Campfires. No campfires.

Educational opportunities. No educational opportunities.

Weddings. No weddings.

That is just a sampling of opinions about what should be allowed on 326-acres parkland called Rancho Potrero just outside Thousand Oaks' western edge.

As quickly as residents could offer up their thoughts, officials jotted them down on flip charts at a community workshop on Rancho Potrero Monday night at the Conejo Recreation and Park District headquarters.

The information will be submitted to members of a focus group formed to help create a specific plan for the land, which is owned by the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency.

The plan will help control what happens on the property and will go to the park district's board of directors, the city's planning commission and city council for approval.

On Monday, Mark Towne, deputy director of the city's Department of Community

Development, and Jeff Ferber of San Luis Obispo-based RRM Design, presented the crowd of about 50 residents with a conceptual plan that has so far been put together.

The plan, which is not set in stone, calls for a covered picnic area for up to 200 people in an area of the property called Olympia Farms, several smaller picnic areas, a trailhead and several additional trails. The area could also offer an educational component.

The large picnic area would be reserved through a permit process and parking at that site would also require a permit. Parking would not be allowed at the smaller picnic areas and cars dropping people off would need a permit.

Residents were broken up into three groups to give their input on the concept.

Whatever ends up on the parkland, Martin Usher hopes there will be no light coming from the site at night.

"If there's a glow on the horizon it screws it up," he said.

On one side of the room, an official scribbled barbecues on a large piece of paper. Across the room, Skip Roberts, who lives across the street from the site, was adamant that no open flame be allowed. Fire safety was one of the consistent concerns of the evening.

"I don't think there should be any open fires at all," he said, adding later that he didn't mind picnic accommodations for 200 people as long as the rustic character of the place was preserved and the hours of operation were from dawn to dusk.

"I'm all for kids going up there," Roberts said. "I think it's a good educational opportunity for kids to get out of their classroom."

But Kris Salmon disagreed.

"I think 200 people is overuse," she said. "I don't think this should be made over into another educational (facility). It needs to be passive use."

Dave Hettwer described the concept as "terrible."

"I don't see why we'd build a road into the middle of this beautiful land," he said. "Weddings and corporate picnics are totally inconsistent with an equestrian, hiking area."

As the meeting came to an end Towne said he was pleased with the outcome.

"I think people are very interested in the property," he said. "It's a great turnout. We've had diversity of opinion."