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Making a Difference
The Honorable Boyd Dunn, Mayor of Chandler, Arizona receives the Annual RPA Presidents Award. RPA Past President, Jeffrey Reed, CEO of International Surfacing Systems, selected Mayor Dunn for the 2002 award honoring individuals, companies or agencies that have made a significant contribution to a community, state or the nation. Reed selected Mayor Dunn, who has two urban freeways in his city, for his leadership in promoting the use of noise reducing Asphalt-Rubber on Arizona's urban freeways. Reed said "It is refreshing ,to know that a Mayor does more than give lip service to his constituents, and it is somewhat rare for a public official to be concerned about the type of pavement surfaces on freeways." "It is obvious Mayor Dunn cares about the quality of life for his constituents who drive on or live near noisy freeways." "He translated their concerns and desires into a high profile lobbying effort that paid off for the citizens." At the presentation ceremony in the Mayor's office May 16, 2003, RPA Executive Director Douglas Carlson said former Governor Jane Dee Hull had singled out Dunn as being the driving force in the decision to resurface all urban freeways with Asphalt-Rubber. Carlson said the Mayor, a member of the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG), had lobbied his fellow mayors to support the effort, which resulted in the ADOT decision to start its "Quiet Pavement" program. ADOT and Governor Hull held a press conference attended by the Mayors and other officials on December 18, 2002 where the $34,000,000, project covering 115 miles of urban freeways was announced to the public. RPA Board Member, Mike Domino, Vice President of International Surfacing Systems (ISS) of Chandler, also attended the awards ceremony. ISS supplied the Asphalt-Rubber materials for the resurfacing of the U.S. 60 last fall that led to a public demand for more "Quiet Pavements" in the Phoenix metropolitan area.	Ford Motor Company Receives Environmental Stewardship Award. During an April 22-23 visit to Phoenix, Arizona, Ford Motor Company celebrated their Centennial by saluting Arizona's Road of the Future, a stretch of frontage road on the I-17, which is the subject of intense research at Arizona State University. Ford Motor Company donated $150,000 to the University to conduct the research that will be used in the AASHTO 2002 Design Guidelines. As a part of the celebration, Andy Acho, Ford Motor Company Worldwide Director of Environmental Outreach and Strategy, brought a replica of a 1903, Model T-100 to Arizona to drive the stretch of the Asphalt-Rubber frontage road. During the April 23 (Earth Day) press conference held at an ADOT facility near the I-17 frontage road, RPA Executive Director, Douglas Carlson presented Ford with a special award for their environmental stewardship and thanked them for the opportunity to partner with the Ford, NAPA, AASHTO, ADOT team formed to find a utilization for the thousands of "retired" automobile tires collected from tire dealers throughout the U.S. Carlson said, "The easy out" would have been to burn or and fill the tires, but Ford Motor Company, keeping their long standing commitment to environmental awareness and policies, created an action plan that led to the responsible recycling of the tires in ways that have benefited society. "While our association's main focus is on pavements, we are aware of the many other Ford sponsored projects that have benefited schools, universities, professional sports and 4H clubs with safer running tracks, football fields and therapeutic equestrian center using the crumb rubber from the retired tires."

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