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DLR Group shows online master plan, $65M deferred-maintenance list and scenario tool as trustees weigh $187M bond
Summary
DLR Group architects presented a facilities master plan and an interactive scenario-builder website (puhsdplan.org) that maps nearly $900M in needs, a $65M deferred-maintenance backlog and prioritization tools trustees can use to shape bond language and project lists.
Buddy Gessel, architect with DLR Group, and Ryan Leonard, architect and principal with DLR Group, presented the district's draft facility master plan and guided trustees through an online scenario-builder (puhsdplan.org) during the June 17 special workshop. The consultants said the master plan catalogs roughly $900 million in identified needs across campuses and identified about $65 million in deferred maintenance that stakeholders argued should be prioritized.
Gessel highlighted three strategic tiers of projects for trustees to consider: (1) new-construction projects that could tap state matching funds and relieve overcrowding, (2) modernization projects that could pair with the state's 60/40 modernization match, and (3) locally funded projects (stadiums, M&O buildings, certain park improvements) that would likely be paid for entirely by bond proceeds. He emphasized the district's need to balance parity between its Menifee and Perris communities when allocating limited proceeds.
At the campus level, DLR reviewed proposed new classroom buildings, two-story infill at campuses with aging one-story buildings, CTE building sites, stadium and field upgrades (artificial turf, lighting), and security and path-of-travel improvements. Specific campus highlights included proposals for Heritage High (two-story classroom building, auxiliary gym, stadium upgrades), Liberty High (two-story infill building and solar), El Dorado (extensive modernization), Perris High and CMI (major rebuilds and stadium work), and Pinacate Middle School (new classrooms and fencing upgrades).
Gessel demonstrated how trustees can use the dashboard's sliders to change contingency, escalation, and turn on/off contingent funds (state modernization/new construction/CTE/charter matches). He presented three illustrative scenarios: a balanced district-wide investment that aimed for parity; a concentrated investment in the oldest campuses (CMI and Paloma/Paloma Valley) that left little for other sites; and an option to build a new middle school which would consume a large portion of the available funding.
Board members tested the online tool and completed an independent ranking exercise; consultants instructed trustees how to save scenario JSON files for consultant review. Trustees asked operational questions about who owns adjacent park property at Perris Lake and how a new middle school might fit with enrollment projections; consultants said they would verify property lines and noted that new-school projects would consume a very large share of the bond program.
Outcome: the board used the day's input to give staff and consultants direction on project types and priorities so that bond-language drafting can proceed; no bond resolution was adopted at this meeting. The board adjourned after a 5-0 vote.
