FY2014 Recommended Budget - City of Surprise

Highway User Revenue Fund
Fund Description
The highway user revenue fund (HURF) is established to track non-transit transportation related activities.
HURF is the only fund other than the general fund required by state law. The transportation, traffic
engineering workgroups, and the streets division of the Public Works Department are funded by HURF.
The streets division is structured in eight functions as follows: operations, asphalt, concrete, crack
sealing, right of way, street sweeping, striping/signs, and pavement preservation. The transportation
division is structured in three primary functions as follows: general operations, traffic management, and
signals.
Primary Functions
Street maintenance services including asphalt patching, surface repairs and milling, level up
and deep patching, pothole repairs, and crack sealing
Construct, repair, and maintain sidewalks, ramps, curbs, gutters, truncated domes, utility
access covers, guardrails, and barricades
Street preservation including systematically applying a series of preventative maintenance
treatments over the life of the pavement areas
Right of way maintenance including landscaping, weed abatement, graffiti removal, response
to road hazards and accidents, including street sweeping
Intelligent Transportation System operation, traffic signal service and maintenance
Traffic signs and markings service and maintenance
Traffic engineering, planning, management, and control services
Divisions
Streets - Responsible for the care and maintenance of dedicated pavement,
sidewalks, and rights of way within the city of Surprise
Traffic Engineering - Responsible for the traffic engineering operations, signal operations, signing,
marking, traffic control, and Intelligent Transportation Systems for the city
The departmental operating structure may vary from the budgeted division structure due to current
constraints in the budgetary system.
Accomplishments, Enhancements, and Efficiencies
Developed performance measures for the signing and stripping workgroups that track
achievements towards goals as recorded in the GPS evaluation program
Placed surface treatments on 64 lane miles (26 center lane miles) of pavement as part of the
annual Pavement Preservation Program at a cost of $12,048/mile
Retrofitted 35 ramps at 15 arterial intersections to meet ADA requirements
Redesigned street sweeper routes to increase efficiency and PM10 compliance
Created a certified arborist position in the Streets Division to oversee Urban Forestry Activities,
including Bell Road, and to participate in the development of a Surprise Urban Forestry Manual
Enhanced the High Intensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) operations at the stadium to increase
ease of use by the civilian patrol
Established a long term signage replacement plan successful at installing 928 new traffic and
street name signs in the following neighborhoods: NW Ranch, Royal Ranch, Tash, Veramonte,
Orchards, and a portion of Sun City Grand
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