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HomeMy WebLinkAbout012_EmailRegardingComment131 Bill Hanson From:Mikaela Schultz <mschultz@BOZEMAN.NET> on behalf of Mikaela Schultz Sent:Wednesday, March 29, 2023 2:31 PM To:Bill Hanson Subject:FW: 23015 Barnard HQ SP - Question Regarding Engineering Comment #13 Good afternoon Bill, Please see Griffins response below. Please include this correspondence in your resubmittal to resolve the comment. Thank you for reaching out, City of Bozeman MT Mikaela Schultz, EI | Transportation and Engineering (406) 582-2388 From: Griffin Nielsen <GNielsen@BOZEMAN.NET> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 4:44 PM To: Mikaela Schultz <mschultz@BOZEMAN.NET> Subject: RE: 23015 Barnard HQ SP - Question Regarding Engineering Comment #13 Yep, occupancy is fine. City of Bozeman MT Griffin Nielsen, PE| Engineering/Utilities Department D:406.582.2279 C:406.595.1598 gnielsen@bozeman.net From: Mikaela Schultz <mschultz@BOZEMAN.NET> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 11:32 AM To: Griffin Nielsen <GNielsen@BOZEMAN.NET> Subject: FW: 23015 Barnard HQ SP - Question Regarding Engineering Comment #13 Griffin, Please see Bill Hanson’s request below. This is for the Barnard Headquarters SP on the south most lots of the Nelson Meadows subdivision. Would you be comfortable conditioning this geothermal review and approval by the DNRC with occupancy? I will stay tuned, City of Bozeman MT Mikaela Schultz, EI | Transportation and Engineering (406) 582-2388 2 From: Bill Hanson <bhanson@think1.com> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 10:42 AM To: Mikaela Schultz <mschultz@BOZEMAN.NET> Cc: matthew.engel@barnard-inc.com; pthomson@waterenvtech.com Subject: 23015 Barnard HQ SP - Question Regarding Engineering Comment #13 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Mikaela, Good morning. Hope you are doing well on a snowy Monday. We are working on finalizing our responses to the Site Plan Application comments for the Barnard Headquarters Office Building. We have a couple of questions regarding your comment on the geothermal wells (Comment #13). The way the question is worded we are concerned about achieving DNRC approval for these wells prior to achieving our Building Permit. In review of the review process with Pat Thomson with Water & Environmental Engineering (hydrogeologist) the actual formal approval process includes inspection of the installed wells. In review of the proposed construction schedule, we do not intend to install the actual wells until spring of 2024 or later (do not want them in the way of building construction). For your information I have attached our well design document, which was prepared after extensive testing on- site. Based on this data, we have fine tuned our supply demand information and are adjusting the well design for formal preparation of the design to DNRC. Pat has a pre-application meeting scheduled with DNRC for April 4. After this pre- application meeting Pat will submit our formal application for review and it will begin the preliminary review process. It is important to note the proposed system is a non-consumptive design (closed loop). As such we are not dealing with any water right issues. From the DNRC standpoint they want us to document the temperature change range between water in and out. They also want us to provide information on any other well uses in the immediate vicinity. This will be part of our final application the DNRC. In general, these type of systems are well received by DNRC and have been approved in our community. The Bozeman Yellowstone Airport and Gallatin High School are two local examples. Due to timing of DNRC review and approval, we would request you consider making DNRC approval of the geothermal wells contingent on occupancy rather than being tied to Building Permit approval. As mentioned above, we will have our pre-application meeting with DNRC on April 4. We will follow up shortly with our initial application for review. Maybe that is adequate to address your comment #13?? Please review and let me know what threshold you are needing for us to receive a building permit. Right now we intend to apply for our building permit on April 14-15. Our hope is to achieve a permit sometime first half of June. Thanks for your help with this. Let me know if you have any questions, or please do not hesitate to call if you would like to discuss. Bill Hanson ThinkOne (406) 586-7020 City of Bozeman emails are subject to the Right to Know provisions of Montana’s Constitution (Art. II, Sect. 9) and may be considered a “public record” pursuant to Title 2, Chpt. 6, Montana Code Annotated. As such, this email, its sender and receiver, and the contents may be available for public disclosure and will be retained pursuant to the City’s record 3 retention policies. Emails that contain confidential information such as information related to individual privacy may be protected from disclosure under law.