West Sacramento approves $48M Bryte Park overhaul

West Sacramento has approved a nearly $48.1 million construction contract to move forward with a sweeping remake of Bryte Park, one of the city’s busiest recreation sites.

The City Council voted March 18 to award the contract to Robert A. Bothman Construction, advancing the long-planned Bryte Park Master Plan Implementation Project. Construction is anticipated to begin in June 2026, according to the city, though the overall completion date has not yet been determined.

The park, in the northern part of the city, is owned by the Washington Unified School District and maintained by West Sacramento through a joint-use agreement. City staff describes it as the city’s most heavily used and programmed park.

The overhaul would bring a long list of new amenities to the site. According to recently filed documents, the project covers 24.01 acres and includes a lighted all-weather soccer field, five natural turf soccer fields, an aquatics facility with a pool and locker rooms, a splash pad, picnic areas, dog parks, a new basketball court, walking paths, exercise stations, an amphitheater, parking, restrooms, and landscaping throughout the park. The plan also calls for renovating existing basketball and tennis courts and expanding the parking lot.

The project is partly backed by $15 million in grant funding through the National Park Service’s Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program, which the city said it was awarded in September 2024.

The council report states that the city adopted the Bryte Park Master Plan in 2013 following a community process involving more than 200 residents and stakeholders. Some improvements have already been completed over the years, including a playground built in partnership with KaBOOM! and the Walt Disney Co., as well as parking, lighting, landscaping, restrooms, shade structures, and improvements to roadway crossings. Even so, the report says major portions of the plan remained unfinished.

The project is also tied to long-delayed accessibility work. Before the master plan was adopted, a draft ADA transition plan identified 36 accessibility barriers at Bryte Park that the city said needed to be corrected by 2025. Staff says the current project gives the city a chance to address those deficiencies while adding new recreational features.

Bidding closed Feb. 4, and three firms submitted proposals. Robert A. Bothman Construction submitted the lowest base bid at $48,076,000, ahead of Roebbelen Contracting at $50,409,467 and McGuire and Hester at $54,425,950. Staff said they found Bothman to be the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.

The approved contract allows for change orders and amendments of up to 20%, or about $9.6 million, subject to city authorization.

Environmental review for the project had already been completed. City staff said the work was analyzed under a mitigated negative declaration approved in 2016, along with a CEQA addendum filed this month.

Bryte Park, site location