NEIGHBORHOOD
PARK
PRESENTATION
PEARL WOOD PROPERTY PARK
Presented By:
Parks and Recreation
AGENDA
History
Public Meetings
Conceptual Designs
Budgets
Park Projects
Recommendations
PEARL WOOD PROPERTY HISTORY
The property was publicly noticed and went to the Visalia Planning Commission & the Visalia City Council.
The Pearl Wood Property (Road 148 and Cameron Creek) was recommended by the Visalia Planning Commission to move forward on 6/12/23(5-0 Vote) & approved by the Visalia City Council on 7-17-23. (5-0 Vote)
PEARL WOOD PROPERTY HISTORY
DR Horton choose Quad Knopf to design the Pearl Wood Property Park.
The Pearl Wood Property is 5.5 acres with a 5 acre ponding basin.
Quad Knopf engaged with City Staff to get public input on park amenities from the community to create three conceptual designs for the Pearl Wood Property Park.
The three public input meetings were held for the Pearl Wood Property during the spring of 2025.
The public voted on different types of amenities ranging from Traditional Sports, Community Amenities, Active Amenities, and Site Amenities Traditional Sports Amenities:
Multi-Purpose Lighted Athletic Field (Soccer, Baseball, Flag Football and Softball), Lighted Pickleball Courts, Lighted Tennis Courts and Lighted Basketball Courts Community Amenities:
Amphitheater, Demonstration Garden, Botanical Garden, Butterfly Garden, Interpretive Signage and Public Art Active Amenities:
Traditional Playground (2-5, 5-12) w/ Shade Sail Structures, Adventure/Nature Playground w/ Shade Sail Structures, Obstacle Course, Parcourse Equipment, Disc Golf, BMX Pump Track, Cornhole, Lighted Walking Path, Mini Pitch Court and Outdoor Handball Court Site Amenities:
Solar Pedestrian Lights, Restrooms, Seating Areas, Parking Lot and Drinking Fountains
PEARL WOOD PROPERTY PUBLIC MEETINGS
PEARL WOOD PROPERTY
PUBLIC MEETINGS
PEARL WOOD PROPERTY PUBLIC MEETINGS
The top six park amenities chosen are as follows:
Pearl Wood Property
Amenity
Walking Path w/ Lights
BMX Pump Track
Pickleball Courts
Restrooms
Adventure Themed Playground
Amphitheatre
Votes
72 65
56 42
36 28
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Amenity Votes
Walking Path w/ Lights
Restrooms
Pickleball Courts
Pump Track
Parking Lot
Botanical Garden
Athletic Field Space
Amphitheater
Traditional Playground
Adventure Playground
Basketball Courts
Mini Pitch (Pearl Wood Only)
Votes
121
101
98 87
57 47
47 37
45 43
16 8
The top ten amenities when you combine the Elliott Property and the Pearl Wood Property together:
CONCEPTUAL
DESIGNS
The design teams used the feedback gathered during the six community input meetings to create three conceptual designs for the Pearl Wood Property Park. In addition to the valuable input provided by the public, the design teams, working in collaboration with City staff, carefully considered several other key factors. These included park size, fit, available space, compatibility of amenities with the surrounding neighborhood and the City, overall functionality, initial construction costs relative to the available budget, and the long-term cost and complexity of ongoing maintenance.
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN #1
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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN #2
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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN #3
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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN #3
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Staff and the PR Commission Recommends to the Visalia City Council Conceptual Design # 3 for the Pearl Wood Property
Pearl Wood Property Park Budget Estimate
ESTIMATED BUDGETS
$7,567,000.00
Pearl Wood Property Park Current Funding
$3,042,372.00
Current Park Projects
Current Park Projects
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RECOMMENDATIONS
At the December 9, 2025, the Visalia Parks and Recreation Commission meeting, the Commission recommended that the City Council eliminate the following amenities at the Pearl Wood Park location: Musco field lighting ($600,000), restrooms ($250,000), and parking ($47,000). These reductions would generate cost savings of $897,000 and reduce the total project cost to $6,670,500 and approve conceptual design number 3 for the Pearl Wood Property
To address the funding gap, staff propose the following actions:
Approve the Parks and Recreation Commission’s recommended reductions.
Transfer $2,240,000 from the Victory Oaks Property in fiscal year 2025–26 and appropriate these funds to the Pearl Wood Property Project.
Transfer $1,388,200 from the Riverway Sports Park North Parking Lot Project in fiscal year 2025–26 and appropriate these funds to the Pearl Wood Property project.
These actions will fully fund the Pearl Wood Property Park Project at a revised total cost of $6,670,500. Staff further recommends moving both the Riverway Sports Park North Parking Lot Project and the Victory Oaks Property Park project to the outer fiscal years.
Once City Council approves a conceptual design, the engineering firms will create construction docs based off the chosen conceptual plan for the Pearl Wood Property Park.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
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