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Prospect Station
Prepared for:
r4 Architects
117 E. Mountain Ave., Suite 205
Fort Collins, CO 80524
(970) 224-0630
Prepared by:
Interwest Consulting Group
1218 West Ash, Suite C
Windsor, Colorado 80550
(970) 674-3300
February 12, 2013
Job Number 1068-069-01
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................ iii
1. GENERAL LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION ................................................................ 1
1.1 Location ........................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Description of Property ................................................................................................. 1
1.3 Floodplain Submittal Requirements ............................................................................. 1
2. DRAINAGE BASINS AND SUB-BASINS .......................................................................... 2
2.1 Major Basin Description ................................................................................................ 2
2.2 Sub-basin Description .................................................................................................... 2
3. DRAINAGE DESIGN CRITERIA ...................................................................................... 2
3.1 Regulations ...................................................................................................................... 2
3.2 Directly Connected Impervious Area (DCIA) Discussion .......................................... 3
3.3 Development Criteria Reference and Constraints ...................................................... 4
3.4 Hydrological Criteria ..................................................................................................... 4
3.5 Hydraulic Criteria .......................................................................................................... 5
3.6 Floodplain Regulations Compliance ............................................................................. 5
3.7 Modifications of Criteria ............................................................................................... 5
4. DRAINAGE FACILITY DESIGN ....................................................................................... 5
4.1 General Concept ............................................................................................................. 5
4.2 Specific Details ................................................................................................................ 6
5. CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................... 7
5.1 Compliance with Standards .......................................................................................... 7
5.2 Drainage Concept ........................................................................................................... 7
6. REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................... 7
APPENDIX
VICINITY MAP AND DRAINAGE PLAN .............................................................................. A
HYDROLOGIC COMPUTATIONS .......................................................................................... B
HYDRAULIC COMPUTATIONS .............................................................................................. C
WATER QUALITY INFORMATION ...................................................................................... D
EXCERPTS FROM REFERENCE REPORTS......................................................................... E
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1. GENERAL LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION
1.1 Location
The Prospect Station development is located in Fort Collins. It is located in the Northeast
Quarter of Section 23, Township 7 North, Range 69 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian,
in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. Please refer to the vicinity map in
Appendix A.
The project site is located at the southwest corner of West Prospect Road and the
Burlington Northern (BNSF) Railroad. The vacated Tamasag Drive bounds the property
on the west, West Prospect Road on the north, the Mason Trail and BNSF on the east and
Lot 9 and 11 of Griffin Plaza Subdivision on the south. The legal description of the site
is Prospect Station Subdivision being a replat of Lot 10, Griffin Plaza Subdivision and a
portion of vacated Tamasag Drive.
1.2 Description of Property
The property consists of 0.84 acres of land with 0.1 acres being dedicated to Prospect.
The project will consists of a new building replacing the existing building and a new
parking and drive configuration. The northerly 0.6 acres drains northeast to Prospect,
with the remainder sheeting south at a range of approximately 0.5% to 1.5%. The land is
currently occupied by existing building and parking areas. The majority of the ground
cover is asphalt. There is no offsite flow contributing to the site.
Spring Creek Floodway has been mapped by the City and is located just east of the
project. There are no improvements that are proposed in the Floodway.
1.3 Floodplain Submittal Requirements
Floodplain Submittal is not required. No work shall occur within the City’s floodway;
therefore, a “City of Fort Collins Floodplain Review Checklist for 50% Submittals” has
not been included with this report.
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2. DRAINAGE BASINS AND SUB-BASINS
2.1 Major Basin Description
The proposed development lies within the Old Town (a small part of the northern portion
of the site) and Spring Creek (the remainder of the site) Master Drainage Basins. Today,
the entire site locally drains to Spring Creek, and not to the Old Town Basin via inlets and
pipe in Prospect. The development has also been accounted for in the design of the
Mason Street Outfall (MSO) pond (showing the entire site in Spring Creek Basin).
The site is considered to be basin 804 of the Griffin Plaza in the Mason Street Outfall
report and a part of Spring Creek Basin 126 in the Spring Creek Master Plan.
Please refer to Appendix F for an explanation of the division of Spring Creek and Old
Town basins.
2.2 Sub-basin Description
The northern portion of the site that is included in the Old Town Master Drainage Basin
drains to the north where it is intercepted by West Prospect Road and then piped back to
Spring Creek. The remainder of the site (included in the Spring Creek Master Drainage
Basin) drains south through adjacent Lots 9 and 11 of Griffin Plaza Subdivision. There
are no offsite flows associated with this site however Lot 1 and 2 of Griffin Plaza
Subdivision will continue to flow south. Flow will sheet to a curb opening and into a
new swale in the existing drainage easement south of the site.
3. DRAINAGE DESIGN CRITERIA
3.1 Regulations
This report was prepared to meet or exceed the “City of Fort Collins Storm Drainage
Design Criteria Manual” specifications. Where applicable, the criteria established in the
“Urban Storm Drainage Criteria Manual” (UDFCD), developed by the Denver Regional
Council of Governments, has been used.
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3.2 Directly Connected Impervious Area (DCIA) Discussion
Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD) recommends a Four Step Process
for receiving water protection that focuses on reducing runoff volumes, treating the water
quality capture volume (WQCV), stabilizing drainageways and implementing long-term
source controls. The Four Step Process applies to the management of smaller, frequently
occurring events.
Step 1: Employ Runoff Reduction Practices
To reduce runoff peaks, volumes, and pollutant loads from urbanizing areas, implement
Low Impact Development (LID) strategies, including Minimizing Directly Connected
Impervious Areas (MDCIA).
Runoff for the northern and eastern portions of the site will be routed through vegetated
areas through sheet flow thereby reducing runoff from impervious surfaces over
permeable areas to slow runoff and increase the time of concentration and promote
infiltration. Runoff from building roofs shall drain directly to sump inlets that
incorporate the SNOUT® water quality system from Best Management Products, Inc.
devices.
Step 2: Implement BMPs that Provide a Water Quality Capture Volume with Slow
Release
Once runoff has been minimized, the remaining runoff shall be treated through sump
inlets and SNOUT® water quality systems from Best Management Products, Inc. devices.
The devices allow for settlement of sediments.
Step 3: Stabilize Drainageways
Natural Drainageways are subject to bed and bank erosion due to increases in frequency,
duration, rate and volume of runoff during and following development. Because the site
will drain to an existing storm system and water quality and detention pond, bank
stabilization is unnecessary with this project.
Step 4: Implement Site Specific and Other Source Control BMPs
Proactively controlling pollutants at their source by preventing pollution rather than
removing contaminants once they have entered the stormwater system or receiving waters
is important when protecting storm systems and receiving waters. This can be
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accomplished through site specific needs such as construction site runoff control, post-
construction runoff control and pollution prevention / good housekeeping. It will be the
responsibility of the contractor to develop a procedural best management practice for the
site.
3.3 Development Criteria Reference and Constraints
The runoff from this site has been routed to conform to the requirements of the City
Stormwater Department. Because water quality capture volume from this site will not be
provided for in the BNRR pond, water quality facilities are required for the new
construction proposed on the site. Water quality will be met through the use of two sump
inlets with the SNOUT® water quality system from Best Management Products, Inc.
devices. Impervious area for the site (85%) has already been accounted for in the
hydrology for Spring Creek and the MSO project, detention is not required for this
development. Please refer to excerpts from the Mason Street Outfall report in Appendix
E.
3.4 Hydrologic Criteria
Runoff computations were prepared for the 10-year minor and 100-year major storm
frequency utilizing the rational method.
All hydrologic calculations associated with the basins are included in Appendix B of this
report. Standard Form 8 (SF-8) provides time of concentration calculations for all sub-
basins. Standard Form 9 (SF-9) provides a summary of the design flows for all Sub-
basins and Design Points associated with this site.
Water quality volume was calculated in the Master Plan using the method recommended
in the “Urban Storm Drainage Criteria Manual”. Rather than achieving this volume, we
are requesting a variance to use 2 SNOUT® systems in series. All related information is
located in Appendix D.
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3.5 Hydraulic Criteria
All hydraulic calculations will be presented in the final drainage report and prepared in
accordance with the City of Fort Collins Drainage Criteria. All calculations will be
included in Appendix C of this report.
Hydraulic calculations will be presented in the final drainage report.
3.6 Floodplain Regulations Compliance
Floodplain Regulations Compliance is not required. No work shall occur within the
City’s floodway.
3.7 Modifications of Criteria
A variance request for this site is that water quality will only be provided via the sump
inlets and SNOUT® water quality systems from Best Management Products, Inc. and not
via the traditional water quality capture volume or infiltration. The reason for this is that
the site is a redeveloped Brownfield site and it is preferred to minimize exposure to
leftover contaminants on-site after the cleanup occurred. The water will eventually reach
the BNRR water quality pond via the storm system but will be pretreated on site. The
site’s required water quality capture volume is 0.022 ac-ft and the BNRR pond has ample
volume (but will technically be treated on site). Please refer to Appendix F for
supporting information regarding water quality and the BNRR pond. Please refer to
Appendix D for SNOUT® information.
4. DRAINAGE FACILITY DESIGN
4.1 General Concept
The majority of the proposed development will be collected and conveyed to the
proposed storm drain system where it will be treated for water quality via SNOUT®
water quality system from Best Management Products, Inc. before being released into the
existing storm system.
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4.2 Specific Details
A summary of the drainage patterns within each basin is provided in the following
paragraphs. Please refer to Appendix A for the drainage plan.
Basin A is 0.56 acres and is calculated to have a 10-year discharge of 2.6 cfs and a 100-
year discharge of 5.6 cfs. Flows from Basin A are captured by the proposed sump inlets
containing the SNOUT® water quality system from Best Management Products, Inc.
before being released into the existing storm system located in West Prospect Road. This
system then releases flow into the BNRR pond.
This area was not included in the Mason Street Outfall SWMM model; therefore, impact
to the existing storm system was analyzed. The hydrograph for this area was added to the
model which shows that the area peaks at the same time as the entire system which is
unlikely. It seems that the model does not account for several thousand feet of pipe in the
system. However, maximum flow in the system increases from 137.5 cfs to 141.8 cfs at
the downstream 60” RCP causing negligible change to the system. Please refer to
Appendix C for the modified MSO SWMM analysis and comparison.
Basin B is 0.18 acres and has a 10-year discharge of 0.5 cfs and 1.3 cfs. Flows from this
basin will continue current conditions and sheet north to West Prospect Road where it
will be conveyed east via curb and gutter to the existing storm inlet in West Prospect
Road. This inlet is part of the existing storm system that discharges to the BNRR pond.
Basin C is 0.10 acres and is calculated to have a 10-year discharge of 0.3 cfs and a 100-
year discharge of 0.8 cfs. Flows from this basin will continue current conditions and
sheet east to the ditch adjacent to the Mason Trail.
The percent impervious weighted average of the entire site is 83% which is below the
Mason Street Outfall assumption of 85%; therefore, detention is not required.
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5. CONCLUSIONS
5.1 Compliance with Standards
All computations that have been completed within this report are in compliance with the
City of Fort Collins Storm Drainage Design Criteria Manual.
5.2 Drainage Concept
The proposed drainage concepts presented in this report and on the construction plans
adequately provides for stormwater quantity and quality treatment of proposed
impervious areas. Conveyance elements have been designed to pass required flows and
to minimize future maintenance.
If, at the time of construction, groundwater is encountered, a Colorado Department of
Health Construction Dewatering Permit will be required.
6. REFERENCES
1. City of Fort Collins, “Fort Collins Stormwater Criteria Manual Amendments to
the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District Criteria Manual”, adopted
December 2011.
2. Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, “Urban Storm Drainage Criteria
Manual”, Volumes 1 and 2, dated June 2001, and Volume 3 dated November
2010.
3. Ayers Associates, “Alternative Analysis for the Design of the Mason Street
Outfall”, dated November 2010.
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APPENDIX A
VICINITY MAP AND DRAINAGE PLAN
B
APPENDIX B
HYDROLOGIC COMPUTATIONS
C
APPENDIX C
HYDRAULIC CALCULATIONS
D
APPENDIX D
WATER QUALITY INFORMATION
E
APPENDIX E
EXCERPTS FROM REFERENCE REPORTS