN THE TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY, COUNCILMAN HAYDEN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THAT IDEAL. AND HE HAS CONTINUED TO SUPPORT US AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, DANIEL, AND WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UM, I'VE COMPLETELY FORGOT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. UH, . BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT, I WAS THE CITY SECRETARY WHEN DANIEL HAYDEN WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO WE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS TOGETHER. HE ALWAYS GOVERNED WITH INTEGRITY AND HE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE CITY STAFF. SO I APPRECIATE THAT TOO, VERY MUCH. DANIEL. WE HAVE A VERY SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR YOU. AND THESE ARE SOME, THESE ARE MY, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, LINDA PATTON AND HATTIE BUS HEART IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT. AND I DIDN'T SAY MY NAME, BUT I'M FRANKIE LEE. SO THANK YOU . AND IF YOUR SWEETHEART WILL ALLOW ME TO GIVE YOU A HUG, I WILL DO SO. I THINK SHE'S USED TO THAT. AND NEIL BOLTON IS ON THE BOARD AS WELL. HUG TOO. I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT. [00:40:03] TAKE, TAKE A PICTURE. DAN. HAVE Y'ALL MET OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTORS? UH, CHIEF ELI RES. HE HAS THE FLOOR. HERE YOU GO, CHIEF. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ALSO HAVE, UH, MY ASSISTANT CHIEF COLIN CHANEL HERE, UP HERE WITH ME. HE'S ACTUALLY, UH, BEEN HERE LONGER THAN, THAN COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN. OH NO. YEAH. SO, UH, WHEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WERE ELECTED TO COUNCIL, FIRST, THE POPULATION OF CEDAR HILL WAS ABOUT 32,000 PEOPLE. AND NOW WE'RE UPWARDS OF 50,000. UM, AND LIKE THE MAYOR SAID DURING HIS PROCLAMATION THAT OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR TENURE, THE CRIME RATE IN CEDAR HILL HAS DROPPED DOUBLE DIGITS. AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. UM, THAT IS AN INTENTIONAL, UH, SUPPORT AND YOUR DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE WANNA PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE, THIS CHIEF'S COIN. AND YOU ARE GONNA BE RECEIVING YOUR OWN, UH, RETIRED COUNCILMAN CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT BADGE THAT'S CUSTOM ORDERED. UH, BUT THIS IS A PICTURE OF IT INSIDE HERE. NOW, , UM, WE WILL PUT IT IN HERE SO THAT YOU DON'T TRY TO CARRY IT AROUND AND SHOW IT TO ANYBODY IN PUBLIC. WE'LL, IT'LL BE BEHIND A GLASS. OKAY? AND BREAK BREAK IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. TWO, ONE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THAT'S PRETTY COOL. COUNCILMAN HAYDEN, WRITTEN ON THE BADGE EDGE . ALL RIGHT, NEXT, UH, FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE CHIEF, MIKE HARRISON. HERE YOU COME. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MIKE HARRISON. I'M THE FIRE CHIEF WITH CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND WITH ME, I HAVE MY ASSISTANT CHIEF, UH, JASON O'NEILL. I'VE BEEN HERE AND, UH, WITH YOU FOR THE ENTIRETY OF YOUR, UH, SERVICE ON THE COUNCIL AS WELL. AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT HONOR, UH, TO WATCH YOU LEAD, UM, AND LEARN FROM YOU. I WANNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PRESENT WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU HERE TODAY. THE WHITE HELMET IN THE FIRE SERVICE, UH, DISTINGUISHES THE TOP ECHELON OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT'S RESERVED FOR THOSE THAT HAVE EARNED IT BY SHOWING THEIR LEADERSHIP, THEIR COURAGE, THEIR DEDICATION, AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO AN ORGANIZATION. HOWEVER, THE SHIELD ON THE FRONT OF THE FIRE HELMET REPRESENTS THE PERSON THAT WEARS THAT RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CEDAR HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT. IF YOU WANNA BRING IT AROUND, UM, THE NUMBER TWO 11 IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER, UM, REPRESENTED AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT IS THE CHIEF LEVEL NUMBER, AND I WANT TO SHARE THAT, UM, WITH YOU. FOR ALL OF THE LEADERSHIP YOU'VE PROVIDED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE FRIENDSHIP, AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU ALWAYS HAVE A SEAT AT OUR TABLE. APPRECIATE YOU. THAT ONE MEANS I APPRECIATE IT. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE FIRE ACADEMY, I BORROWED NORM'S, HELMET, AND HIT FIT . YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING. NO, I WAS JUST SAYING, WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE FIRE ACADEMY, THE, UH, CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, PUT ALL THE GEAR ON AND EVERYTHING. EVERYBODY ELSE WAS IN THE CLASS, HAD HAD GEAR THAT WAS EITHER TOO BIG OR WASN'T. NORM WAS A FIREFIGHTER, THEN WAS THE SAME SIZE AS ME. HE SAYS, DAN, YOU CAN WEAR THIS AND IT FIT PERFECTLY. SO . ALL RIGHT. UM, DAN, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. HOW MANY CD MANAGERS HAS BEEN UNDERNEATH YOUR TENURE? THREE. JUST THREE. JUST THREE. OKAY. [00:45:01] WELL, I'D LIKE TO BRING DOWN ONE RIGHT NOW. YOUR CURRENT CD MANAGER, MELISSA VALDEZ, PLEASE COME ON DOWN. SO I'LL TRY NOT TO GET EMOTIONAL HERE. 'CAUSE I'M GONNA TELL A FEW STORIES ABOUT DAN AND I'S BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP OVER MANY YEARS. BUT AT FIRST, BEFORE I GET TO THAT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT EVERYONE OF THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDEES. AND I WANNA NAME THEIR NAMES BECAUSE HE IS IN SUCH AMAZING ESTEEMED GROUP OF AMAZING INDIVIDUALS. MS. LOIS KENNEDY, DR. GLENN CLARK, DR. FRANK CRAWFORD, TRAFFICKING, HICKMAN CHIEF CHARLES RAY SIMS, MS. JIMMY, RUTH WHITE, DR. PEGGY WILSON, COUNCILMAN GREG PATTON, CAROLINE MCKEE, AND COUNCILMAN CLIFFORD SHAW. WHAT AN AMAZING GROUP YOU GET TO JOIN TODAY. CAN WE GIVE HIM ANOTHER APPLAUSE? SO I WANT TO TELL YOU, SAY TWO STORIES ABOUT COUNCILMAN HAYDEN AND I HAVE A FEW GIFTS. UM, 23 YEARS AGO, COUNCILMAN SIMS HIRED ME AS A MANAGEMENT ANALYST. AND WE HAD OUR FIRST COUNCIL RETREAT. IT'S BASICALLY LIKE AN INTERN. I WAS LIKE 23 YEARS OLD, AND WE HAD AN EXERCISE, AND THE CONSULTANT, THE FACILITATOR SAID, BRING A SPECIAL GIFT, A TRINKET THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO YOU, THAT YOU'RE GONNA TRUST IT TO BE GIVEN TO A COUNCIL MEMBER. WELL, I BROUGHT THIS LITTLE MAGNET THAT I GOT FROM GUATEMALA. I TRAVELED TO GUATEMALA WHEN I WAS 19, AND I BROUGHT IT, AND IT WAS VERY SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE I BACKPACKED ALL THE WAY AT A YOUNG AGE. AND COUNCILMAN HAYDEN AND I GOT, WE GOT PAIRED UP AND HE HAD A HAT FROM HIS DAD, AND WE EXCHANGED ONE ANOTHER'S TRINKETS. HE GAVE ME HIS HAT, AND I GAVE HIM MY GUATEMALAN LITTLE MAGNET. AND WE GET TO TRUST ONE ANOTHER WITH THAT ITEM THAT THEY WON'T LOSE IT. WELL, THE MAYOR PRO TEM AT THE TIME, COREY S SPILLMAN TOLD ME, MELISSA AND I WAS YOUNG AND DUMB, AND THEY, HE SAID, YOU NEED TO GO AND STEAL IT BACK, . SO I DID . SO I, I STOLE MY LITTLE GUATEMALAN LITTLE MAGNET FROM HIM, AND I SLEPT LIKE A BABY THAT NIGHT. I DIDN'T THINK A THING ABOUT IT. BUT WHEN I WOKE UP THAT NEXT MORNING, I FOUND OUT THAT THIS COUNCILMAN HAYDEN HAD EVERY ONE OF THE STAFF, INCLUDING HIMSELF, GOING THROUGH THE TRASH, LOOKING FOR THAT LITTLE TRINKET. I THOUGHT I HAD LOST MY JOB. . THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP THAT I'VE HAD WITH COUNCILMAN HAYDEN. AND WE LAUGHED ABOUT IT, WE LAUGHED ABOUT IT. WE'VE ALWAYS LAUGHED ABOUT IT, BUT HE IS SO COMMITTED. THE POINT OF THAT STORY IS HIS COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO WHEN HE SAYS HE'S GONNA DO SOMETHING, HE DOES IT. AND HE WAS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING THAT TRINKET TO THE POINT WHERE HE HAD EVERYBODY IN THAT WHOLE PLACE LOOKING FOR THAT TRINKET SO THAT HE COULD BE TRUSTED. SO I WANNA, I WANNA SHARE THAT, I WANNA SHARE ONE MORE STORY. IN 2000, WELL, I HAD TO PUT, TAKE A FEW NOTES. AND 17 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WE GET TO THE HONOR OF PREPPING THE COUNCIL WITH EVERY AGENDA ITEM. BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING, WE PUT IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK AND WE CALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE SAY, ANY, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? AND LITERALLY, COUNCILMAN HAYDEN WAS ONE OF, ONE OF ONE OF MY FIRST COUNCILMEN THAT I GET TO WORK WITH. AND HE SAID, YEAH, YEAH, I HAVE QUESTIONS ON PAGE 152, IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THE MINUTES FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. WHY DID COUNCIL, UM, WHY DID PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER VOTE AGAINST THAT? AND I SAID, I WENT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND I SAID, DO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS READ THE AGENDAS LIKE THAT? HE READS EVERY WORD ON IN THE AGENDA. I DIDN'T EVEN READ EVERY WORD. I WAS LIKE, I GOTTA READ WAY MORE THAN I HAD ANTICIPATED. COUNCILMAN HAYDEN IS SO DEDICATED, HAS BEEN SO DEDICATED. EVERY SINGLE AGENDA HE TELLS ME HE [00:50:01] DEDICATES HIMSELF ON EVERY MONDAY TO PERUSE THAT AGENDA. AND THEN AGAIN, ON TUESDAY WITH THE STAFF MEMBER COMMITTED, DEDICATED, NOT JUST TO HIS WORK AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, BUT TO HIS FAMILY. I GET THE HONOR OF GETTING MY HAIR DONE BY HEATHER. AND I KNOW YOU, I KNOW PAXTON AND PEYTON, I KNOW YOU'RE THE FAMILY, AND HE TALKS ABOUT YOU GUYS CONSTANTLY, HOW MANY GAMES HE GETS TO GO TO SOCCER AND, AND HOCKEY. I AM JUST AMAZED AT HOW DEDICATED AND COMMITTED HE IS, NOT JUST TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, BUT TO HIS FAMILY EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR NOT JUST TO SERVE WITH HIM, BUT TO KNOW HIM AS A HUMAN BEING. IT'S REALLY BEEN A TRUE HONOR. SO THE MAYOR AND I WENT IN WITH THE GIFT, AND YOU KNOW, WE SAID, WHAT SHOULD WE GET COUNCILMAN HAYDEN? BECAUSE WHAT DO WE, WHAT DO WE GET HIM? WE KNOW HE LOVES TO PLAY RACKETBALL. AND Y'ALL, I DON'T KNOW IF I GOT THE RIGHT RACKET, BUT THE MAYOR AND I WENT AND GOT YOU A RACKET TOGETHER, SO WE HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU. SO HOPEFULLY IT'S THE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT, WE ALL RIGHT, I'M READY TO GO. HOPEFULLY IT'S ON YOUR OFF TUESDAYS NOW YOU CAN ENJOY MORE RACKETBALL. THERE'S MY RACKETBALL BUDDY STANDING OVER THERE OH, WONDERFUL. EVERY THURSDAY. AND MY RACKETBALL BUDDY ROGER BACK THERE. WONDERFUL. Y'ALL BE READY. I GOT A NEW RACKET, , UH, SECOND GIFT WE HAVE FOR YOU. COUNCILMAN HAYDEN IS A MEMORY BOOK WITH 26 YEARS OF PICTURES AND BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES AND A LOT OF OUR THOUGHTS FROM THE TEAM. I HOPE YOU ENJOY LOOKING THROUGH THAT AND READING THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, I ALWAYS SAY THAT PUBLIC SERVICE IS A FAMILY SERVICE. AND WE WANT TO HONOR NOT JUST YOU, BUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE FOR HER 26 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. THANK, BEAUTIFUL. I CAN, I CAN KEEP IT OVER HERE IF YOU WANT IT. OKAY, NO PROBLEM. WELL, THE FIRE, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, HE, UM, HAS SERVED OBVIOUSLY FOR 26 YEARS. BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCILMAN HAYDEN, SORRY I KEEP WALKING BEHIND YOU, . YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS ALWAYS PREPARED. HE IS ALWAYS PREPARED. JUST, JUST IMAGINE HERE IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, UM, WE HAVE MET LIKE 10 TIMES, RIGHT? JUST THE MONTH OF APRIL, RIGHT? JUST THINK 26 YEARS OF JUST ONE MONTH OF ACTIVITY, RIGHT? AND YOU HAVE GIVEN YOUR TIME, YOUR LIFE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU. I RECALL THERE WAS A MEETING, LIKE A WORKSHOP. I WANNA SAY IT WAS A WORKSHOP. AND THEY HAD TO MISS THAT ONE WORKSHOP. AND IT WAS JUST LIKE RECENTLY, LIKE THIS YEAR. AND DAN'S LIKE, I'VE NEVER MISSED A MEETING IN 26 YEARS. HE HAS NEVER MISSED A MEETING. YOU REMEMBER THAT? AND IT REALLY MEANT A LOT TO HIM. HE CALLED ME, HE SAID, MAYOR, I'M SORRY, I, I CAN'T BE THERE. HE CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE MEETING, LIKE, HEY, HOW, HOW DID IT GO? I MEAN, THAT'S HOW DEDICATED HE IS. EVEN AFTER 26 YEARS. UM, THE RACKET BALL THING, THAT'S REALLY MORE OF A SYMBOLISM, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER AND I KIND OF TEAMED UP ON THAT ONE, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T THINK THAT WE SEE YOU, I SEE YOU, UM, YOU ROUTINELY FOR YEARS. AND WHAT I REMEMBER ABOUT YOU, YOU PLAYED ROCKET, A RACKET BALL ON A ROUTINELY BASIS. YOU TRY TO DO IT, I THINK EVERY WEEK. AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU STILL DO IT, BUT HE USED TO DO LIKE 150 SIT SITUPS A DAY EVERY DAY. DO YOU STILL DO THAT? HE STILL DOES, YEAH. DID MY EXERCISE EVERY DAY, EVERY SINGLE DAY. I MEAN, HE TALKING ABOUT HE DON'T HAVE A SIX PACK, YOU HAVE AN EIGHT PACK, RIGHT? , UM, LOOK, SERIOUSLY, I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT MY GOOD FRIEND, UM, AS A YOUNG COUNCIL MEMBER. I HAD GREAT COUNCIL CLIFF SHAWS HERE AND, AND, AND A FEW OTHERS. UM, BUT I JUST TELL YOU, ME COMING IN AS A YOUNGSTER SERVING ON THIS CITY COUNCIL, IF I DIDN'T HAVE MY COLLEAGUES ALONG [00:55:01] WITH ME, I'LL BE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON TODAY. RIGHT? NOT JUST AS A PUBLIC SERVANT, BUT JUST INDIVIDUALLY. AND WHENEVER YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIKE COUNCILMAN HAYDEN TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AND TELL YOU THAT, HEY, MAN, I GOT YOUR BACK. RIGHT? THAT REALLY MEANS A LOT, ESPECIALLY AS A ROOKIE COMING ONTO A COUNCIL. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, ON AND OFF THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, I MEAN, WE'RE FRIENDS. WE CALL EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD NEVER STOP, OBVIOUSLY. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I, YOU ALREADY HEARD ME GIVE THIS SPEECH AT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNTY COMMISSION. BUT YOU KNOW, I, I USED THE TERM THAT DAN ALWAYS WAS THE VOICE OF REASON ON THE COUNCIL, RIGHT? JUST IMAGINE, JUST, JUST, JUST DO REFLECTION. EVERYBODY THINK ABOUT THEMSELVES, RIGHT? FOR 26 YEARS, I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS MAN HAVE A BAD DAY. YOU KNOW? I MEAN, IF YOU KNOW DAN, HE'S ALWAYS JOLLY, HE'S ALWAYS IN A GOOD MOOD, HE'S ALWAYS READY TO GO. AND WE NEVER REALLY KNOW IS REALLY GOING ON WITH DANIEL HAYDEN, RIGHT? HE DOESN'T LEAD, HE DOESN'T BRING HIS OUTSIDE NOISE IN, RIGHT? HE JUST COMES IN TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. UH, I DO RECALL THAT WE HAD A, A COUPLE OF EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, AND WHEN DAN PUTS HIS FOOT DOWN, WE KNOW ABOUT IT. , IT'S A THUNDER RUMBLE. I'M TELLING YOU, THIS MAN LOVES CEDAR HILL. HE ALWAYS PUTS CEDAR HILL FIRST. SO THEN I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UH, I WOULD LIKE FOR COUNCIL TO COME DOWN AND IF THE MAYOR PROM COULD PLEASE GIVE A FEW REMARKS. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE VIDEO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COME ON, ZARIA. OH, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE TO LOOK. 'CAUSE IF I LOOK OVER HERE, I'M GONNA START CRYING. IF I LOOK OVER HERE, I'M GONNA START CRYING. I LOOK OVER HERE, I'M START CRYING. SO I'M JUST GONNA LOOK DOWN AT MY NOTES. COUNCILMAN DANIEL HAVEN, YOU HAVE BEEN THE CORNERSTONE OF THIS BODY AND THE MENTOR TO EACH OF US. WE KNOW THAT NO GIFT CAN TRULY REPRESENT WHAT YOU MEAN TO ALL OF COUNSEL, BUT PLEASE LET, DON'T LET THE SIZE OF THIS BOX BE AN INDICATION OF THE HEART THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT. TO HONOR YOUR LEGACY, I ASK EACH MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO SUM UP YOUR SERVICE IN ONE WORD, IN ONE THOUGHT. THIS IS A PORTRAIT THEY PAINTED OF YOUR CHARACTER. COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN SIMS CHOSE THE WORD FRIEND. HE SAID THAT YOU ARE WELL RESPECTED, THE ABSOLUTE EPITOME OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT. COUNCIL MEMBER. GERALD MALONE CHOSE THE WORD LEGACY. HE DESCRIBED YOU AS A LIFELONG SERVANT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, CHAD MCCURDY, ALSO SAID, FRIEND. I'VE SEEN DAN BE A FRIEND TO EVERYONE HE'S ENCOUNTERED IN THE EIGHT YEARS THAT I'VE WORKED ON COUNCIL WITH HIM. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA AZI CHOSE THE WORD EMPATHETIC. SHE BELIEVES YOU ARE A GREAT LISTENER AND THAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MORE, AND THAT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU, THAT YOU BE THE ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THAN THE ONE WHO RESPONDS. AND AS FOR MYSELF, DANIEL, I ALSO SAID, FRIEND, YOUR GREATEST GIFT HAS BEEN YOUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION. YOU HAVE ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS A, HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE, AND YOU ENSURE THAT EVERYONE'S VOICE IS HEARD. THESE WORDS, FRIENDSHIP, LEGACY, AND EMPATHY, ARE HALLMARKS OF A, OF AN AMAZING CAREER. YOU HAVE LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON COUNCIL THE CITY, AND WE ARE ALL BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND THOSE OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO SHARED THIS DAIS WITH YOU THROUGH THE YEARS, THANK YOU FOR 26 YEARS OF AMAZING EXCELLENCE AND SERVICE TO THE CITY AND TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU. UM, LET'S GET A GROUP PHOTO. YES. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE ARE GONNA WATCH A VIDEO AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM DANIEL HAYDEN JR. CAN I HAVE EVERYONE STEP FORWARD IN FRONT OF THIS TABLE? YOU CAN BE BEHIND THE CHAIR. YOU CAN'T HIDE MAYOR PRO [01:00:05] THIS WAY. 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1. AND HOLD. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO WE GO TO THE VIDEO AND THEN WE ARE HEAR FROM DAN HAYDEN. MY EARLIEST MEMORY OF COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN WAS DURING THE GROUNDBREAKING OF WHAT WAS CALLED THEN UPTOWN VILLAGE. NOW HILLSIDE VILLAGE. MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY ATTEND A GROUNDBREAKING, I HAVEN'T DONE IT BEFORE, BUT IT WAS DANIEL HAYDEN THAT CAME TO ME. AND HE BASICALLY TOLD ME WHAT TO DO AND, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT WAS MY EARLIEST MEMORY OF HIM FOR ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROJECTS THAT WAS GOING ON, UH, IN CEDAR HILL'S HISTORY AT THAT TIME. WELL, DAN CAME TO THE COUNCIL AT A REALLY CRITICAL TIME FOR THE CITY. I I THINK GOD CALLED HIM HERE, UH, AT A TIME WHEN WE NEEDED SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTOOD WHERE THE CITY WAS HEADED, UH, WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT, AND THEN ALSO SOMEONE WHO COULD REALLY HELP COLLABORATE. I THINK HE'S ONE OF THE BEST COUNCILMEN. I'VE BEEN IN CEDAR HILL SINCE 76. CEDAR HILL IS BETTER TODAY 'CAUSE DANIEL HAS THIS UNIQUE ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. WHAT I CAN SAY ABOUT COUNCILMAN HAYDEN IS THAT WHEN HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO DO SOMETHING, HE DOES IT WITH ALL OF HIS HEART. HE'S ALWAYS APPROACHING EVERY CONVERSATION, UH, EVERY DECISION WITH THE GLASS HALF FULL TYPE OF APPROACH. HE IS VERY LOYAL TO HIS FAMILY, HIS WIFE, AND HIS DAUGHTERS, AND HIS FRIENDS. UH, HE LOVES HIS FAMILY, HE LOVES HIS GRANDKIDS, AND HE LOVES THIS CITY. AND HE HAS SERVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER, GIVING BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY. HE'S EASY TO GET ALONG WITH. I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE THAT DISLIKES DANIEL. HE'S ALWAYS, UH, IN A POSITIVE MOOD. I MEAN, I THINK HE'S ALWAYS IN A, YOU KNOW, HAPPY SPIRIT EVERY SINGLE TIME. I WOULD SAY THE INITIATIVE IS HIS CONNECTION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. COUNCILMAN HAYDEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. ALL OF THE COUNCILMEN HAVE A PARTICULAR AREA FOR THE CITY, AND THAT WAS HIS. AND WHEN THE PROJECT CAME UP FOR THE LA FRANCE, THE OLD TRUCK THAT HASN'T BEEN REBUILT, AND IT TOOK US SEVERAL YEARS, HE ADVOCATED FOR THE COMMITMENT OF FUNDS TO REBUILD THAT LARON. AND IN FACT, SINCE IT'S BEEN REBUILT, HIM AND HIS GRANDSON, PAXTON HAVE RIDDEN IN COUNTRY DAY ON THAT. WHEN YOU THINK OF THIS GOVERNMENT CENTER, BY THE WAY, IT'S THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS WHERE YOU HAVE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND CITY GOVERNMENT IN THE SAME BUILDING. WHEN YOU THINK OF THE TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY, DANIEL WAS INVOLVED IN THAT. WHEN YOU THINK OF, UH, HILLSIDE VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER, AT THE TIME IT WAS UPTOWN VILLAGE, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS IN THIS CITY. DANIEL HAS HAD A HAND IN, IF I HAD TO DESCRIBE COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN WITH ONE WORD, IT WOULD BE OPTIMISM. DAN LEADS FIRST BY EXAMPLE. HE'S A COLLABORATOR JUST BY, IT'S HIS NATURAL INSTINCT. I THINK IT'S HIS, UH, IT'S HIS SECRET WEAPON. UH, I HAD SOMEONE, A FORMER MAYOR, TOLD ME IN THE VERY BEGINNING, IN SEEDY HER, WE FOCUS ON THE THINGS WE HAVE IN COMMON, NOT OUR DIFFERENCES. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE ASPECT OF DANIEL, THAT HE DOES EXTREMELY WELL. NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE, WHO YOU ARE, HE CAN RELATE TO YOU AND HE'LL BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. AND THAT'S WHAT DANIEL DOES EXTREMELY WELL. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO DIRECT YOU TO COUNSELMAN DAVID AS HE STEPS INTO THIS NEXT JOB WITH HIS LIFE? NOT ONLY DO I WANT TO TELL HIM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, THAT YOU HAVE DEDICATED SO MUCH OF YOUR LIFE TOWARDS CEDAR HILL, UH, BUT PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UH, FOR ME, UH, DURING THE TIME OF NEED THAT I NEEDED DURING MY TENURE AS MAYOR. WELL, DAN, I AM VERY EXCITED, UH, THAT YOU ARE AT THIS CHAPTER. I WOULD SAY FIRST WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. YOU'VE DONE THE GOOD WORK AND YOU'VE BEEN DISCIPLINED. AND, UM, WE'RE ALL REALLY PROUD TO HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE YOU, DANIEL. WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS. I WOULD JUST SAY BE THE SAME THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN AND I'M SURE YOU WILL ENJOY YOURSELF. QUIT VOLUNTEERING, SPEND TIME WITH DARLA AS YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT MODEL OF WHAT SERVANT LEADERSHIP IS REALLY ALL ABOUT, ESPECIALLY SERVANT LEADERSHIP, THE CEDAR HILL WAY. AND QUIT TAKING THE SCISSORS OFF MY DESK AND ENJOY YOUR TIME AND KNOW THAT THIS, UH, THIS COMMUNITY LOVES [01:05:01] YOU. MY FAMILY LOVES YOU. WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US, AND THEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN YOUR RETIRED LIFE. I'M GONNA MISS YOU. AND, UH, I WOULD JUST SAY ENJOY THIS NEXT STEP. YOU'VE EARNED IT. YOUR LEGACY IS ALL OVER THE CITY. AND WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AND THINK ABOUT THINGS, KNOW THAT YOU HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT IN, IN DEVELOPING THIS CITY INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY. BUT I ALSO SAY, YOUR WORK IS NOT DONE. AND YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL GRANDKIDS, AND YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CITY TO CONTINUE STEWARDING. IT'S JUST GONNA BE IN A DIFFERENT SEAT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE SERVING WITH YOU, UM, AND, UH, WHATEVER CAPACITY THAT ENTAILS, I WAS OKAY UNTIL I SAW THAT THING PULL OUT. THEN IT GOT ME. IS THERE A MICROPHONE? WOW. YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER BEEN SPEECHLESS BEFORE , BUT, YOU KNOW, I'D ALWAYS BEEN ACCUSED OF TALKING TOO LONG. YOU KNOW, IF MY CLIFF SHAW BACK THERE WAS ALWAYS MY MONITOR AND SAYS, KEEP IT SHORT, DAN , LOOK AT MY COUNCIL, MAN, LOOK AT HIM. GIVE HIM A HAND. BECAUSE IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SERVE WITH SUCH GOOD PEOPLE LIKE THAT. HOW CAN YOU, HOW CAN YOU NOT WANNA BE ON THE COUNCIL WITH THESE KIND OF PEOPLE? THIS IS JUST REALLY AWESOME. AND I JUST, I GOTTA TELL YOU, I'M GONNA CHERISH THE TIMES. AND I KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. AND IT'S, AND THAT CHAPTER I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, I HAD A, I HAD SOMETHING TO SAY IN SPEECH AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I DO WRITE THINGS UP, THEN I LOSE IT, AND THEN I JUST SAY, GO WITHOUT IT. BUT, BUT I DON'T WANNA MISS SOME THINGS HERE. AND, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY, LEMME GET MY NOTES IN TIME HERE. REMEMBER THAT TIME DARLA, WHEN WE WERE IN FAIRMONT AND I LOST ALL MY NOTES AND YOU SAID I DID BETTER WITHOUT 'EM? YEAH. . WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I GOTTA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT'S COME OUT. I MEAN, I'M REALLY HONORED AND SHOCKED TO SEE THE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME. I WAS WORRIED IF THERE'S GONNA ANYBODY COME, YOU KNOW? AND SO JUST TO SEE SO MANY FRIENDS AND, AND, UH, FAMILY AND EVERYBODY HERE MEAN SO MUCH TO ME. REPRESENTATIVE, EX REPRESENTATIVE CARL SHERMAN PASSED FOR HIM TO COME IN, IT'S REALLY A BLESSING TO HAVE HIM COME IN AND SEE THAT. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT KIND OF MAGNITUDE OF WHAT WAS GONNA GO ON TODAY. UH, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE A LITTLE PRESENTATION AND, AND SAY GOODBYE. AND THEN, AND THEN CITY, CITY MANAGER LAST NIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, I SAYS, DAN, I WANNA, YOU KNOW, STRESS YOU OUT OR ANYTHING, BUT LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. AND, AND, AND I, I SAW THIS THING RIGHT HERE AND, AND WOW, YOU KNOW, JUST THE, THE PRESENTATIONS, THE THINGS THAT YOU HAD PLANNED, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS, I, I'M JUST IN AWE FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. UM, YEAH, AND I WANNA THANK TO ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT CAME UP HERE TOO, AND THE, THE, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS THAT HAVE PROVIDED, UH, PROCLAMATIONS AND ALL THAT, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT. WE HAD, UH, JOHN WALLY PRICE, UH, DID SOME PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAD, OF COURSE, UH, KENDALL LOCKE WAS HERE WITH, UH, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN JASMINE CROCKETT. UH, WE HAD STATE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, DAVIS, UH, PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAD SENATOR ROYCE WEST SENDING ONE AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE YANI Y IVANTI BROWN. SO THAT, THAT MEANS A LOT. THAT'S REALLY AWESOME TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN. SO, THANK YOU GUYS. IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO THIS, UH, AND THANK YOU TO MY STAFF, EVERYBODY, THE PARK, THE PARKS, THE DIRECTORS, UM, I'M GONNA MISS ALL OF YOU. THIS HAS BEEN A FUN JOB. IT REALLY HAS. YOU KNOW, IT'S RETIREMENT, BUT THERE'S NO PAY AFTERWARDS. BUT, UH, BUT, BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA MISS THAT. AND HOPEFULLY WE BUILT ENOUGH FRIENDSHIP THAT I'LL ALWAYS STILL BE AROUND, SEE WHAT ELSE I HAVE HERE. IT WOULD HELP TO PUT MY [01:10:01] GLASSES ON. I DON'T NORMALLY NEED NOTES, BUT I DON'T WANNA MISS ANYTHING. SO, UM, YEAH, INTO MY CEDAR HILL FAMILY, I'VE ALREADY EXPRESSED DEEPLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE, UH, BUILT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE YEARS, AND STACY AND ROBERT, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL OF THEM RIGHT NOW. JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE UP HERE TRYING TO TALK, YOU GET NERVOUS. SO IF I'VE MISSED YOUR NAME, I APOLOGIZE. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WHAT I WOULD DO IS START OUT HOW IT STARTED, OR GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW IT STARTED. YOU KNOW, BACK, BACK IN 2000, WE HAD A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, THAT WERE UP FOR REELECTION. AND, UH, AND I REMEMBER GREG PATTON, WHO WE KNOWN, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE GENERAL, HE'S ALSO ONE OF THOSE SERVANT LEADERS AWARDS THAT HAS BEEN VERY GREAT FOR THIS COMMUNITY. AND GEORGE AND, UH, GREG CAME TO ME AND SAID, DAMN, WOULD YOU SIGN MY PETITION FOR CITY COUNCIL? I'M RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL. OKAY, GREG, YEAH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO, AND I'LL SIGN THAT. WELL, GOOD LUCK, YOU KNOW, AND PATTED HIM ON THE BACK AND ANYBODY WOULD SUPPORT HIM. AND, UH, NOBODY ELSE PUT A A, A PETITION IN OR A PACKET IN FOR THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS UP AT THAT TIME. AND SO, UH, A, UM, COM COUNTY COMMISSIONER AT THAT TIME, KEN MAYFIELD, GIVES ME A CALL AND SAYS, DAN, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL? AND I SAID, YEAH, YEAH, ONE OF THESE TIMES I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD. AND LIKE HE SAYS, WE NEED TO DO IT NOW, . AND SO WHEN SOMEBODY OF THAT STATURE COMES TO YOU AND ASKS YOU TO DO THAT, YOU THINK, WELL, OKAY. SO I HAD TO REALLY JUMP INTO A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH AL ARMISTEAD. PEOPLE KNOW WHO AL IS, TRY TO LEARN THE WORKINGS OF THE CITY AND WHAT I NEEDED TO DO IN THE CAMPAIGN. SO, SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN BACK DOING AT THAT TIME. TOMMY G WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE TODAY, HE DID MY SIGNS. UH, DONNA DIETRICH WAS MY, UH, CAMPAIGN MANAGER, UH, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS. AND SO WE STARTED THAT, THAT PROCESS. AND OF COURSE, BACK THEN YOU SAID YOU KNOW, YOU ONLY HAVE A COUPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, MEETINGS A MONTH, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME. WELL, LITTLE DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ON THE CITY COUNCIL? HE DIDN'T AT THAT TIME. SO I HAD NO IDEA THAT THAT WAS GONNA LAST 26 YEARS, JUST THAT ONE TIME RUNNING. AND NOW, 26 YEARS LATER, UM, OKAY, DARLA, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, RETREAT. AND AT THAT TIME WE HAD A NEW CITY MANAGER THAT CAME IN. ALAN SIMS, HE BROUGHT A DIFFERENT CULTURE. HE WANTED TO HAVE, UH, UM, CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT WAS FRIENDLY. AND, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, AND EVEN NOW WHEN YOU WALK INTO OTHER CITY, UH, CITY HALLS, YOU, YOU KIND OF FEEL INTIMIDATED SOME OF THE TIMES. WELL, ALLEN DIDN'T WANT THAT. HE WANTED PEOPLE TO WALK IN AND BE, BE RECOGNIZED, BE COMFORTABLE WITH COMING IN AND BE GREETED. AND SO WE STARTED THAT PROCESS. HE ALSO SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO HAVE A STRONG, UH, POLICE AND FIRE. YOU KNOW, THE SAFE COMMUNITY IS THE, IS THE, IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. SO THOSE THINGS STARTED ALONG WITH A VISION STATEMENT THAT WE PUT TOGETHER BACK THEN. WE CREATED A VISION STATEMENT AND A MISSION STATEMENT. AND TODAY THAT VISION STATION, UM, STATEMENT STILL STANDS AND CITY MANAGER, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE PROJECTS GOING FORWARD, DIVISION STATEMENT IS ALL PART OF THAT. SO I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I WAS PART OF THAT VISION STATEMENT. THANK YOU, UH, UM, ALAN, AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT, WE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT YEAR AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND THEN 15 YEARS. AND IT WAS GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO 20. AND I'M SAYING, WELL, WHY ARE WE TALKING 20 YEARS OUT? YOU KNOW? WELL, DAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A PLANNING CITY. WE NEED TO KIND OF KNOW AND GET THINGS TOGETHER. WELL, NOW I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, YOU'RE SITTING IN IT RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, YOU COULDN'T ENVISION IT BACK THEN. BUT THE FACT THAT WE, WE PLANNED AND PUT THE SEED IN THERE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID ON THAT FIRST COUNCIL MEETING. SO IN 26 YEARS, I'VE GOT TO SEE, AND I THINK, UH, SOMEBODY MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, HILLSIDE VILLAGE, BUT BEFORE THAT, NOTHING WAS ON UPTOWN BOULEVARD. THIS WAS JUST ALL A PASTURE. AND SO BUILD IT, AND YOU CAN COME AND THEY WILL COME. AND SO THANKS TO ED AND SOME OTHER FUNDING, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IN, UM, UPTOWN BOULEVARD, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THEN. SO SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE, AND, AND, UH, THE, THE HILLSIDE VILLAGE, UH, CAME IN. WE HAD, UH, GOVERNMENT CENTER AT THE REC CENTER, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT, UH, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, THAT I GOT TO SEE HAPPEN. NOW, I SAY THAT IN THE SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T ME. YOU HEARD ALL THIS. DAN DID THIS AND [01:15:01] DAN DID THAT. I'M JUST A TEAM MEMBER AND I'M A TEAM MEMBER WITH THIS TEAM UP HERE. I'VE BEEN A TEAM MEMBER WITH ALL OF THE COUNCILS PRIOR TO IT. SO JUST ONE PERSON ON THE COUNCIL, UH, IS ONE SEVENTH OF THE VOTE, YOU KNOW, SO, SO YOU GOTTA LEARN TO BE A LEADER WITH THEM. YOU NEED TO, TO BLEND WITH THEM. YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM. AND I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO, TO HAVE THAT KIND OF COUNCIL ALL THE WAY THROUGH. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE REALLY ROCKING AS A COUNCIL. NOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE COUNCIL, WE ALSO HAD LEADERS IN THE WAY OF MAYORS. AND SOMEBODY, WELL, THAT WAS CITY MANAGER, ASKED ME HOW MANY WE HAD. I'LL GET TO THAT NEXT, BUT HOW MANY MAYORS HAVE WE HAD? HOW MANY MAYORS HAVE I BEEN ON THE COUNCIL IN 26 YEARS? ONLY TWO. THAT'S THE CONTINUITY WE'VE HAD WITH THIS COUNCIL. AND, AND, UH, FRANKIE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. UH, HE WAS A LONGSTANDING COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, AND MAYOR. AND NOW WE HAVE MAYOR STEVE MASON THAT STEPPED RIGHT ON IN TO WHAT, WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ROB WAS DOING. THESE GUYS, THESE MAYORS DON'T JUST WORK WITH THE CITY HERE. THEY WORK REGIONALLY. AND SO LET ME TELL YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT OUR PREVIOUS MAYOR, AND ESPECIALLY OUR MAYOR RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY BRING A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS TO US, AND THEY DO SO IN THEIR WORK IN THE REGION. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW OUR MAYOR IS, UH, JUST NOW, UH, PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE METROPLEX. MAYORS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. HE'S ALSO ON THE NORTH TEXAS, UH, LEADER LEADERSHIP NORTH TEXAS. UH, HE'S ALSO ON TML BOARD, AND NOW HE'S GONNA BE ON THE RTC BOARD. AND SO WITH, WITH THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP IN THE MAYOR POSITION IN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT I'VE HAD TO WORK WITH THE PAST, THAT'S WHAT MAKES MY JOB SO MUCH EASIER THAT I WAS A TEAM MEMBER WITH ALL THOSE PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU. AND I THINK CLIFF SHAW BACK HERE WAS ABLE TO, TO COME IN. SOME OF THE OTHERS WERE, WERE OUT OF TOWN AND SO FORTH. CLIFF, WOULD YOU STAND? I LOVE THIS GUY. AND, UH, CLIFF, Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A COUNCIL, AND I THINK WE'RE RECOGNIZED OUTSIDE OF OUR, OUR CITY, OUR OTHER CITIES, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A COHESIVE COUNCIL. WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF TURNOVER. WE'VE ALL WORKED TOGETHER, AGREED TO DISAGREE, RESPECT EACH OTHER, AND, UH, AND GO FORWARD. AND WITH THAT KIND OF COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO ANYTHING. AND THAT'S WHAT CEDAR HILL HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH, WITH THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP IN THE PAST. I JUST APPRECIATE BEING PART OF THAT TEAM. AND WE HAD THREE OF THE BEST CITY MANAGERS THAT YOU'LL EVER FIND. UM, I ALREADY MENTIONED CITY MANAGER, ALAN SIMS, WHO BROUGHT US A NEW CULTURE, CITY MANAGER, GREG PORTER, ALWAYS HIDING IN THE PAST. I TELL YOU WHAT, THAT GUY TOOK US TO ANOTHER LEVEL TOO. I REMEMBER ALAN SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT. CITY'S ALL RIGHT. GREG'S GONNA TAKE US TO ANOTHER LEVEL. THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE ALWAYS HAD IN THE COUNCIL TO BE COHESIVE, IS TO HAVE SUCCESSION PLANNING. AND I THINK THAT HELPED WITH STAFF AND, AND HOW THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WE'VE BEEN PRETTY BLESSED TO HAVE, AND THEN NOW OUR THIRD CITY MANAGER TAKING US TO A WHOLLY DIFFERENT LEVEL. WE'RE CERTAINLY BLESSED TO HAVE THIS KIND OF TALENT THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. THEY ALL NEED A HAND. I'M ALMOST DONE CLIFF . WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT LAST, BUT IT'S THE BEST I SAVED FOR LAST, AND THAT'S MY FAMILY AND THANKING TO MY FAMILY. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO THIS JOB WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF YOUR FAMILY OF LETTING YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU'RE AWAY FROM 'EM A LOT. UM, EVERY TIME THAT IT WAS TIME TO COME UP FOR COUNSEL AGAIN, I'D HAVE TO TALK WITH DARLA. IS IT OKAY TO STAY ON? WELL, OKAY, DAN. ALL RIGHT. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. AND SHE DID, YOU KNOW, I WORE HER OUT FOR THE FIRST 10 OR 15 YEARS. SHE WENT TO A LOT OF THE MEETINGS IN THE, IN THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE TML CONVENTIONS. AND, AND FINALLY SHE JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M TIRED OF GOING, YOU DON'T EVER TALK TO ME. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS TALKING TO EVERYBODY ELSE. SO, UH, DAR TELL YOU, I'M WHAT I, I AM WHAT I AM TODAY BECAUSE OF YOU. AND SO I LOVE YOU. I THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME AND, AND ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS EVEN TO THE LAST, BEFORE FINALLY, UH, AND I WASN'T GONNA RUN. SHE SAYS, WELL, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO, DAN, I'LL SUPPORT YOU. AND I SAID, NO, DARLA, IT'S TIME FOR ME TO SUPPORT YOU. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. [01:20:04] AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF MY FRIENDS THAT COME OUT HERE TODAY. UM, HOPEFULLY I GOT A CHANCE TO, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, SHAKE HANDS AND GIVE YOU ALL A HUG THAT ARE THERE. SOME OF THE ONES THAT CAME IN TO SAY HELLO, BECAUSE THE MEETING HAD TO LEAVE. BUT, UH, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS. IN FACT, LET ME INTRODUCE MY FAMILY. SO I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, PAXTON STAND UP. HE'S MY HOCKEY PLAYER. , MY DAUGHTER HEATHER, MY NUMBER TWO DAUGHTER, AND HER DAUGHTER, WHICH IS A, A MANY OF HER AND HER HUSBAND, MATTHEW, THE MOTHER-IN-LAW, DONNA AND THE PAPA OVER THERE, KEVIN TRIMBLE. AND TWO OF, AND THREE OF MY, LET'S SEE, THERE'S SIX OF US SIBLINGS. SO I'M NUMBER ONE. BOB'S NUMBER TWO, GEORGE IS NUMBER THREE. DAVE COULDN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE OF HIS, HIS ILLNESS. DIDI WORKS FAR AWAY. IN FACT, MY, UH, SISTER DEEDEE USED TO BE ON CITIZENS ON PATROL BACK THERE WHEN THEY USED THEIR OWN CARS, UNTIL I FINALLY DECIDED AND SAY, HEY GUYS, WHY DON'T WE USE SOME OF THESE OLD POLICE CARS? SO WE FINALLY GOT 'EM. AND, UH, AND SO TIM, MY YOUNGER BABY BROTHER, AND WHEN I STAND UP WITH 'EM ALL, I'M THE SHORTEST . THEY'RE ALL THE TALLEST. AND SO I ALWAYS KID 'EM THAT, HEY, THESE ARE MY OLDER BROTHERS. AND THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT AND THEIR WIVES, CARISSA AND, UH, LISA. LISA, I'M SORRY, RYAN, AMBER'S SIGNIFICANT OTHER. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL THE FAMILY. AND ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS THAT I'VE HAD EVER SINCE I WAS 21 OR 20 YEARS OLD, TOM TAR, WHO'S HOW I MET DARLA, USED TO BE HER GO, YOU KNOW, HER BOYFRIEND. AND HE SPUN HER OFF TO ME. SO, AND I THANK THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL FOR VOTING ME IN. UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT THEY STILL WANT YOU, YOU KNOW, AND THE FACT THAT THEY CONTINUED ALLOWING ME TO BE A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, I'M TRULY BLESSED AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE CITIZENS. THANK YOU PHILIP LEITZ FOR COMING UP AND SAYING THE WORDS YOU DO. ROGER WELCH, MARK WELCH, UM, SOME OF MY OTHER GOOD FRIENDS. I GOT SOME DESTINATION WELLNESS FRIENDS BACK THERE, THE EVANS FAMILY, YOU KNOW, I GOT OVER AND SEE THEM. AND THEN I'M GONNA END IT WITH, I'M GONNA TAKE THIS TIME TO PUBLICLY SUPPORT THE NEXT COUNCIL PERSON, COUNCIL MEMBER PATTY BUS HART. I HOPE I CAN BE ABLE TO SAY THAT AFTERWARDS. I THINK THIS, SHE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY IN MANY DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, VOLUNTEERED ENDLESSLY. SHE WILL BE GREAT ON THE COUNCIL. SO HOPEFULLY THE VOTERS WILL GET OUT THERE AND, AND VOTE THE RIGHT WAY. AND THAT'S MY SUPPORT. PATTY BUS HART. THANK YOU. OH, YEAH, FAMILY. THE OTHER SIDE. COME HERE. HERE WE GO. HERE. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. YOU SEE HIM ABOUT THE PODIUM? I'LL STAND. THERE WE GO. WE COME UP HERE. COME ON, SMILE. READY? OH, 3, 2, 1. AND THEN I'M GONNA ASK HOLD 3, 2, 1. THANK YOU. UM, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY. [01:25:01] UM, I'VE MENTIONED THIS, UH, IN THE VIDEO, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF CONTENT, SO I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO SAY ONE MORE THING. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TRUE. HOWEVER, UH, WHEN I RAN FOR COUNCIL, WHEN I RAN FOR MAYOR IN 2019, YOU KNOW, I DID ONE FULL TERM, BUT THEN WHEN I CAME REELECTED IN 2022, YOU KNOW, DAN WAS, WAS COMING UP IN 2023. SO, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF MOVEMENT THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE COUNCIL. AND I SELFISHLY ASKED DAN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, DAN, I SURE CAN USE YOU FOR ONE MORE TERM. AND DAN SAID, ALL RIGHT, LEMME GO TALK TO MY FAMILY. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE DANIEL FOR 26 YEARS. YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS READY TO GO THREE YEARS AGO, BUT I DID NOT ASK HIM THIS TIME, OBVIOUSLY. SO, WELL, HE ALWAYS GOT A PLACE HERE. SO DAN, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL. UH, WELL, LET ME START OVER. THE COUNCIL BEFORE ME, I LOOK AT AS HALL OF FAMERS, RIGHT? BUT, UH, I LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THE COUNCIL BEFORE ME, THEY SERVED BEFORE THEY RAN, RIGHT? EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL RIGHT NOW HAS SERVED BEFORE THEY RAN. SO NOW WE'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LEAVING US AS SUPERSTARS, RIGHT? SO THIS IS STILL A SUPERSTAR COUNCIL. UM, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THE CANDIDATES THAT CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WOULD ALSO GIVE TO THE CITY FIRST BEFORE THEY SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR YOU TRAILBLAZING THE WAY, HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE ABLE TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR STEPS AND CONTINUE TO KEEP DOING THE WORK OF THE CITY. BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I DO HAVE ONE MORE ACTION. AND THE OFFICIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IS HERE. IT SAYS 2026 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, PRESENTED TO DANIEL C. HAYDEN, JR. HONORING 26 YEARS OF UNWAVERING SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS. HERE YOU ARE, OUR PARTNER. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE MAN WHO'S BEING SPOTLIGHTED TODAY, UH, PLEASE HANG AROUND. WE ARE ABOUT TO ADJOURN, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FREE TO BE ABLE TO HANG AROUND THE FELLOWSHIP. AND, UH, WITH THAT COUNSEL, UH, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND. THAT IS A NON DEBATABLE MOTION. THEREFORE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. WE A ADJOURN 8 28. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.