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April 30, 2026
Griffin Nielsen, PE
City of Bozeman
20 E. Olive Street
Bozeman, MT 59715
RE: Whitefish Credit Union Cash In Lieu of Water Rights Memo
Mr. Nielsen:
The purpose of this memo is to address city code Section 38.410.110 – Water Adequacy.
The proposed project is a new financial institution branch and corporate office building for Whitefish Credit
Union to be located at the SW corner of South 19th Avenue and West Kagy Boulevard on lot 2A-1 of Minor
Subdivision 503C. The new facility will contain a visitor lobby, teller lanes, customer waiting area, employee
amenities and offices. The cash-in-lieu of water rights payment will be based upon anticipated domestic
water usage within the facility using estimates per employee as well as design assumptions. The domestic
water use for the proposed facility had been estimated by comparing the current usage of a similar existing
facility, then adjusting for employee count. The financial institution located at 1433 N 19th Ave was used for
this comparison. This facility is approximately 12,400 SF and has 28 employees. The last two years of water
meter data shows an average domestic water usage of approximately 4,520 gallons per month. Scaling this
usage based on employee count yields an estimated municipal water usage of approximately 9,400 gallons
per month, or an annual volume of 0.35 acre-ft.
Irrigation for the proposed development will continue to utilize the existing irrigation well on the property,
so no additional municipal water demand was factored in for irrigation.
If questions or additional information is required, please contact me at 406.922.7111 or
AdamSchlegel@CushingTerrell.com.
Sincerely,
Adam Schlegel, PE
Civil Engineer
cc: WFCU_BOZ File