tracdrawingJamestown (CSi) At a special meeting Wednesday, of the Jamestown City Park Board,members on a 4-0 vote approved the guaranteed maximum price of $28.6 million for phase one of the Two Rivers Activity Center.

Member Ron Olson was absent.

The price from McGough Construction, the construction manager at risk for the project, and secured bids from subcontractors for the project.

The guaranteed maximum price means if TRAC costs more than $28.6 million in its first phase to complete, McGough Construction will be responsible for any costs over that amount.

Zerr Berg Architects, Principal Architect, Brian Berg said, the architects for TRAC, said the guaranteed maximum price was good news for the project.

There is a private fundraising campaign to pay for the second phase of TRAC that would include an outdoor pool and expanding the child care, fitness center and multisport court areas.

The commission also approved changes to the design of TRAC, adding 8 feet to the multisport court and delaying the installation of the indoor waterslide.

The indoor water slide will still be built and the commission can add the slide on toward the end the project.

The Parks and Recreation Commision also approved a joint powers agreement with the city of Jamestown that will allow the city to sell bonds to provide the funding for the construction of phase one of TRAC. The bond will be paid off from the 1 percent sales tax that city voters approved in June of last year.

Sheila Harr said Parks and Recreation has already borrowed $1.5 million to pay for start-up costs on TRAC.

Excavating work at the TRAC site started earlier this month. TRAC will be completed by August 2017.