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Engineering Design Report
May Fly Townhomes
Infrastructure Improvements
Bozeman
Gallatin County, Montana
March, 2023
Prepared For:
Fallon First LLC
11 Lone Peak Dr
Big Sky, Montana 59716
Prepared By:
Hyalite Engineers, PLLC
Brett Megaard
2304 N 7th Ave. Suite L
Bozeman, MT 59715
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................ ii
1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Purpose of Report ........................................................................................................ 3
1.2 Scope .......................................................................................................................... 3
2 Location and Site Information ............................................................................................. 3
3 Land Use ............................................................................................................................ 4
3.1 Existing ........................................................................................................................ 4
3.2 Proposed ..................................................................................................................... 4
4 Water System ..................................................................................................................... 4
4.1 Water Use Data ........................................................................................................... 4
4.2 Fire Flow ...................................................................................................................... 4
5 Sewer System ..................................................................................................................... 5
5.1 Design Flow Rates ....................................................................................................... 5
6 Stormwater Network ........................................................................................................... 6
6.1 General Design ............................................................................................................ 6
6.2 Hydrologic Methodology............................................................................................... 6
6.3 Detention Basins .......................................................................................................... 7
6.4 Inlets & Storm Sewer ................................................................................................... 8
6.5 Groundwater ................................................................................................................ 9
6.6 System Maintenance ................................................................................................... 9
6.7 Erosion Sediment Control ............................................................................................ 9
6.8 Flooding ....................................................................................................................... 9
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1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose of Report
This report is intended to serve as the design document for the infrastructure improvements
associated with the construction of a 46-lot major subdivision. The proposed infrastructure has
been designed accounting for future connections, as the property is bordered to the south by
undeveloped land which will be part of future phases of this project.
1.2 Scope
Expansion of existing infrastructure (water and sewer mains) and storm water design elements
are within the scope of this report. All improvements analyzed in this report are within the property
with proposed connections to existing infrastructure. No off-site improvements are expected.
2 Location and Site Information
The property occupies 5.48 acres and is located on the western side of Bozeman and is bordered
to the north by Norton East Ranch Phase 1 and 2, Being Lots 1-4 of Norton East Ranch Phase 4
in the NW ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 9, Township 2 South, Range 5 East, P.M.M., City of Bozeman,
Gallatin County, MT. The existing zoning is R-4 and the nearby surrounding zoning is R-3, R-5,
REMU, R-O, and B-2m. The property is within the service area for municipal water and sewer
from the City of Bozeman.
Figure 1 - Vicinity map.
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3 Land Use
3.1 Existing
The site is currently four vacant lots with one existing approach on May Fly Street. The majority
of the site has been left undisturbed. There are currently three sewer main extensions running
along the sites northern edge along with one water main extension.
3.2 Proposed
The proposed major subdivision will consist of 30 town home lots and 16 condominium lots for a
total of 46 units. All lots will be alley-loaded with water and sewer mains installed within the
provided 30’ alley right-of-way. Both water and sewer mains will connect to the existing
infrastructure from the improvements associated with Phase 4 of East Norton Ranch. The existing
stormwater detention ponds north of the site will be used to detain runoff and release runoff at
predevelopment rates.
4 Water System
The proposed water system will tie into existing mains installed during the development of the
East Norton Ranch Phase 2, 2A and 4. The water system will be looped into the City of Bozeman
water system through the alley right of ways.
All new water mains will be 8” diameter, class 51 ductile iron pipe. Fire hydrant leads will be 6”
diameter ductile iron pipe as well. All mains will be wrapped in V-Bio Enhanced Polyethylene
Encasement per DIRPA recommendations. Type K copper water services will extend 8’ past the
property line and will be ¾” and 1” diameter for all lots. The development will consist of 30
townhomes and 16 duplexes totaling 62 residential dwellings.
4.1 Water Use Data
Average Daily Flow
62 dwellings at 2.17 persons/dwelling = 134.54 people
134.54 people at 170 gpd = 22,871.8 gpd
Peak Demand
Peaking factor = 2.3 (peaking factor per City of Bozeman Design Standards)
22,871.8 gpd (2.3) = 52,605.14 gpd
Total max day flow = 52,605.14 gpd / 1440 min/day = 36.53 gpm instantaneously
Peak Hour Demand
22,871.8 gpd (3) = 68,615.4 gpd = 47.65 gpm
4.2 Fire Flow
Required fire flow for R-4 zoning is 3,000 gpm. Using nearby fire flow results from hydrant #2672
provided by the City of Bozeman a WaterCAD model was created to simulate fire flows from the
proposed hydrant. The peak hour demand of 47.65 gpm was divided and distributed to nodes
within the May Fly Townhomes Subdivision to create demands from the subdivision. Some of the
existing surrounding water network was built into the model to more accurately model the
proposed system. Pressure and flow in the system was simulated in the model by adding a
reservoir and a pump to the model at a connection point near hydrant #2672. The reservoir
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supplies the system with water and the pump is used to provided pressure to the network. The
reservoir and pump were set as the same elevation as the tie-in location as to not create any
head on the system from the reservoir. All head in the system is created from the pump.
Running a fire flow analysis of the system at 20 psi the hydrant is capable of supplying over 3,000
gpm while also satisfying the demands of the subdivision. WaterCAD results are attached. The
existing hydrant used to create pressure/flow for the system was also modeled as a check. At 20
psi the model predicts a lower available flow rate than the supplied hydrant data. This is due to
the model being a smaller part of a larger network.
5 Sewer System
The proposed development will utilize existing sanitary sewer infrastructure in South Laurel
Parkway. The proposed development will have waste water flow north down the proposed alleys,
then west down Anders Place and ultimately into a new sanitary sewer manhole located in South
Laurel Parkway. This new manhole will be connected to an existing manhole in South Laurel
Parkway. All proposed sewer main is to be 8” diameter SDR 25 PVC. Sewer services are to be
ran to each lot and will be 4” diameter schedule 40 PVC. The proposed development is part of
the Norton Ranch Lift Station basin. The Norton Ranch lift station upgrades are currently being
designed by HDR and the development group is working with them and nearby developments to
ensure adequate capacity exists.
5.1 Design Flow Rates
Average daily Flow
62 dwellings at 2.17 persons/dwelling = 134.54 persons
134.54 persons at 64.4 gallons/day/person = 8,664.38 gpd
Peak Flow
Peaking Factor = (18+0.134541/2)/(4+0.134541/2) = 4.21
Peak Hour Flow = 4.21 x 8,664.38 gpd = 36,477.04 gpd
The peak hour flow calculated above is 25.33 gpm
Including infiltration:
150 gallons/acre/day (5.48 acres) = 822 gpd = 0.57 gpm
Peak hour flow (including infiltration) = 25.90 gpm
The proposed 8” gravity mains are capable of flowing 25.90 gpm at minimum slope (0.4%) with a
depth of only 1.3”. This capacity calculation was performed using a Manning’s friction factor of
0.013. As mentioned previously, the gravity network will then discharge into the existing 8”
network located in South Laurel Parkway
All sewer main piping will have uniform slope between manholes. Individual sewer services will
be provided for each lot within the development. The 4” Schedule 40 PVC sewer services will be
extended 8 feet past the property line of each lot. A 4” gravity sewer service on a ¼” foot grade is
capable of supporting flows from each lot.
The existing 8” sewer main in South Laurel Parkway as well as the existing 10” sewer main in
Fallon are adequately size for the proposed development as well as future developments. See
Appendix E for sewer analysis.
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6 Stormwater Network
This section provides a design basis and hydraulic calculations for sizing storm water facilities for
May Fly Townhomes. The City of Bozeman Design Standards were used as the primary
guidelines for this stormwater drainage design.
6.1 General Design
The proposed development will be a combination of alleys and residential lots. The proposed
alleys will be paved asphalt with a two-foot concrete paving edge on both sides. The alleys will
be paved with an inverse crown to convey stormwater runoff. Stormwater runoff generated from
the alleys and residential lots is designed to be collected by the surrounding curb and gutter and
then directed toward the existing storm drain inlets and one new inlet on Pond Lily Drive. The
stormwater that is collected by the paved alleys will travel down the centerline of the alley and
then to the curb and gutter and eventually flow north to either existing inlets or the new storm
drain inlet. The runoff will then move through the storm sewer system pipes to the existing
detention ponds constructed with Norton Ranch Phase 1. The detention ponds have been
designed with an outlet structure to limit stormwater runoff from the developed site to the pre-
developed runoff rates. The detention ponds that were built in Phase 1 of the Norton Ranch
developments were increased in size due to creation of Phase 4 of Norton Ranch. This increase
in detention pond size was originally designed to have built in capacity for this development.
6.2 Hydrologic Methodology
The rational method was used to determine peak runoff rates. The rational formula provides a
peak runoff rate which occurs at the time of concentration.
Q = CiA
Where C = Weighted C Factor
i= Storm Intensity (in/hr)
A = Area (acres)
Q = Runoff (cfs)
The storm intensities were developed from the IDF curve found in Figure I-2 of the City of
Bozeman Design Standards and Specifications. Runoff coefficients for each basin were
calculated using a weighted percentile of impervious and pervious area. The coefficient used are
shown in the table below.
Table 1 - Runoff coefficients used.
RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS
Undisturbed 0.2
Low-Med. Residential 0.35
Dense Residential 0.5
Alley R.O.W. 0.67
R.O.W. 0.74
Impervious 0.9
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Time of concentration of overland flow was determined using the following equation:
Tc = 1.87(1.1-C)D1/2
S1/3
Where Tc = Time of Concentration, minutes
S= Slope of Basin, %
C= Runoff Coefficient
D= Length of Basin, ft
Time of concentration for gutter flow was determined using the following equation for shallow
concentrated flow velocity:
V = KukS0.5
Tc = D/(60V)
Where V = velocity, fps
Ku = unit conversion, 3.28
k = intercept coefficient
S = slope, %
Tc = Time of Concentration, minutes
D= Length of Basin, ft
V= Velocity, fps
The rational method was used to compute runoff flow rates. This method can be used for storm
durations equal or greater than the time of concentration. This method assumes the maximum
runoff rate occurs at the time of concentration and continues to the end of the storm. Maximum
runoff rates for durations greater than the time of concentration are less than the peak runoff rate
because average storm intensities decrease as duration increases.
6.3 Detention Basins
The stormwater runoff generated from the site will be conveyed to one of the existing detention
ponds that was constructed with Norton Ranch Phase 1. Originally these two detention ponds
were sized to detain runoff from Norton Ranch Phase 1 but, with the creation of more phases of
Norton Ranch these ponds were expanded to detain larger areas. The most recent time being for
Phase 4 of Norton Ranch. The proposed site is part of Norton Ranch Phase 4 and as such there
is built in capacity in both detention ponds. Each detention pond has been analyzed to determine
if the ponds have capacity for the proposed May Fly Townhomes development.
In order to determine if the detention ponds are sized adequately an analysis of the detention
basins needed to be done to determine if the proposed development generates more runoff than
the ponds are sized for. The two factors that affect the runoff rate are the basin area and weighted
C factor. Since the detention ponds were sized to accommodate the entirety of the May Fly
Townhomes development the total area in the detention basin remains the same. May Fly
Townhomes will have the same high density residential layout but with more impervious area from
the proposed alleys which results in a higher weighted C factor.
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The two detention ponds were analyzed separately. Each pond has its own contributing areas
associated with it. With the creation of Norton Ranch Phase 4, Detention Pond 1 (the west pond)
was expanded to have a capacity of 9,146 cubic feet of storage, per C&H Norton Ranch Phase 4
Stormwater Management Design Report. With the May Fly Townhomes development, the
required capacity of detention pond 1 is 10,075 cubic feet. Coordination with the owners of
detention pond 1 is in place to increase the existing pond’s capacity to have an additional capacity
of 929 cubic feet to accommodate the May Fly Townhomes. Detention Pond 1 will detain
stormwater runoff from Norton Ranch Phases 1-4 as well as from Urban + Farm Phase 1 and
May Fly Townhomes. The detention pond outlet structure will not be changed and the weir will
remain to provide a release rate of 1.43 cfs.
With the creation of Norton Ranch Phase 4 Detention Pond 2 (the east pond) was expanded to
have a capacity of 14,915 cubic feet of storage, per C&H Norton Ranch Phase 4 Stormwater
Management Design Report. With the May Fly Townhomes development, the required capacity
of Detention Pond 2 is 14,287 cubic feet of storage. The existing Detention Pond 2 is adequately
sized to detain the stormwater runoff from the proposed May Fly Townhomes development.
With the May Fly Townhomes development, drainage basins vary from the originally planned
basins that were delineated during Norton Ranch Phase 4. The contributing basin that drains to
Detention Pond 1 will be decreased by 12,207 square feet and a direct increase of 12,207 square
feet will contribute to Detention Pond 2. The contributing basin for Detention Pond 1 also include
areas of Urban + Farm Phase 1 and Norton Ranch Phase 3. The Fallon Apartments were included
in the Norton Ranch Phase 4 calculations, but were not included in the May Fly contributing basins
due to stormwater being retained on-site, per C&H Fallon Apartments Stormwater Management
Design Report.
In addition to detaining runoff from the surrounding developments both ponds were designed with
built in retention to infiltrate, evapotranspire, or capture for reuse the runoff generated from the
first 0.5 inches of rainfall from a 24-hr storm. Detention Ponds 1 and 2 retain this volume by setting
the weir elevation high enough to prevent the release of this volume.
In a 10-year 24-hour storm event, Detention Pond 1 is required to have 9,887 cubic feet of storage
to retain the first 0.5 inches of rainfall. Detention Pond 1 is to be upsized to hold a capacity of
10,075 cubic feet, which satisfies the 0.5 inch requirement. In a 10-year 24-hour storm event,
Detention Pond 2 is required to have 13,900 cubic feet of storage to contain the first 0.5 inches
of rainfall. As mentioned above, Detention Pond 2 was expanded to have a capacity of 14,915
cubic feet with the development of Norton Ranch Phase 4, satisfying the 0.5 inch rainfall capacity.
No further expansion of Detention Pond 2 is required with this development. The supporting
calculations can be found in Appendix A of this report.
6.4 Inlets & Storm Sewer
Using the Rational Method, a contributing flow to each inlet in the system was determined. The
inlet grates were designed and analyzed to accommodate the 25-year storm event without
overtopping a depth 0.15’ below the top of curb or spreading greater than 9 feet. Inlets and
manholes will have a 9” sump for sediment collection.
Storm pipes were sized and analyzed to accommodate the 25-year storm event and were
modeled in Flow Master. Pipes are sloped to maintain a minimum velocity of 3 ft/s when flowing
full to prevent sediment deposit. A manning’s N of 0.01 was used per manufactures design for
the storm pipes within the model.
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Existing inlets and storm pipes were analyzed for capacity with May Fly Townhomes runoff. The
proposed inlet will connect to a proposed storm manhole which will connect to an existing 18”
pipe as part of Norton Ranch Phase 2A. This 18” pipe currently has a capacity of 10.38 cfs at 17”
full, the required capacity of the 25-year flow is 6.59 cfs. The 15” proposed storm pipe has a
capacity of 6.39 cfs with a required of 1.67 cfs for the 25-year event.
Table 2 - Pipe Capacity
PIPE SIZE 25-YR FLOW RATE CAPACITY
Existing Pipe Norton 2A 18” 6.59 CFS 10.38 CFS
Pipe H 15” 1.67 CFS 6.39 CFS
6.5 Groundwater
Groundwater is known to be high in this area. A geotechnical report was done in April 2021 that
included borings near and on the property. Test Pit 1 was dug on site and Test Pit 2 was just
south of the site. Groundwater was found at 4.8’ in Test Pit 1 and at 5.1’ in Test Pit 2. Test Pit 1
had a monitoring well installed and ground water depth has been recorded. Test Pit 1 had a
maximum groundwater height of 2.56’ below the surface on May 20th, 2021.
6.6 System Maintenance
Regular maintenance of stormwater facilities is necessary for proper function of the drainage
system. Maintenance items include removing debris from inlet grates and culverts, cleaning and
flushing pipes, cleaning manhole sumps, and establishing ground cover after construction.
6.7 Erosion Sediment Control
During construction, stormwater pollutant controls will include silt fencing, straw wattles, rock
check dams, and straw bales. Silt fence, straw waddles, or other perimeter protection will be
installed on the down gradient edge of disturbed soil. Straw wattles, straw bales, or other erosion
protection will be placed near existing and newly installed culverts. Temporary erosion control
measures will be installed and continuously maintained for the duration of construction.
This project will require acceptance of a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) permit
for stormwater discharge associated with construction activity prior to starting any construction.
Protection during and immediately after construction, will be controlled in accordance with this
permit and the Montana Sediment and Erosion Control Manual.
Permanent erosion control will consist of implementation of seeding disturbed areas and placing
riprap at pond inlet/outlets. Any visible sediment must be removed from the stormwater system
prior to completing construction.
6.8 Flooding
Excessive runoff from a large storm event (significantly exceeding the design storm, i.e 100-year)
will be routed such that it does not inundate buildings, drainfields or over top the roadway.
Excessive runoff will be routed to storm inlets that will discharge to the existing detention ponds.
Stormwater that overtops the ponds during a large rain event will flow through the emergency
overflow and outlet to the adjacent wetlands north of the detention ponds. The existing detention
ponds have been analyzed at a depth 1.5’, in the event of a larger than design storm the ponds
have excess volume built in that will exceed a depth of 1.5’.