Petaluma City Schools officials and consultants on Monday delivered a study-session briefing on the district’s Facilities Master Plan, a 10–15 year roadmap that assembles technical assessments, community feedback and preliminary budgets for an estimated $744,000,000 in potential projects.

Amanda Bonoverte, the district’s chief business official, said the draft master plan is intended as a long-term guiding document and will return for formal action later. "The facilities master plan will be a guiding changing document that will live with the district for over 10 years," Bonoverte said. She reminded the public that the plan itself does not prioritize projects or obligate bond funds.

Ted Catlin, senior project manager at Dryling Terrace Architecture (DTA), described the methodology behind the plan: site-by-site facilities assessments (mechanical, civil, electrical and landscape), interviews with principals and department heads, and community workshops at each school. He said the consultants converted identified needs into logical project scopes, then produced rough-order-of-magnitude budgets that include direct construction costs, soft costs and contingencies.

"We start to assemble a list of projects," Catlin said, noting the plan groups projects by type — infrastructure, modernizations and new construction — and by project level: preserve, improve and create. He emphasized the plan is a menu of options, not a prioritized delivery schedule.

Consultants told trustees the estimate of roughly $744 million reflects the aggregated scope across the district and assumes escalation and contingencies because projects could be delivered next year or a decade from now. Catlin said the plan can be revisited and adjusted as priorities, funding and market conditions change.

Board members asked about process and timing; staff reiterated that detailed project selection, prioritization and any implementation decisions will happen through the bond implementation plan and future board actions. The district’s recently adopted bond measures Z and AA — together described by staff as roughly $229,000,000 — are one available source but do not cover the entire menu of projects.

The presentation included maps and site-level sheets intended to help future design teams identify which classrooms or campus areas projects refer to, and consultants said the materials will help standardize future procurement and maintenance work.

The board did not take formal action on the master plan during the study session; staff said it will return with more-detailed materials and implementation recommendations at upcoming meetings.