A number of residents living around the proposed Last Chance Park site don't want a park at all.

But many came up with proposed amenities that should be built in the park -- if it must be built -- during last week's open house at the Bob Ruud Community Center.

Representatives of the National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation Program, wanted members of the five groups to answer six questions. They included what they value about Last Chance Park, what activities they do when they visit the park, what they would like to see there in the future and ways of strengthening relationships with Death Valley National Park.

Arden Houser, who complained about the effects of development on the wildlife, said his group, with a number of Carrol Street residents, complained about users stealing rocks and cactus. There were also concerns over flooding and fires, he said.

"We like the idea of horseback riding, hiking, but no camping or open fires," Houser said.

In a nutshell, Houser said, "We'd like to see it the way it was 10 years ago." But he added, his group thinks it would be nice to have low-key amenities like posted trailheads for hikers.

One way to improve partnerships with Death Valley National Park is to make Bell Vista Avenue a state highway, Houser said.

Rob Otto, who spoke for another group, was more development oriented and the only group leader to venture some support for all-terrain vehicles.

"Some of us like to see ATVs, but I believe there should be rules, strict rules, such as spark arresters to keep fire hazards down," Otto said.

Some people support a shooting area, Otto said. He also suggested a nice entrance on Bell Vista Avenue and Bannavitch Street. Otto said members of his group have suggested picnic areas, a campsite, scenic overlooks, wildlife guzzlers and parking lots with some shade.

Lu Komoroski said her group, which lives on Corbin Street, didn't want an access point to the park from there.

"We came here, we built expensive homes, and then you're letting everybody come through in that area," Komoroski said.

Her group also wanted the park closed at night with no overnight stays, no campfires and no shooting.

"If there will be shooting, we are the ones who are in most of those houses in there. So if there will be shooting, since we're in the circular area, we are the target," Komoroski said.

John Davis, who hiked up to Last Chance Peak before, said his group ranges from people who don't want a park at all to some who wanted a park with no ATVs to those who wanted a park with ATVs.

"Some said it's too close (to homes)," Davis said. "You have plenty of land if you go further north."

When it comes to partnerships, Davis said Last Chance State Park could be part of a corridor of parks together with Red Rock Canyon, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge and Death Valley National Park, much as the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi connects towns with southern, antebellum homes.

While the grown-ups showed up at the Bob Ruud Community Center to give suggestions to park planners using flip charts, children at the Boys and Girls Club of Pahrump were asked for their own ideas.

Director Erin Cason said the children represent future users of the park.

"A 10-year-old little boy said this is an entrance to the park for hybrid cars -- no other cars can be in this parking area," Cason said, pointing to a map littered with stick-em notes.

There were different suggestions for swimming pools, water features with bridges and a telephone booth for emergencies. A few children wrote "no smoking." Other suggested park rules included no hunting, no yelling, no littering and no cutting down trees. One child suggested a $25,000 fine for violators.

"This one is my favorite, because this is, 'Keep your hands and your feet and your unkind words to yourself,'" Cason said.

Other suggestions included "be nice to all people and animals." Children wanted to keep the desert tortoises, the bighorn sheep and the bobcats, she said.

"My kids want something like this," Cason said. "It was so important for them to be a part of it. All my little guys, including the bigger ones, they're our future and if they want to see a park, then we should give them the right."