Jamestown (CSi) First views were seen Wednesday, as the Jamestown City Park Board, approved the updated design of the Two Rivers Activity Center (TRAC)

The footprint is reduced in size from the original plan but includes space for planned programs.

After an extensive analysis of projected construction costs. McGough’s construction estimate for the original design exceeded the architect’s estimated cost by $8 million.

Originally the design called for the main fitness building to have 103,156 square feet of space and the indoor turf field air structure to have 59,000 square feet for a total of 162,156 square feet.

Brian Berg, principal architect for Zerr Berg, said by moving the cardio and workout class space to the mezzanine, or upper level of the main building, and moving most of the mechanical equipment for the main building’s heating and cooling systems to the roof, the main building’s size was reduced by 8,191 square feet to 94,965 square feet.

Berg said the best thing about the redesign is that there is no effect on the programming that will be offered at TRAC once it opens in late August or early September 2017.

Between October and last week, Zerr Berg Architects and McGough worked with the TRAC Committee to redesign the main fitness building and indoor turf air structure to reduce the cost for phase one of TRAC to the $28.1 million that Jamestown Parks and Recreation will have to spend after the bond insurance costs.

In June of 2015, voters approved a $28.6 million bond to be repaid by a 1 percent sales tax in Jamestown to fund phase one of TRAC.

A private fundraising campaign is underway to finance phase 2 of the project.