The California Asphalt Pavement Association

Established in 1953 in Southern California Northern California group formed in 1994 Merged into statewide association in 2012 ~200 members Producers, refiners, paving

contractors, suppliers, manufacturers, labs,etc.

The only association focusing exclusively on asphalt issues & promotion in California

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Board of Directors Committees Executive

Finance

Technical Advisory

Legislative/Political Action

Environmental

Contractors

Regional Technical

Event Steering

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501(c)(6) Non-profit trade association Board of Directors (Statutory Members)

Asphalt Producers

Asphalt Refiners

2 Asphalt Pavement Contractor Reps

Executive Director Membership Services Manager Technical Consultants

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Strategic G0als

Build partnerships and leverage resources

Expand and empower membership

Educate stakeholders & raise public awareness

Build relationships & support

Values

Active, Engaged, Prominent

Unique, Trusted, Ethical

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Member focus, member value Active, engaged, prominent Strive for consensus Technical knowledge transfer Help members deliver a quality product Strong partnership with owners, others Unique, trusted, influential, ethical Help members build relationships

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Russ, these seem more like tactics to achieve those strategic goals. Consider the following slide. Those in GREEN seem like “values.”

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Focus on Members

Deliver Quality Products

Build Consensus

Partner with Owners

Build Relationships

Add Value

Transfer Technology

Active Environmental Committee

CARB, regional air district monitoring

Asphalt plant & paving focus

Proposition 65 settlement agreement

Annual environmental-focused magazine issue

Coordinate with other entities as needed

State and regional water quality issues

Periodic ‘Member Alerts’

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Targeted Legislative Advocacy

‘Fly-ins’ to Sacramento, Washington, D.C.

Legislative monitoring and influence

Facilitate plant, jobsite tours

Political Action Committee

Periodic legislative reports

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Asphalt industry delegation with U.S. Sen. Boxer

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Members attend a meeting at the state Capitol in Sacramento

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CalAPA delegation meets with state Sen. DeSaulnier

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Members attend a meeting with U.S. Rep. McClintock in D.C.

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State Assembly candidate Brian Meinschein on a CCA plant tour

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U.S. Rep. John Garamendi tours a Teichert plant

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2013 Spring Conference April 25 in Ontario

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CalAPA conferences are the “must-attend” events of the year

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Pascal Mascarenhas of Vulcan Materials at the Fall Conference

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Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty at the Fall Conference in Sacramento

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Trade show component of conferences are popular

Technical Expertise Statewide Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

Regional technical meetings (industry-agency)

Engaged with Caltrans on specification development, deployment

Educating locals on specifications, best practices

Exclusive training attended by hundreds statewide (30 % public agency personnel)

Conferences set the technical agenda

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‘Asphalt 101’ class held for the City of Sacramento paving crews

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Joe Peterson of Caltrans at a recent Central Valley Technical Committee meeting

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Annual Dinner at the Jonathan Club in Los Angeles

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L.A. City Councilman Mitchell Englander (center) at the Annual Dinner

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Annual Golf Tournament at Industry Hills Country Club

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L.A. Contractor’s Dinners

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‘Day at the Races’ in beautiful Del Mar, CA

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Helping staff a booth at an APWA conference in Anaheim

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At the ‘Green Build Expo’ in San Francisco

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A Caltrans Rock Products Committee sponsor meeting

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Team-building at the Caltrans-industry Rock Products Committee

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U.C. Pavement Research Center demonstration

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CSU Chico students sponsored at the CalAPA Fall Conference

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Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly Long Beach students sponsored at Spring Conference

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Bi-monthly California Asphalt Magazine

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Periodic ‘Member Alert’ bulletins & White Papers

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Annual Membership Directory & Buyer’s Guide (members only)

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CalAPA Website

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CalAPA’s social media presence via Facebook, Twitter

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Active involvement in Caltrans specification development, issue resolution

RAP & RAS Caltrans moves from 15 % to 25 % RAP

Caltrans draft spec for RAS Long-life asphalt pavement strategy

adopted on multiple projects Transition to Superpave Use of inertial profilmeter

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Warm Mix Asphalt emphasis leads to widespread implementation

Sponsoring free WMA training classes in Northern & Southern California

Part of coalition behind $3 billion L.A. City road improvement plan

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Countering aggressive PCC industry marketing

Providing input into pavement reflectivity research

Helping GAO on Lifecycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) report

Interacting on various technical committees, meetings and studies

Promoting areas traditionally strong for asphalt pavements

Countering bad legislation (I think Jim is going to add some examples here.)

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Jim St. Martin

Russell W. Snyder

Sophie You

Rita Leahy

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Jeff SieversCarpenter Hawkins Sievers

Kerry HooverConstruction Marketing Services

CalAPA is

Focused on Asphalt Pavements

THE technical resource

Member-centric

Results oriented

Obsessed (sounds like a mental illness…how about “dedicated to Member service”?) with service

Respected by agencies, regulators

A trusted partner in your success

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Russell W. Snyder, Executive DirectorCalifornia Asphalt Pavement AssociationP.O. Box 981300West Sacramento, CA 95798(916) 791-5044rsnyder@calapa.net

www.calapa.net

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