1. The Great Lakes Region Height Modernization Consortium Diane Arendt, Chair

2. Great Lakes Region Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and New York Also Iowa and Kentucky Conference calls held quarterly Email campaigns Confer on similar issues Present at each other’s professional events

3. Meeting Schedules

4. Great Lakes Region: Past Meetings National HM Partner Meeting hosted by NGS Frankfort, KY April 30-May 1, 2013 GLRHMC Meeting hosted by Michigan DOT Dimondale, Michigan Oct 31-Nov 1, 2012 GLRHMC Meeting hosted by Ohio DOT Columbus, OH Oct 13-14, 2011 National HM Partner Meeting hosted by NGS Silver Spring, MD August 18-19, 2011 GLRHMC Meeting hosted by PDOT New Cumberland, PA April 14, 2011

5. Great Lakes Region: Past Meetings GLRHMC Meeting hosted by ISPLS and IGIC West La Fayette, IN; March 23, 2010 GLRHMC Meeting hosted by ODOT Columbus, OH; October 21, 2010 GLRHMC Meeting hosted by Illinois DOT, ISGS Rockford, IL; November 10, 2009 GLRHMC Meeting hosted by WisDOT Madison, WI; September 2008

6. Great Lakes Region: Upcoming Meeting Great Lakes Height Modernization Partner Meeting, September 16 and 17, 2014 Wisconsin State Patrol Academy Inside Historic Fort McCoy, Tomah WI

7. Great Lakes Region: Funding Sources Indiana: FHWA, SPR Illinois: Federal Earmarks, FHWA SPR, data in-kind Michigan: MDOT Minnesota: MnDOT Ohio: ODOT Wisconsin: WisDOT, FHWA SPR Iowa: IowaDOT Kentucky: KYTC Pennsylvania: New York:

8. Pennsylvania PSLS Reaching New Heights 85 point groups volunteered 108 point recoveries were reported 42 point occupations were reported 9 shared solutions were reported http://www.psls.org/ReachingNewHeights NATIONAL SURVEYOR’S WEEK MARCH 16 – 22, 2014 GPS DAY

9. Great Lakes Region: Upcoming Projects River/Chasm Crossings. MN and WI NGS advisors participating in proof-of-theory field testing in Corbin Absorbing borders CORS stations

10. Great Lakes Drainage Basin Largest system of fresh water on earth Only the polar ice caps contain more fresh water 10% of the American and 31% of the Canadian population live in the basin

11. Great Lakes Ice Cover 2014 1/3 ice covered in April 2014 The largest ice cover ever observed in the satellite era – since the early 1970s Record ice cover, abnormally low water temperatures and abundant snow cover impact national weather Production of cool, dry air keeps severe weather at bay creating a large-scale weather pattern that is keeping seasonal storms well below normal Great Lakes are an astounding, ongoing weather phenomenon

12. Welcome Western States !!! Champion for the Western States Height Modernization Consortium Participation in CDOT kickoff meeting December 18, 2012 Provide reference documents for mission statement and goals Share language for SPR funding requests

13. Questions or Comments?