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RAC Region 4. Cameron Kergaye, Chair Coco Briseno, Vice Chair Ken Chambers, Secretary. RAC Region 4 Member States. 15 STATES ATTENDING THIS MEETING: Alaska Arizona California Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada. North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Texas Utah Washington State
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RAC Region 4 Cameron Kergaye, Chair Coco Briseno, Vice Chair Ken Chambers, Secretary
15 STATES ATTENDING THIS MEETING: Alaska Arizona California Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Texas Utah Washington State Wyoming RAC 4 Attendance
RAC 4 New Members • New Members: • Carolyn Morehouse – Alaska • Jean Nehme -- Arizona • Wayne Kawahara -- Hawaii • First RAC Meeting: • Amanullah Momandi – Colorado • Aziz Khan – Colorado • Enid White -- Wyoming
ADMINISTRATION Michael Bufalino, OR Ron Curb, OK Carolyn Morehouse, AK COORDINATION & COLLABORATION Sue Sillick, MT – Chair Anne Ellis, AZ – Co-Chair Cameron Kergaye, UT Leni Oman, WA VALUE OF RESEARCH Dave Huft SD Tim McDowell, WY Clayton Schumaker, ND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & QUALITY Coco Briseno, CA Dave Huft, SD Robert McCoy, NM Ned Parrish, ID TRANSPORTATION KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS Leni Oman, WA – Chair Ron Curb, OK Dale Steele, AZ Enid White, WY RAC 4 Involvement: TASK FORCES
RAC 4 Activities and Accomplishments • Quarterly to Bi-monthly to Monthly meetings • High Value Research: 10 States Submitted 30 projects for Consideration • Peer Exchanges • Held: New Mexico, Washington • Planned: Idaho, South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, California, Montana
RAC 4 Accomplishments • Region 4 inspired the Domestic Scan on Knowledge Management (Utah) and Chaired it (Arizona) • WRUCC (Western Road Usage Charging Consortium Transportation Pooled Fund) • Validation of Tsunami Guidelines for Coastal Bridges (Hawaii; California; Oregon; Alaska; Washington)
RAC 4 Goals • Increase number of states submitting High Value Research AND total number of projects. • Participate in Ahead of the Curve as products become available. • Distribute timely and valuable information to our members. • Generate better participation in monthly teleconferences.
RAC 4 Goals • Transfer of knowledge from National findings to State DOT target areas. • More focus on implementation and the Research role. • Coordinate State research programming cycles for project collaboration. • Survive the 2015 RAC/TRB Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon!!