NATCHEZ — The Natchez-Adams Recreation Commission will be presenting its final plan for recreation in the county to the Natchez Board of Aldermen, the Adams County Board of Supervisors and the Natchez-Adams County School Board at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Natchez Convention Center.

“This will be us rolling out the whole packaged plan to the boards,” Commission Chairman Tate Hobdy said.

The recreation commission hosted a public forum on the proposed plans in March, where Hobdy said the public’s feedback was taken into account.

“We had the public forum to see if there were any changes that needed to be made,” he said. “Now we are just taking this back to the three boards so they can look at it.”

Hobdy said the purpose of Thursday’s meeting is to give the three boards the finalized plan, and answer any questions that might arise.

“We are taking it to show them this is what we are thinking, this is what we are doing and this is how we are doing it,” he said. “We can hopefully get some questions answered and get the ball rolling on this project.

Hobdy said there will be a lot of information for the three boards to review, and after Thursday’s meeting there will have to be a follow-up meeting to go over all the information.

“We need to give them some time to look over everything,” he said.

Hobdy said the next step after finalizing the plans is searching for funding for the project.

The proposed plans are for facilities at the bean field near Natchez High School and updated facilities Duncan Park.

The plans start with phase one, which would cost approximately $5.4 million.

Phase one includes a new adult softball field, four youth baseball fields, a swimming pool, a large concession building, a shade pavilion, trail network, batting cage complex and a lake near Natchez High. Existing softball fields will also receive renovations in the plans. Phase one also includes two new tennis courts, new restrooms, parking and a renovated pro shop at Duncan Park.

A master plan was also proposed that would take more money and time to build after the completion of phase one.

The master plan, which could be completed with a series of future phases with funds beyond the original $5.4 million, includes a teen area with a skate park, one full basketball court, two half basketball courts, a vending building, a trail network, renovations of three softball fields and new parking at the bean field, as well as more updates at Duncan Park.

Besides being a little behind on their original projected timeline, Hobdy said the recreation commission’s planning for the project has gone extremely well.

“We have had really good participation from all three boards involved, and we have a very good proposed master plan,” he said. “Our board has been working along great, and things have come together.”